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Unit 10
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Grammar:

Nouns: count/ non count

Nouns name people, places, and things. Many nouns have both a
singular and plural form: a surfer/surfers, a restaurant/restaurants, a
pickle/pickles. Some nouns, however, have only a singular form; you
cannot add a number to the front or an s to the end of these words.
This group of nouns is called noncount.
Count
Count nouns refer to people, places, or things that can be counted.
They can be made plural, usually by adding -s or -es at the end. Here
is a chart of some Count Nouns, the categories in which they fit, and
their singular and plural forms.
Non-Count

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Non-Count nouns are used to describe a quality, action, thing or

substance that can be poured or measured. They also refer to a whole
category made up of different varieties or a whole group of things that
is made up of many individual parts. They do not have a plural form.
Here are some examples of Non-Count Nouns, and the categories in
which they fit.

1. This restaurant

has the worst food

c

I've
nc

ever eaten.
2. We have to buy furniture

for our new house.

nc

3. Many hospitals in this city

don't have
c

modern equipment

.
nc

4. I generally don't like to give advice

about matters of
nc

love.
5. Most women

in my family wear lots

c

of jewelry

.
nc

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6. The grace

with which she danced made me cry.

nc

7. It takes a lot of patience

to deal
nc

with prisoners

.
c

8. I asked him to send me information

about
nc

Italian wines

.
c

9. The truth

is that I no longer want to live with

nc

that man

.
c

10. It took great courage

for the boy to admit to stealing

nc

money

from his brother.

nc

Articles: the

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The definite article the is the same for all genders in singular and in
plural.

the boy

the girl

the cat

the computers
We use the seasons of the year (spring, summer, autumn, winter) with
or without the definite article.

in summer

in the summer
The American English word fall is always used with the definite
article the.
Sometimes we use the article and sometimes we do not. It often
depends on the context. Watch the following example:

1.

The student goes to school.

2.

The mother goes to the school.

In the first sentence we do not use the definite article, in the second we
do. The student goes to school for its primary purpose, so we do not
use the article.
The mother might talk to a teacher, for example. She visits the school
for a different reason. That's why we use the definite article the in the
second sentence
Complet the sentences

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Last year we visited St. Paul's Cathedral and the Tower.

Mount Everest is the highest mountain on earth.
Loch Ness is the most famous lake in Scotland.
Most children like sweets.
The summer of 2003 was hot and dry.
The Plaza Hotel is on the corner of 59th Street and 5th Avenue.
My sister often stays at Uncle Tim's in Detroit.
Our friends the Millers moved to Florida last August.
Smog is a problem in big cities.
Our children go to school by bus.