grammar
lesson 1
countable nouns
A noun can be countable or uncountable:
Countable
_ I eat a banana every day.
_ I like bananas.
Banana is a countable noun.
A countable noun can be singular (banana) or
plural (bananas).
We can use numbers with countable nouns.
So we can say 'one banana', 'two bananas'
etc.
Examples of nouns usually countable:
.__ Kate was singing a song.
_ There's a nice beach near here.
_ Do you have a ten-pound note?
_ lt wasn't your fault. lt was an accident.
_ There are no batteries in the radio.
_ We don't have enough cups.
Uncountable
_ I eat rice every day.
_ I like rice.
Rice is an uncountable noun.
An uncountable noun has only one form (rice).
We cannot use numbers with uncountable
nouns. We cannot say 'one rice ', 'two rices'
etc.
Examples of nouns usually uncountable:
_ Kate was listening to (some) music .
_ There's sand in my shoes.
_ Do you have any money?
_lt wasn 't your fault. lt was bad luck.
_ There is no electricity in this house.
_ We don't have enough water.
RULE1
we use (a) or (an) with countable nouns and nothing with uncountables.
RULE2
we use (a) with nouns which begin with a consonant and (an) with nouns which begin with a vowel ( like i_ o_e_y_a.....)