Countable nouns:
Some examples:
a tree- some trees,
a house- some houses,
an apple- some apples,
a glass of tea - some new glasses,
an email address - some email addresses
a chair- some chairs,
a table- some tables,
a weekend- many weekends,
a job- many jobs
an individual - many people,
a man – men
a woman – women
a hat – many hats
a clothes shop (1 shop quần áo) – clothes (set đồ mặc gồn cả áo và quần)
a dress – some dresses
Countable (N) Singular nouns Plural nouns
Positive a/ an Some
a lot of
A few
Few
Several
All
Enough
Most
Plenty of
Negative No Any, many, not many
Not
None
For example: There's a man at the door.
I have some friends in New York.
(not)I don't have a dog.
(no) I have no book.
(none) None of the answers is correct.
There are a lot of carrots but there aren't many
potatoes.
There aren't any seats here. (không có cái ghế nào ở
đây)
There aren’t many seats here.(không có cáighếnàoở
đây)
Uncountable nouns: examples of uncountable
nouns:
Substances (chất lỏng)
Water Milk Air Oil Sugar Salt Sand Bread Flour Cheese
Abstract Concepts (khái niệm trừu tượng)
Information
Advice
Knowledge
Education
Love
Happiness
Honesty (sự trung thực)
Courage (long can đảm)
Time
Patience ( sự kiên nhẫn)
Natural Elements ( yếu tố tự nhiên)
Weather Lighting Thunder Snow Ice Fog Rain
(sương mù)
Categories or Collections ( thể loại/ sưu tầm)
Furnitur Luggag Equipmen Machiner Clothin Jewelr Baggag
e e t y g y e
(hànhlý) (Máy móc (hànhlý)
nói
chung)
Activities
Work Research Homework Travel Exercise Fun
Foods: toàn bộ mặt hàng nói chung
Rice Pasta Coffee Tea Juice (nước Soup Meat
(nước ép) (nước (chất
Bread trà) soup) thịt)
(chất
mì)
We usually say:
-I bought two kilograms of meat. (tôi đã mua 2 ký thịt)
- Would you like a slice of meat? ( bạn có muốn lấy 1 miếng thịt)
- Loaves: I bought two loaves of bread. ( tôi đã mua 2 ổ bánh mì)
- Slices: I need three slices of bread. ( tôi đã mua 3 lát bánh mì)
- Pieces: He ate a piece of bread. ( anh ấy đã ăn 1 miếng bánh mì)
Other
Music (âm nhạc)
News ( tin tức)
Traffic( giao thông)
Progress (quá trình)
Evidence (bằng chứng)
Chaos ( sự hỗn độn: Heavy snow caused total chaos on the roads)
Money
Cách dùng:
Positive Negative
Uncountable (N) Some Any, much, not much
A lot of
A little
Little
A great deal of (rất
nhiều)
All
Enough
Most
Plenty of
Example:
There's some milk in the fridge.
There isn't any coffee.
There's lots of juice but there isn't much water.
Questions
Countable (N) Is there a/an……..? Is there an email address to
write to?
singular N
Plural N Are there any…….? Are there any chairs?
How many chairs are there?
How many……..?
Would you like to some Do you want some chocolate?
…….? Can we have some more
chairs, please?
Uncountable (n) Is there any….? Is there any sugar?
How much…….? How much orange juice
is there?
Quantifiers for Both Countable and Uncountable Nouns.
o All: "All children need love." / "All information is useful."
o Enough: "We have enough chairs." / "We have enough
money."
o Most: "Most students passed the exam." / "Most water is
polluted."
o Plenty of: "There are plenty of apples." / "There is plenty of
time."
o Some: "Some people like tea." / "Some sugar is needed."
o Any: "Do you have any friends?" / "Do you have any tea?"
(Bài tập 1: Xác định danh từ đếm được (C) và danh từ không đếm được
(U))
1. I bought a lot of eggs in the supermarket. C
2. She prefers drinking coffee. U
3. There’s some money on the table. C
4. Have we got any bread? U
5. He drank three big glasses of wine yesterday. U
6. How many chairs are there in the living room? C
7. There’s a man standing by the door. C
8. There aren’t any seats.C
9. The children are playing games. C
10. I don’t like orange juice. U
Exercise 2: Fill in the blank to complete these sentences with
“How much” go with Uncountable N
“How many” go with Countable N
(Bài tập 2: Điền vào chỗ trống để hoàn thành câu với “How many” hoặc “How
much”)
1. ……HOW MUCH…. butter do you buy?
2. …HOW MANY……. pens are there in your pencil box?
3. …HOW MANY……. books did Mary read last month?
4. …HOW MUCH……. money do you spend every week?
5. ……HOW MANY…. friends do you know?
6. ………. coffee does he need?
7. ………. potatoes are there in the fridge?
8. ………. eggs are you going to buy in the supermarket?
9. ………. water do you drink every day?
10.………. oranges do you want?
