TAILIEUCHUNG - Toeic Grammar
"Countable nouns (people, animals, objects, plants, units of measurement) can be counted, used with the indefinite article and be plural. • two men; a dog; cars Uncountable nouns (substances, materials, abstract ideas, languages) cannot be counted, used with the indefinite article and are singular. • water; money" | TOEIC Grammar Grammaire conçue par le Groupe ESC Chambéry / La Cité des Langues 15/09/2006 v 1 Nouns Tip Check whether the noun is countable or uncountable! Countable or Countable nouns (people, animals, objects, plants, units of measurement) uncountable can be counted , used with the indefinite article and be plural . nouns: • two men; a dog; cars definitions Uncountable nouns (substances, materials, abstract ideas, languages) cannot be counted, used with the indefinite article and are singular . • water; money Uncountable The following nouns are always uncountable : nouns advice leisure baggage, luggage money damage news equipment progress fun traffic furniture weather information work knowledge • The information you gave me is incomplete. • She is making good progress with her German. A piece of Uncountable nouns can be made countable by combining them with: • expressions like a piece of , a can of , a slice of a piece of information, a can of soda, a slice of bread • other nouns leisure activities, homework assignments Both countable Many nouns can be used as countable and uncountable nouns, usually with and a difference in meaning : uncountable Uncountable Countable paper (material) a (news)paper business (all business transactions) a business (a company) space (the universe) a space (a blank) work (employment) a work (of art) time (hours, days ) a time (an occasion) • They have some work to do on the acoustics. • If the global economy continues to flourish, people will continue buying works of art. Ce sujet continue page suivante 15/09/2006 v 2 Nouns, Suite Tip Check whether it is the right plural! Singular and Note the singular and plural forms of the following nouns. plural Singular Plural irregular -f(e) : half, life, self. -ves : halves, lives, selves. child childr en foo t, too th fee t, tee th mouse mice alumn us , syllab us alumn i, syllab i analys is , cris is analys es , cris es criteri on , phenomen on criteri a, phenomen a
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