10. Uncountable and plural nouns PDF

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Uncountable and plural nouns Uncountable nouns  

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Noms dénombrables They are nouns that cannot be “counted” or separated; treated as a “whole/mass”. However, they can be quantified. They are not used with “a/an” or in the plural (only in singular) E.g: advice, information, water, rice, weather, furniture, etc. We bought new furniture last week (not: we bough a new furniture / we bough new fournitures last week) Some nouns have plural forms, but they are still uncountable (we do not use numbers with them) E.g: I bought two pairs of trousers (not: I bough two trousers) Uncountable nouns can be quantified (not counted) by using expressions of measures E.g: he bough a very expensive piece of furniture for his new house Uncountable nouns can be used with determiners (my, her, some, any, no, the, this, that) and expressions of quantity (a lot of, a little) E.g: she’s been studying hard and has made a lot of progress Sometimes uncountable nouns can be used “countably” by using measure E.g: can I have two coffee and a tea please? (two cups of coffee and one of tea)

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Noms nombrables They are nouns that can be “counted” or “separated”. They are used with “a/an” and can have plural forms E.g: she’s got two sisters, and a younger brother Countable nouns can be used to determined (these, a few, etc.) E.g: most people buy things like MP3 players theses days

Uncountable nouns Accommodation Baggage Bread Lightning Luck Money

Countable nouns A house, an apartment, a place to live A suitcase, a bag, a rucksack A loaf (of bread), a (bread) roll A flash of lightning A stroke of luck A coin, a sum of money, a euro, a dollar A journey, a trip A job, a task

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Collective nouns refer to a group of people (as such they treat it as a “unit”) and are singular in construction (but take a plural verb at time such as “the police”) E.g: a family was travelling along the river / the couple eats out monthly

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Collective nouns take plural verbs when the individual members act as “individuals” (as separate from the unit) E.g: the family are each doing a different task / the couple are taking separate cars to work When unsure, you can add “member of” and they use a plural verb E.g: the member of the family are each doing a different task

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We had a beautiful weather when we were on holiday. They've got some lovely furnitures furniture in their house. My brother gave me a useful piece of advice. Do you have a scissors? I need to wrap this present. I need to buy a new trousers new trouser for my interview tomorrow. he staff is very unhappy about the new dress code. Your glasses are really dirty. Can you see anything? The homeworks homework were very difficult last night. here isn't any more space in my suitcase. Can I put this jacket in yours? The police is are sure that they know who was responsible for the vandalism.

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Athletics is/ are my favourite sport. I bought a pair of/ some new jeans. Harvey's clothes look/ looks really expensive. The flight crew work/ works hard to make passengers comfortable. I found out some/ a piece of useful information at the meeting. Could I have a paper/ a piece of paper to write down the new words? I think I'll have a /some time after lunch to help you with that report. I've got a /some good news for you about your job application. We've made a lot of progess/ progresses this term. Hello, Reception? Do you have an/ some iron I could use?

Page 91: 1- A good guidebook will give you advice/ advices about what to see. 2- You may have some bad weather/ a bad weather if you go to London in March. 3- When I was in Rome and Paris, the accommodation was / the accommodations were extremely expensive. 4- It's best not to take too much luggage / too many luggage if you go on a city break. 5- The old town centre is amazing, but the outskirts is / the outskirts are a bit depressing. 6- I really liked the hotel. The rooms were beautiful, and the staff was/ the staff were incredibly friendly...