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• Number
• Count and Noncount Nouns

2

• Count Nouns are nouns that can be counted.
  Because these nouns can be counted, they have a
  singular and plural form.
• student ? students child ? children
• patch ? patches woman ? women
• baby ? babies person ? people
• leaf ? leaves foot ? feet
• tomato ? tomatoes sheep ? sheep

3

• Important Rule!
• If a noun is used to modify another noun (if it
  is used as an adjective), it is always singular.
• We are reading a seven-chapter book.
• The book has seven chapters.
• We live in a two-story building.
• The building has two stories.

4

• Correct the errors involving count nouns.
• Phu has two lab in his biology class.
• The class had to write a five-paragraphs paper.
• Earthquakes are terrible tragedys.
• The lecture was presented by two mans.
• The soccer team had two matchs last week.

5

• Noncount Nouns are nouns that cannot be counted.
  Because these nouns cannot be counted, they
  generally have only a singular form.
• Tip Languages differ in which nouns are
  countable and which are not. If you are unsure if
  a noun is countable, look it up in a learners or
  ESL dictionary. These dictionaries indicate
  whether nouns are count (C), noncount (N), or
  uncountable (U).

6

• Many noncount nouns fit into categories.
• Food bread, cheese, meat, sugar
• Liquids coffee, gasoline, milk, paint, wine,
  water
• Solids glass, ice, paper, wood
• Gases air, oxygen, smog
• Particles sand, dust
• Natural Phenomena light, rain, thunder, weather
• Abstract Ideas advice, anger, beauty, freedom,
  work
• Activities running, swimming, writing
• Groups of Similar Items clothing, equipment,
  money

7

• If the subject of a sentence is a noncount noun,
  use a singular verb.
• Good luck comes in many forms.
• Smog is a threat to the environment.
• News comes on every night at 500.
• Physics is my favorite subject.

8

• The articles a and an cannot be used with
  noncount nouns.
• Im going to ask my uncle for advice.
• Not
• Im going to ask my uncle for an advice.

9

• Correct the errors involving noncount nouns. If
  necessary, change the verb form.
• We learned new vocabularies last week.
• The weathers at the beach are usually sunny.
• I drink coffees every morning.
• The professor did a lot of researches.
• She found good informations on the Internet.