Countable nouns are words like book, table, cat. They are the names of the things you can count. You can say one book, two tables, three cats. Countable nouns can be singular(a car, one book) or plural(two dogs, lots of people, ten houses)
Uncountable nouns are words like oil, rice, sand, water. Theses are things that you cant count.
You can say sand, but NOT one sand or two rices or three oils.
Uncountable nouns are only singular.
Look at the following list of nouns and write them in the correct group in the table. Consulta el diccionario
There are a lot of peanuts*
There are not many peanuts
Are there many peanuts?
There are too peanuts
There are far too many peanuts
There are few peanuts
There are a few peanuts
There are peanuts
There are too peanuts
There are far too few peanuts
There are more peanuts
There are peanuts
There are a little more peanuts
There are fewer peanuts
There is a lot of beer*
There is not beer
Is there much beer?
There is too much beer
There is beer
There is little beer
There is beer
There is very little beer
There is too little beer
There is far too little beer
There is beer
There is much more beer
There is beer
There is beer
*peanuts = cacahuetes (man)
(peanuts are countable)
*beer = cerveza (beer is a liquid and, like coffee, wine,
sater, oil, etc. it is an uncountable noun)
1. Ive got too much and not enough free time at the moment. Im feeling really stressed.
2. I love your antique . Did it belong to your grandparents?
3. I called my ant to get some on this new contract were supposed to sign. I honestly dont know what to do.
4. I didnt expect you to arrive with so much . Why do you need 3 suitcases?
5. They say that broadens the mind. In my case it certainly empties the wallet!
6. Lets go to that Italian restaurant in the centre. I really fancy some tonight.
7. Do you mind if I put the BBC on? I want to catch up with the .
8. Excuse me. Is there anyone who can give me some on train times?.