English — Grammar: Countable and Uncountable Nouns — Quantifiers and Articles — 1st Year Secondary — Literary Stream — Algerian Curriculum

Countable and Uncountable Nouns

1. Countable Nouns

Les noms comptables (countable nouns) peuvent etre comptes et ont une forme plurielle : a book, two books, many books.

• Singulier : a/an, one, the, my
• Pluriel : some, many, few, several, a lot of, any

2. Uncountable Nouns

Les noms non-comptables (uncountable nouns) ne peuvent pas etre comptes et n’ont pas de forme plurielle : water, rice, information, advice, furniture, homework, money.

• Utilises au singulier : the, some, any, much, little, a lot of, a little, a piece of

3. Quantifiers

Quantifier	Countable	Uncountable
a/an	✔ a book	✘
some	✔ some books	✔ some water
any	✔ any books?	✔ any water?
many	✔ many books	✘
much	✘	✔ much water
a few	✔ a few books	✘
a little	✘	✔ a little water
a lot of	✔ a lot of books	✔ a lot of water

4. Exercises

Exercise : Choose the correct word.

1. I need (many/much) information about this project.
2. She has (a few/a little) close friends.
3. There isn’t (many/much) milk in the fridge.
4. He gave me (a few/a little) good advice.
5. How (many/much) people came to the party?

Answer Key

1. much · 2. a few · 3. much · 4. a little · 5. many

See also Articles and Present Simple.