1. Kazakh Ablai khan University of International Relations and World Languages
Faculty of translation and philology
Chair of English Philology
Theme: Countable
and
Uncountable nouns
Done by :Bolatzhankyzi A.,group 101
Speciality:5B021000-Foreign philology
Checked by: Abdullayeva G.A.

2. Content:
• 1.Introduction
• 2.Countable noun
• 3.Uncountable noun
• 4.How do you count uncountable nouns?
• 5.Which words used with countable nouns?
• 6.Other words you can add to make uncountable nouns
countable
• 6.Other facts
• 7.Conclusion
• 8.Literature

3. Aims:
1.Much or Many?
Explanation:
Much is used with uncountable nouns.
• I haven't got much time.
• How much sugar would you like in your coffee?
Many is used with countable nouns.
• How many people attended the meeting?
• There aren't many mistakes in the report.
2. A lot/A little/A few?
Explanation:
Be careful! Much and many are more usual in question and negative forms than in positive
sentences. "A lot" is more common in positive sentences with both countable and uncountable
nouns: They have launched a lot of new products In the last few years.
"A little" is used with uncountable nouns: We've only made a little progress.
"A few" is used with countable nouns: Could I make a few suggestions?

4. Countable nouns
• 1. Countable nouns are easy to recognize.
• 2. They are things that we can “count”.
• dog, cat, animal, man, person
• bottle, box, litre
• coin, note, dollar
• cup, plate, fork
• table, chair, suitcase, bag
• When a countable noun is singular, we must use a word
like a/the/my/this with it:
• I want an orange. (not I want orange.)
• Where is my bottle? (not Where is bottle?)
• When a countable noun is plural, we can use it alone:
• I like oranges.
• Bottles can break.

5. Uncountable nouns
• 1. They have no plural forms
• 2. We cannot "count" them.
• Here are some more uncountable nouns:
• music, art, love, happiness
• advice, information, news
• furniture, luggage
• rice, sugar, butter, water
• electricity, gas, power
• money, currency
• We usually treat uncountable nouns as singular. We use a singular verb.
For example:
• This news is very important.
• Your luggage looks heavy.
• We do not usually use the indefinite article a/an with uncountable nouns.
We cannot say "an information" or "a music". But we can say a something
of:
• a piece of news
• a bottle of water
• a grain of rice
•

7. Used with Countable Nouns
a doctor, a pen, a meal, a class, a
a
college
many cups, many books, many
many
libraries, many flights
few questions, few tables, few apples,
few
few holidays, few countries
a few questions, a few problems, a
a few
few issues, a few issues
much money, much time, much food,
much
much water, much energy
little trouble, little equipment, little
little
meat, little patience

8. Add a
bowl piece round bottle piece bag
word
Make it A piece A round A piece
A bowl of A bottle A bag of
Countabl of of of
sugar. of wine. money.
e jewellery. cheese. furniture.
How How How How How
How
many many many many many
Countabl many
pieces of rounds bottles pieces of bags of
e bowls of
jewellery of cheese of wine furniture money
Question sugar are
are are are are are
there?
there? there? there? there? there?
There are
There are There's There are There are
There's three
two only one two four
Answer one bowl rounds
pieces of bottle of pieces of bags of
of sugar. of
jewellery. wine. furniture. money.
cheese.

9. Other words you can add to make uncountable
nouns countable
bag A bag of money.
barrel Two barrels of beer.
Three bottles of
bottle
wine.
bowl Four bowls of sugar.
box Five boxes of cereal.
bucket Six buckets of water.
can Seven cans of Coke.

10. Literature:
• Internet resourse
• “English rules for beginners”(2009)
Almaty ,2013