Countable and Uncountable Nouns

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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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* 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

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Countable and Uncountable Nouns Introduction 10mins 2 Topics

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Countable and Uncountable Course Syllabus 5mins

Read an extensive course syllabus that explains what each activity is, how to complete it and how it will help you improve your understanding of countable and uncountable nouns.

Countable and Uncountable Nouns Course Objectives 5mins

We set out the key objectives for this course so you can identify what you need to learn. We provide a downloadable checklist that you can print out to check off the points as you go through the course.

Countable and Uncountable Nouns Grammar 50mins 5 Topics | 1 Quiz

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Countable and Uncountable Nouns Explanation 10mins

Watch our grammar explanation video that introduces the basic ideas of countable and uncountable nouns. You can access the transcript of this grammar video as well as the slides used in the presentation and you can complete an interactive worksheet at the same time as watching the video to ensure you understand everything. We also provide answers to this interactive worksheet.

Countable and Uncountable Nouns Lists 5mins

In this lesson, we review the most common uncountable nouns and provide a list of nouns that exist in both countable and uncountable forms.

Partitives 5mins

Learn what a partitive is and how they can be useful for talking about uncountable nouns. We provide examples of common partitives as well as a downloadable list with the most common partitives.

Sentence Formation 5mins

Having learnt the difference between countable and uncountable nouns, you need to know how to use them correctly in a sentence. We provide downloadable posters that summarise how verbs, articles, pronouns and demonstrative adjectives are used with countable and uncountable nouns.

Countable and Uncountable Nouns In Real Life 5mins

This self-paced presentation demonstrates the use of countable and uncountable nouns in real life.

Countable and Uncountable Nouns Quiz

Test your understanding of the grammar of countable and uncountable nouns in this quiz. You can take this quiz as many times as you want and review your answers with full explanations. Your marks will be added to our leaderboard, so you can easily compare your results to that of other course members.

Countable and Uncountable Self-Study 1hr 8 Topics

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Countable and Uncountable Nouns Match 10mins

Test your understanding of whether nouns are countable or uncountable in this game of match. You can download, print out and cut up our very own flashcards or use our online version.

At The Supermarket 10mins

You will learn throughout this course that countable and uncountable nouns are mostly visible when we talk about food and drink. This activity is a game that tests your understanding of countable and uncountable nouns as well as your vocabulary of food and drinks at the supermarket.

Fill The Gap 10mins

This is a game that tests your understanding of articles being used with countable and uncountable nouns.

Brainstorm 5mins

This is a timed game that will help you improve your vocabulary skills as well as review your understanding of countable and uncountable nouns. Because this game is timed, you'll have to think quickly too. You can share your suggestons with us on our countable and uncountable nouns forum and get feedback and corrections from our teachers.

Group Card Game 5mins

This is an activity for 3 or more people to play and practises your use of pronouns, demonstratives, verb formation and articles with nouns.

Countable and Uncountable Nouns Collage 5mins

This is a creative game that you can do with any magazines, books or articles you have at home. This is a more relaxing activity, but still tests your ability to recognise a noun as countable or uncountable.

Partitives 10mins

You will learn about partitives in this course and their ability to convert uncountable nouns into countable nouns. However, each uncountable noun has a very specific partitive. Here, we test your understanding of partitives.

Countable and Uncountable Nouns Flashcards 10mins

In this activity, you can use our online flashcards to see pictures of objects and decide whether they are countable or uncountable.

Countable and Uncountable Summary 20mins 4 Topics

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Countable and Uncountable Nouns Review 5mins

Download our one-page summary of the topic to use for reference.

Countable and Uncountable Nouns Learning Outcomes 5mins

We list the objectives of this course and your achievements, so you can see how much you have progressed by taking our course.

Countable and Uncountable Nouns Further Reading 5mins

Take a look at some other resources we have published online to help expand your knowledge of the English language.

Countable and Uncountable Nouns Course Feedback 5mins

We always appreciate any feedback from our learners. Here you have the chance to fill in an optional questionnaire telling us what you liked and didn't like so we can keep on improving for our future learners.

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