By: Dr. Shadia Y. Banjar
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In English, we have count and noncount nouns:
Noncount Nouns
Count Nouns
chair
love
student
money
day
weather
song
food
computer
fruit
room
furniture
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Count & Noncount Nouns Count Nouns ยก
ยก
child
Plural รท books,
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Not singular & not plural o This kind of nouns: Rice Knowledge Homework News o
Singular รท book,
Noncount Nouns
children
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count nouns can have singular and plural forms and can be counted numerically. most count nouns can be made plural by adding –s or –es.
book
box
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books
boxes
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3 books
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2 boxes
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• I bought a chair. Sam bought three chairs. • We bought some furniture. XXXXXX
We bought some furnitures.
INCORRECT
XXXXXX
We bought a furniture.
INCORRECT
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Count & Noncount Nouns Type
SINGULAR
PLURAL
COUNT NOUN
• a chair • one chair
• Ø chairs • two chairs • some chairs • a lot of chairs • many chairs
NONCOUNT NOUN
• Ø furniture • some furniture • a lot of furniture • much furniture
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A count noun: 1. may be preceded by a/an in the singular. 2. takes a final –s /es i n the plural. A noncount noun: 1. is not immediately preceded by a/an . 2. has no plural form, so does not take a final –s /es.
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