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Understanding Countable and Uncountable Nouns in English

Explore the difference between countable and uncountable nouns, with examples and usage guidelines. Enhance your language skills with this comprehensive guide.

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Understanding Countable and Uncountable Nouns in English

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  1. Parts of speech Noun - Countability

  2. Types of nouns

  3. Countablenouns • a/an: a book, anapple; • plural; question: How many? How many books are there? There are fourbooks. • Numbers: onebook, twobooks.

  4. Countablenouns

  5. Uncountablenouns • We don’t use a/an: sugar, truth; Love iseverything. • We don’t use plural; question: How much? How much itcosts? Threepounds. • We don’t use numberswiththem.

  6. Uncountablenouns

  7. Objectormaterial(concretenoun)

  8. Specificorgeneral(abstractnoun)

  9. Items to countit. • A sheet of paper . • A loaf of bread. • A slice of ham. • A piece of advice. • A glass of water. • A box of milk • A bag of sugar. • A bar of chocolate.

  10. Literatura ALEXANDER, L. G. LongmanEnglishGrammar.1. vyd. London and New York: Longman, 1988. ISBN 0-582-55892-1. SVOBODA, A., KUČERA, K. English Parts of Speech. 1. vyd. Opava: SU v Opavě, 2005. ISBN 80-7248-199-1.

  11. Task • Givesomeexamples of countablenouns. • Givesomeexamples of uncountablenouns. • Use thesameword as a countable/anuncoutablenoun in sentences.

  12. Děkujiza pozornost.

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