A noun renames a person, place or thing. If a noun is viewed as countable if:
• A or an can be used in front of it : a table, an egg
• It has a plural form : there are two tables
• It can be used in a question with how many: How many rooms are there?
• A number can be used before it: four computers
If a noun is viewed as uncountable:
• a/an cannot be used in front of it: Cereal is healthy
• it does not have a plural form: I like butter (NOT BUTTERS)
• it can be in a question with how much: How much sugar would you like?
• a number isn’t used in front of it: It has little caffeine.
• it always takes a “singular” verb: Milk is good for you.
We can't count the liquds and meat.
TABLE
USING THERE IS / ARE WITH COUNTABLE and UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS | ||
Countable | Uncountable | |
Singular | Plural | One form |
| (+)There is a chair. | There are some chairs. | There is some water |
| (-) There isn’t a table. | There aren’t any tables. | There isn’t any cheese. |
| (?) Is there a bathroom? | Are there any bathrooms? | Is there any coffee? |
Conclusions from the table:
• With countable nouns we have two forms: singular and plural and when we refer to uncountable nouns we only use one form.
• When we use the singular form with countable nouns we use a/an and with plurals we use some/any.
• With the uncountable nouns we do not use a/an and we can use some/any
• With countable nouns some/any means “an indefinite number”
• With uncountable nouns some/any means “a portion of”
Conclusiones:
There are some books on the table. (Hay algunos libros)
There aren’t any books. (No hay ningun lbro) Ojo que en español se usa la forma singular de libro pero en inglés no.
Are there any books? (Hay algún libro)There is milk. (Hay algo de leche)
There isn’t any milk. (No hay nada de leche)
Is there any milk? (Hay algo de leche?)
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You can use this "quantifiers" for do sentences...
SENTENCE COUNT NOUNS NONCOUNT NOUNS
AFFIRMATIVE Some / algo Some
Several / Bastante A great deal of
Many / Mucho Much
A lot of / lots / Demaciado A lot of/ lots
Few/ A Few / un poco Little/ A little
Enough / suficiente Enough
NEGATIVE Any / Nada Any
Enough Enough
Many Much
INTERROGATIVE Any Any
Enough Enough
Some Some
Many Much
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