The document discusses count and non-count nouns. Count nouns can be pluralized and refer to things that can be counted, like books or students. Non-count nouns refer to things that cannot be counted, like milk or sugar. Different determiners like "a", "some", and "much" can be used with count and non-count nouns. It also discusses irregular plural nouns, articles like "a", "an", and "the", and specific uses of "the" with places, documents, groups, and other grammar points.
The document discusses count and non-count nouns. Count nouns can be pluralized and refer to things that can be counted, like books or students. Non-count nouns refer to things that cannot be counted, like milk or sugar. Different determiners like "a", "some", and "much" can be used with count and non-count nouns. It also discusses irregular plural nouns, articles like "a", "an", and "the", and specific uses of "the" with places, documents, groups, and other grammar points.
The document discusses count and non-count nouns. Count nouns can be pluralized and refer to things that can be counted, like books or students. Non-count nouns refer to things that cannot be counted, like milk or sugar. Different determiners like "a", "some", and "much" can be used with count and non-count nouns. It also discusses irregular plural nouns, articles like "a", "an", and "the", and specific uses of "the" with places, documents, groups, and other grammar points.
The document discusses count and non-count nouns. Count nouns can be pluralized and refer to things that can be counted, like books or students. Non-count nouns refer to things that cannot be counted, like milk or sugar. Different determiners like "a", "some", and "much" can be used with count and non-count nouns. It also discusses irregular plural nouns, articles like "a", "an", and "the", and specific uses of "the" with places, documents, groups, and other grammar points.
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Toefl Preparation
THE NOUN PHRASE
Count and Non-Count Nouns
Count noun is a thing that can be counted, Example : book, student,
person Non-Count noun is a thing that cannot be counted, Example : milk, sugar To count the non-count noun is needed some determiners, such as : 1. one glass of milk 2. a cup of sugar Some determiners can be used only in Count and Non-Count Nouns
With count noun With non-count noun
A(an), the, some, any The, some, any This, that, these, those This, that None, one, two, three,….. None Many Much A lot of A lot of A large number of A large amount of A great number of Some determiners can be used only in Count and Non-Count Nouns
With Count Noun With Non-Count Noun
A few A little Fewer….than Less….than More….than More……than Irregular Noun count
Singular Plural Person People Foot Feet Woman Women Child Children Mouse Mice Tooth Teeth Man Men Articles in English
There are three articles in English that precede the noun, those are : 1. A 2. An 3. The A and An precede only a single noun, Exemple : A ball, a person A and An uses in the general statement or to introduce a subject which has not been previously mentioned. An is used before words that begin with the vowel sound. A is used before words that begin with the consonant sound Article ‘the’
Article the is used to indicate the words that have been mentioned before or something that we know about or common knowledge. Example : The earth is round Article the is used to talk about a specific term. Example : The ciwidey’s tea is quite popular right now The use of article the
Use The No the
Oceans, rivers, seas, gulfs, plural Singular lakes lakes Mounts Mountains Planets, constellations Earth, Moon Schools, colleges, universities when Schools, Colleges, Universities when the phrase begins with a proper the phrase begins with school nouns Ordinal Number before nouns Cardinal numbers after nouns Wars The use of article the
Use The No The
Certain countries or group of Countries preceded by new or an adj countries with more than one word such as direction Countries with only one word Continent States Historical Documents Sports, Abstract noun, General area of subject matters, Holidays Ethnic Groups Other
With count noun With non-count noun
An + other + Singular noun = one more + singular word The other + singular word = the last + singular word present Other + non- count nouns = some Other + Plural noun = some more + more + non – count nouns plural word The other + non count noun = the The other + plural word = all remaining + non – count nouns remaining + plural word Thank you
