Countable and Uncountable Nouns

可數與不可數

What is a countable noun?

A noun that can be counted is called a countable noun.

EX: an apple/ two apples, a dog/ two dogs/ a book, books , one bottle, three bottles..

What is an uncountable noun? A noun that can’t be counted one by on that

is called an uncountable noun. EX: water, sugar, juice, milk…etc

DO YOU KNOW???

Words to use with countable nouns: a few, many , a lot of

You can say one apple, three books or a few bottles.

EX: 問句 : How many apples are there? 蘋果是可屬名詞，問句要用 many 和 are

There are three apples./ a few apples

a lot of apples. 可數名詞可以用來表示數量 a few, a lot of , many (可放在問句中 ) EX: many books, a few bottles of water,

a lot of grapes,

many, a few, a lot of

Words to use with uncountable nouns : a little, a lot of , much,

You can say a little water, a lot of sugar, a

little pizza but you cannot count them.

EX: 問句為 : How much rice is there ? Rice 米不可數所以要用 much 和 is 來問。

There is a little rice. / a lot of rice.

如果要表現為可數名詞前面要加 “單位量詞” EX: There are a few bowls of rice. 此句型為

可數

much, a little, a lot of

Please give me __________ rice . I’m not very hungry.

May I give __________ oranges to my friends? Add ______ water to the drink. It’s too sweet. I want ______ sugar in my tea, please. Can you put _______ butter on my bread? Sam has _______ good friends at school. Do you want __________ bags of pretzels? I would like ____________ more time please.

Can you do it now?a few, a little

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單位量詞