Grammaire anglaise

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PGE

GRAMMAR MODULE

Years 1 - 3

CONTENTS

1. COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

SINGULAR AND PLURAL NOUNS

British Council Video Explanation Countable and Uncountable Nouns

Countable nouns

Countable nouns are for things we can count using numbers. For example one car, two cars.

These nouns have a singular and a plural form. The singular form can use the determiner "a" or "an". If you want to ask about the quantity of a countable noun, you ask "How many?" combined with the plural countable noun. 

Normally, to make a plural, add  ‘S’ (e.g.   friend = friends)

Examples

• She has three dogs.

• I own a house.

• I would like two books please.

• How many friends do you have?

Uncountable nouns

Uncountable nouns are for the things that we cannot count with numbers. They may be the names for abstract ideas or qualities or for physical objects that are too small or too amorphous to be counted (liquids, powders, gases, etc.). Uncountable nouns are used with a singular verb. They usually do not have a plural form.

Some words have NO plural forms in English:

• Kinds of food and drink: bread, milk, tea

• Materials: wood, sand, aluminium, steel

• anybody, everybody, somebody, everything, anything.

Examples

• sugar

• water

• advice

• air

• luck

• rice

• information

• homework

• help

• luggage

• money

• music

• news

• equipment

• knowledge

• beauty

• anger

• fear

• love

• traffic

• furniture

• weather

• information

• money

• research

• safety

• evidence

• software/hardware

• training

Forming plurals

Words ending in -s/-sh/-ch/-x take - ES                 bus = buses, church = churches, box = boxes,

                                                        bush = bushes

Words ending in –y  take – IES                        baby = babies, party = parties

Words ending in -ay-/ey/oy take -YS                day = days, boy = boys, monkey = monkeys

Some words ending in –fe take –VES                knife = knives, calf = calves

IS - > ES

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