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Countable and Uncountable Nouns

Why do we say "there are some apples on the table" in the affirmative but "there aren't any apples on the table" in the negative? Take this course to find out.

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This course is only available as part of our lifetime learner programme.

Course Facts

* When all activities are completed thoroughly with 10 minutes allocated to each self-study activity.

Prerequisites

Demonstrative Adjectives

Plurals

Present Simple

Indefinite Articles

Course Objectives

To recognise a noun as being countable or uncountable
To know the most common uncountable nouns in English
To understand situations where nouns can be both countable and uncountable
To define a partitive, understand how a partitive is used and know the most common partitives
To use the correct verb formation, articles, pronouns and demonstratives with countable and uncountable nouns