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This document discusses countable and uncountable nouns. It explains that countable nouns can take plural forms and be used with quantifiers like "many" or "few", while uncountable nouns do not change form in plural and are used with quantifiers like "much" or "little". It provides examples of countable nouns like "table" and "banana" versus uncountable nouns like "news" and "money". The document also lists tasks to identify whether a given noun is countable or uncountable and should take articles like "a" vs "an" or quantifiers like "many" vs "much".

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COUNTABLE & UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS For all competitive exams
WHY DO WE NEED TO KNOW WHETHER A NOUN IS IN COUNTABLE FORM OR IN UNCOUNTABLE FORM? ï‚—Article A or AN * ï‚—Determiners like : Many/ Much Few/ Little
ARTICLE ‘A’ OR ‘AN’ MEANS ‘ONE’ Article A or AN must be used with countable nouns only. For Eg: An Apple A Boy A Car A lake An Umbrella An Honest man A Poem ____ Rice ____ Water ____ Milk ____ Money ____ Population ____ Honest ____ Poetry
MANY/MUCH/FEW/LITTLE MANY/FEW MUCH/LITTLE (used for countable nouns) (used for uncountable nouns) Many chairs Much Water Many stars Much News Few Books Little Money Few Boys Little information
COUNTABLE &UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS 1 Boy 1 Rice 1 Chair 1 Water Countable nouns are always in singular and plural form Un Countable nouns are used either in singular form or in plural form SINGULAR PLURAL Furniture Poetry Population Money Ram people Cattle Vegetables Hair News* Fruit SINGULAR PLURAL Male Males Star Stars Table Tables Chair Chairs Poem Poems Hare Hares Glass Glasses Boy Boys Notes Notes Coin Coins Apple Apples
BREAD UNCOUNTABLE PACKET PACKETS COUNTABLE INNINGS UNCOUNTABLE MATCH MATCHES COUNTABLE GOLD UNCOUNTABLE JEWELLERY JEWELLERIES COUNTABLE AIR UNCOUNTABLE DELHI UNCOUNTABLE PLACE PLACES COUNTABLE MUSIC UNCOUNTABLE TRAFFIC UNCOUNTABLE ENGLISH UNCOUNTABLE
WORK* UNCOUNTABLE CLOTH* UNCOUNTABLE DRESS DRESSES COUNTABLE RICHES UNCOUNTABLE MOUNTAIN MOUNTAINS COUNTABLE RIVER RIVERS COUNTABLE SCENERY UNCOUNTABLE STAR STARS COUNTABLE PAGE PAGES COUNTABLE PAPER* UNCOUNTABLE INFORMATION* UNCOUNTABLE
1. _________ NEWS. 2. _________ WATER 3. _________ MONEY 4. _________ TABLE 5. _________ BANANA 6. _________ HAIR 7. _________ FRUIT 8. _________ WORK 9. _________ INFORMATION 10._________ UMBRELLA 11._________ POEM 12._________ POETRY 13._________ CARE 14._________ TROUBLE 15._________ MACHINERY 16._________ MISCHIEF 17._________ WHEAT 18._________ FAMILY 19._________ HAPPY 20._________ POVERTY (MUCH/MANY) (FEW/LITTLE ) (MANY/MUCH) (A/AN/NA) (FEW/LITTLE) (A/AN/NA) (MUCH/MANY) (FEW/LITTLE) (MUCH.MANY) (A/AN/NA) (A/AN/NA) (A/AN/NA) (FEW/LITTLE) (FEW/LITTLE) (A/AN/NA) (MUCH/MANY) (A/AN/NA) (FEW/LITTLE) (MUCH/MANY) (A/AN/NA) MUCH LITTLE MUCH A FEW NA MUCH LITTLE MUCH AN A NA LITTLE LITTLE NA MUCH NA FEW MUCH NA
NOUNS NEWS INFORMATION CLOTH PAPER WORK HOMEWORK BREAD HAIR FRUIT EXCEPTIONS & EXTRAS A piece of news A piece of information A piece of cloth A piece of paper A piece of work A piece of home work A piece of bread 2 hairs, 3 hairs 2 fruits, 3 fruits
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  • 1. COUNTABLE & UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS For all competitive exams
  • 2. WHY DO WE NEED TO KNOW WHETHER A NOUN IS IN COUNTABLE FORM OR IN UNCOUNTABLE FORM? ï‚—Article A or AN * ï‚—Determiners like : Many/ Much Few/ Little
  • 3. ARTICLE ‘A’ OR ‘AN’ MEANS ‘ONE’ Article A or AN must be used with countable nouns only. For Eg: An Apple A Boy A Car A lake An Umbrella An Honest man A Poem ____ Rice ____ Water ____ Milk ____ Money ____ Population ____ Honest ____ Poetry
  • 4. MANY/MUCH/FEW/LITTLE MANY/FEW MUCH/LITTLE (used for countable nouns) (used for uncountable nouns) Many chairs Much Water Many stars Much News Few Books Little Money Few Boys Little information
  • 5. COUNTABLE &UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS 1 Boy 1 Rice 1 Chair 1 Water Countable nouns are always in singular and plural form Un Countable nouns are used either in singular form or in plural form SINGULAR PLURAL Furniture Poetry Population Money Ram people Cattle Vegetables Hair News* Fruit SINGULAR PLURAL Male Males Star Stars Table Tables Chair Chairs Poem Poems Hare Hares Glass Glasses Boy Boys Notes Notes Coin Coins Apple Apples
  • 6. BREAD UNCOUNTABLE PACKET PACKETS COUNTABLE INNINGS UNCOUNTABLE MATCH MATCHES COUNTABLE GOLD UNCOUNTABLE JEWELLERY JEWELLERIES COUNTABLE AIR UNCOUNTABLE DELHI UNCOUNTABLE PLACE PLACES COUNTABLE MUSIC UNCOUNTABLE TRAFFIC UNCOUNTABLE ENGLISH UNCOUNTABLE
  • 7. WORK* UNCOUNTABLE CLOTH* UNCOUNTABLE DRESS DRESSES COUNTABLE RICHES UNCOUNTABLE MOUNTAIN MOUNTAINS COUNTABLE RIVER RIVERS COUNTABLE SCENERY UNCOUNTABLE STAR STARS COUNTABLE PAGE PAGES COUNTABLE PAPER* UNCOUNTABLE INFORMATION* UNCOUNTABLE
  • 8. 1. _________ NEWS. 2. _________ WATER 3. _________ MONEY 4. _________ TABLE 5. _________ BANANA 6. _________ HAIR 7. _________ FRUIT 8. _________ WORK 9. _________ INFORMATION 10._________ UMBRELLA 11._________ POEM 12._________ POETRY 13._________ CARE 14._________ TROUBLE 15._________ MACHINERY 16._________ MISCHIEF 17._________ WHEAT 18._________ FAMILY 19._________ HAPPY 20._________ POVERTY (MUCH/MANY) (FEW/LITTLE ) (MANY/MUCH) (A/AN/NA) (FEW/LITTLE) (A/AN/NA) (MUCH/MANY) (FEW/LITTLE) (MUCH.MANY) (A/AN/NA) (A/AN/NA) (A/AN/NA) (FEW/LITTLE) (FEW/LITTLE) (A/AN/NA) (MUCH/MANY) (A/AN/NA) (FEW/LITTLE) (MUCH/MANY) (A/AN/NA) MUCH LITTLE MUCH A FEW NA MUCH LITTLE MUCH AN A NA LITTLE LITTLE NA MUCH NA FEW MUCH NA
  • 9. NOUNS NEWS INFORMATION CLOTH PAPER WORK HOMEWORK BREAD HAIR FRUIT EXCEPTIONS & EXTRAS A piece of news A piece of information A piece of cloth A piece of paper A piece of work A piece of home work A piece of bread 2 hairs, 3 hairs 2 fruits, 3 fruits