Fundamentals Of English Grammar

EXERCISE 5. Preview: count and noncount nouns. (Charts 11-2 and 11-3)

L. Directions: Write alan or some in the blanks. Identify count and noncount nouns

1. I often have sowe &uit for dessert.


2. I had a banana for dessert.


3. I got letter today.


4. I got mail today.


5. Anna wears ring on her left hand.


6. Maria is wearing jewelry today.


7. I have homework to finish.


8. 1 have assignment to finish.


9. I needed information.


10. I asked question.

fruit

banana

lener

mail

ring

jewelry

homework

assignment

information

question

+ (COUnt) noncount

+ count noncount

+ count noncount

+ count noncount

+ count noncount

+ count noncount

+ count noncount

+ count noncount

+ count noncount

INDIVIDUAL PARTS = THE WHOLE

(Count Nouns) @Ioncount Nouns)

postcards

bills mail

bracelets

necklaces

Noncount nouns usually refer to a whole group

of things rhat is made up of many individual

parts, a whole category made up of different

varieties.

For example,furniture is a noncount noun; it

describes a whole category of things:

chairs, tables, beds, etc.

INDIVIDUAL PARTS = THE WHOLE

I chairs \

tables

I beds

I etc. /

Mail,fruit, and jewelry are other examples of

noncount nouns that refer to a whole category

made up of individual parts.

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SOME WMON NONCOUNT NOUNS: WHOLE GROWS WE UP OP INDIVIDUAL PARTS

A. clothing B. homework E, gmmmar

equipment housework slang

food fruit work wcabulary

furniture C. adwice E Arabic

jewelry mail information Chinese English

money D. history German

scenqy literature Indaesian

smff music Spanish

rnflc Eu.

G. corn

dirt

frour hair

w rice

salt

sand

war

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