UNIVERSITY SANTO TOMAS

JOHAN SEBASTIAN ALVAREZ COLINA

GROUP B

VILLAVICENCIO (META)
2016

COUNTABLE NOUNS /
UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS
COUNTABLE NOUNS: are things that we can count. For example:
one [a] pencil (un lpiz)

- two cats (dos gatos)

-three houses (tres casas )

Uncountable nouns: Are those who can not count because we can not define individually but are
part of a whole. Are treated as singular (will not be made plural by adding "-s").

For example:

salt (sal),

wood (madera),

However, at the time that delimit these

same names and nouns become
accounting. They should be preceded, if
they want to individualize, some word
partitive value.

tea (t),

wine (vino),

-a gram of salt (un gramo de sal)

-a piece of wood (un trozo de madera)

-two cups of tea (dos tazas de t)

Grammatical Rules:
1. Accounting names have a plural form:
Example:
egg eggs (huevo/s)

bicycle

bicycles (bicicleta/s)

uncountable nouns have no plural form:

rice (arroz)

milk (leche)

rices

milks

dress dresses (vestido/s)

2. It can be used "a" or "an" with singular countable nouns:

Example:
an apple (una manzana)
a house (una casa)
We can not use "a" or "an" with uncountable nouns
a milk

3. You can use numbers in front of an countable

Example:
three apples (tres manzanas)
five houses (cinco casas)
We cannot use numbers in front of uncountable.

two rices

EXERCISE:
Choose the correct answer.

Tomato:

countable

Newspaper:

Wine:

Bread:

Uncountable

bottle of wine :

Information:

There is
"There is" is used with singular countable nouns and uncountable. There is a short form: there's". For example:

Countables:

Uncountables:

There is a pencil. (Hay un lpiz.)

There is milk. (Hay leche.)

Theres one car. (Hay un coche.)

There is not time. (No hay tiempo.)

Is there sugar? (Hay azcar?)

There is not an apple. (No hay una manzana.)

There are
"There are" It is only used with countable nouns plural. There is no short form.
For example:
There are five pencils. (Hay cinco lpices.)

There are not two cars. (No hay dos coches.)

Are there many people? (Hay mucha gente?)

There v. It:

It is used "there" when talking about something for the first time, to indicate that there is. On the other hand,
"it" is used to talk about a specific thing.
Example:

There is a pen on the table. It is my pen. (Hay un bolgrafo en la mesa. Es mi bolgrafo.)

There is a car in the garage. It is blue. (Hay un coche en el garaje. Es azul.)

There is milk. It is in the refrigerator. (Hay leche. Est en la nevera.)

EXERCISE:

Complete the following sentences with the correct form of "there be". Use the form without shrinkage.
Sample:
There are 4 apples in the box
Is there

Any wter?

There isn't (not) any sugar in the coffee.

There is

some wine in the glass.

There aren't

(not) any tomatoes in the salad.

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