Since last week we’ve had some tips about uncountable words …
This week we’re going to see some examples of the countable ones:
Countable nouns are for things we can count using numbers. They 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.
- A helicopter
- How many helicopters are there ?
- An airplane
- We have more than one airplanes to depart.
- One employee
- A lot of employees
a lot of = a large number when used with countable nouns
- A magazine
- I’ll take a few magazines with me for the flight.
- A city
- Several big cities.
When you learn a new noun, you should check if it is countable or uncountable and note how it is used in a sentence.
See you next week…
