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Four Houses: Singular

The document discusses countable and uncountable nouns. Countable nouns can take quantifiers like "one" or "two" and can be singular or plural. Uncountable nouns do not take quantifiers and only have one form. For countable nouns, you need to use "a" or "an" with singular forms. For uncountable nouns, you cannot use "a" or "an" directly but can say "a piece of" or "a bottle of" plus the uncountable noun. Examples are provided to illustrate the differences between countable and uncountable nouns.

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Four Houses: Singular

The document discusses countable and uncountable nouns. Countable nouns can take quantifiers like "one" or "two" and can be singular or plural. Uncountable nouns do not take quantifiers and only have one form. For countable nouns, you need to use "a" or "an" with singular forms. For uncountable nouns, you cannot use "a" or "an" directly but can say "a piece of" or "a bottle of" plus the uncountable noun. Examples are provided to illustrate the differences between countable and uncountable nouns.

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‘ A is on r.an be countable or uncountable.

' Mountable nouns


For example: (a) car (a) man (a) bottle (a) house (a) key (an) idea (an) accident
You can use one/two/three (etc.) + countable noun (you can count them):

one bottle two bottles three men four houses

Countable nouns can be singular (= one) o plural (= two or more) :


singular A the car my car etc.
car
plural cars two cars the cars Some cars Many cars
etc.
- I’ve got a car.
- New cars are very expressive.
- There aren't many cars in the car park.

You can't use the singular (car/ bottle/key etc.) alone. You need a/an:
- We can't get into the house without a key. (riot without key)

’ ‘ • Uncountable nouns
§ q’ , " *, For example: water air rice salt plastic money music tennis

water salt money

You can’t say one/ two/ three (etc.) + these things:

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Uncountable nouns have only one form:
money the money my money some money much money etc.
- l’ve got some money.
- There is not much money in the box.
- Money isn’t everything.

You can’t use a/an + uncountable nouns: money music water


But you can say a piece of ... / a bottle or ... etc. + uncountable nouns
a bottle of water a carton of milk a bar of chocolate
a piece of cheese a bottle of perfume a piece of music
a bowl of rice a cup of coffee a game of tennis

a/an —• Unit 65 countable/uncountable 2 —• Unit 68


Exercises Unit 67
67.1 What are these things? Some are countable and some are uncountable. Write a/an if
necessary. The names of these things are:
bucket envelope money sand toothbrush wallet
egg jug salt toothpaste water

It's salt it's a spoon It's a jug It´s water

It’s toothpaste It´s a toothbrush It’s an egg It’s money


11 12

It’s a wallet It’s sand It’s a bucket It’s an envelope

67.2 Some of these sentences are OK. but some need a/an. Write a/an where necessary.

1 I haven’t got watch. _____________ A watch


2 Do you like cheese?________ok
3 I never wear hat.______________ a hat
4 Are you looking for job?______ok
3 Kate doesn’t eat meat.___________ok
6 Kate eats apple every day._______an apple every day
7 I’m going to party tonight.________ok
8 Music is wonderful thing___________ok
9 Jamaica is island. _____________an island
10 don’t need key. _____________a key
11 Everybody needs food.________ok
12 I’ve got good idea._______________a good idea
13 Can you drive car?_______________a car
14 Do you want cup of coffee?_________a cup of coffee?
15 I don’t like coffee without milk._____ok
16 don´t go out without umbrella. ________an umbrella
67.3 What are these things? Write a ... of ... for each picture. Use the words in the boxes.
3 4 5 9

bar cup loaf bread tea


bowl glass piece •l• chocolate paper water
jar piece honey soup wood

1. A carton of milk
2. A piece of wood
3. A glass of water
4. A bar of chocolate
5. A cup of tea
6. A _piece of paper
7. A bowl of soup
8. A loaf of bread
9. A jar of honey

Bayron Santiago Cuestas

Diseño e integración De Automatismos Mecatronicos

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