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Advanced Communication Skills

Notes 3. coin, note, dollar
4. cup, plate, fork
5. table, chair, suitcase, bag

Countable nouns can be singular or plural:

Examples: 1. My cat is playing.

2. My cats are hungry.
We can use the indefinite article a/an with countable nouns:

Example: A cat is an animal.
When a countable noun is singular, we must use a word like a/the/my/this with it:

Examples: 1. I ate an orange. (not I ate orange.)

2. Where is your bottle? (not Where is bottle?)
When a countable noun is plural, we can use it alone:

Examples: 1. I like oranges.
2. Bottles can be of glass.
We can use some and any with countable nouns:

Examples: 1. I've got some notes.

2. Have you got any pencils?
We can use a few and many with countable nouns:

Examples: 1. I've got a few notes.
2. I haven't got many pencils.

Notes "People" is countable.
"People" is the plural of "person".
We can count people:

Examples: 1. There is one person here.
2. There are three people here.

9.3.2 Uncountable Nouns

Uncountable nouns are substances, concepts, etc. that we cannot divide into separate elements.
We cannot "count" them.

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