05 COUNT AND NONCOUNT NOUNS Flashcards
WHOLE GROUPS MADE UP OF SIMILAR ITEMS
baggage, clothing, equipment, food, FRUIT, furniture, garbage, hardware, jewelry, junk, machinery, mail, makeup, maney/cash/change, postage, scenery, traffic
FLUIDS
water, coffee, tea, milk, oil, soup, gasoline, blood, etc
SOLIDS
ice, bread, butter, cheese, meat, gold, iron, silver, glass, paper, wood, cotton, wool, etc.
GASES
steam, ctr, oxygen, nitrogen, smoke, smog, pollution, etc
PARTICLES
rice, chalk, corn, dirt, dust, flour, grass, hair, pepper, salt, sand, sugar, wheat, etc.
ABSTRACTIONS 1
beauty; confidence, courage, education, enjoyment, fun, happiness, health, help, honesty, hospitality, importance, intelligence, justice, knowledge, laughter, luck, music, patience, peace, pride, progress, recreation, significance, sleep, ruth, violence, wealth, etc
ABSTRACTIONS 2
advice, information, news, evidence, proof
ABSTRACTIONS 3
—time, space, enero
—homework, work
—grammar, slang, vocabulary
LANGUAGES:
Arabic, Chinese, English, Spanish, etc
FIELDS OF STUDY:
chemistry, engineering, history, literature, mathematics, psychology, etc.
RECREATION:
baseball, soccer, tennis, chess, bridge, poker, etc.
GENERAL ACTIVITIES:
driving, studying, swimming, traveling, walking (and other gerunds)
NATURAL PHENOMENA:
weather, dew, fog, hail, heat, humidity, lightning, rein, sleet, snow, thTtnder, wind, darkness, light, sunshine, electricity, fire, graotty
one
each
every
one apple
each apple
every apple
two both a couple of three, etc. a few several many a number of
one apple each apple every apple two apples both apples a couple of apples three apples a few apples several apples many apples a number of apples
a little
much
a great deal of
a little rice
much rice
a great deal ofrice.
not any/no some a lot of lots of plenty of most all
SIRVEN PARA JUNTAS
CONTABLE Y NO CONTABLES
not any/no some a lot of lots of plenty of most all
not any/no apples some apples a lot of apples lots of apples plenty of apples most apples all apples
not any/no some a lot of lots of plenty of most all
not any/no rice some rice a lot of rice lots of rice plenty of rice most rice all rice
COMPLETE Y AGREGUE “S” SI ES NECESARIO
I have some coins in my pocket. In other words, I have some XXXXXXX in my pocket
advice change garbage hardware
CHANGE (NO CONTABLE, NO SE LE PUEDE AGREGAR “S”)
Thé Mississippi, the Amazon, and the Nile are well-known XXXXXXX
music progress river screwdriver
RIVERS (ES CONTABLE, LE AGREGUÉ “S”)
I like to listen to operas, symphonies, and folk songs. I enjoy XXXXXXX
music progress river screwdriver
MUSIC
The street is full of cars, trucks, and buses. It is full of XXXXXXX
stuff thunder traffic
TRAFFIC
- I put some banana peels, empty juice cartons, and broken bottles in the waste can. The can is full of XXXXXXX
advice change garbage hardware
GARBAGE