Moving with Nouns

 

Noun is one of important components that English language learners should know. Lets look at several rules in using nouns:

1)  Countable nouns are tings which can be counted. They have both singular and plural forms. For examples:

eggs boxes bicycles plants birds book pencil

2)  Uncountable nouns are things that cannot be counted. Here are some examples of uncountable nouns:

water rubbish coffee mischief heat strength

3)  We put 'a' or 'an' in front of singular countable nouns (*do you remember about our previous lesson? Do have quick review if you forgot ^_^). For examples:

A knife A house A house An orange

4)  We use ‘many’, ‘a few’, ‘a lot of’, ‘several’, ‘plenty of’, ‘a large number of’ with plural countable nouns. For examples:

There were many schoolboys at the rally. A few lives were lost during the floods. There were a lot of eggs in the nest. Several men have gone to look for the escaped tiger.

5)  Certain expressions are also used with uncountable nouns.

A cup of sugar A pail of water A loaf of bread A sheet of zinc A roll of paper A block of ice A spoonful of oil A ball of yarn A spool of tread A tin of milk

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