Easy English Lesson 29: How many and how much? learn the difference between countable and uncountable nouns.

Easy English Lesson 29: How many and how much?

    In this lesson you will learn the difference between countable and uncountable nouns. You will also learn how to make questions about both countable and uncountable nouns. Countable nouns have a singular and a plural form. In plural, these nouns can be used with a number (that's why they are
called 'countable nouns.

Speaking Practice

1- How much coffee do you drink? : This sentence is used to ask someone about a non countable noun. Note that how much=uncountable nouns, coffee is uncountable since you can't possibly count it so is "sugar", "salt" and "water…etc.

2- I bought some sugar: This sentence also used to refer to an uncountable noun that you bought. Note that uncountable nouns don't take an article like "A" and "An". Also uncountable nouns don't have a plural form, so in case you need to speak about it the only thing you add before an uncountable noun is "some".

3- Cheese, furniture, and money: These all uncountable nouns.

4- How many cups of coffee do you drink? : This sentence is used to ask about a countable noun which is "cups", note the difference when we spoke earlier about coffee we used "how much" because coffee itself is uncountable noun, but when we added a countable noun before it which is "cups" we were able to say how many. So, how many=countable nouns.

5- I bought an orange: This sentence is used to a countable noun that you bought. Note that countable nouns in the singular take the article "A" or "An" and can be plural, for example; I bought some oranges.

6- How much fruit is there? : This sentence is used to ask about the mount of a certain object.

7- There is a lot of fruit.

8- I need more tissues:  This sentence is used to ask for tissues which are soft paper that is used for cleaning.

9- I have not got many now: This sentence is used to confirm that you don't have a lot of a certain object.

10- There are only a few in this box: This sentence is used to refer to the amount of a certain object.

11- There is a lot of tea: This sentence is used to confirm that there is enough amount of a certain thing, which is tea in this example.

12- There is not much sugar: This sentence is used to express that the amount of a certain object is not enough or about to finish.

13- There is only a little sugar: This sentence is also used to confirm that the amount of a certain object is about to finish.

14- A bottle of water: This sentence refers to an uncountable noun with the addition of a word that can be counted which is "bottle" to refer the exact amount you need.

15- I want to change some money: This sentence is used to express your need to change a certain amount of money, which means changing from one currency to another.

16- That is too much: This sentence is used to express that there is too much of a certain object and that you need no more, for example too much sugar in your cup of tea.

Pronunciation Tip: Diphthongs

1- [oi]-… as in (foil and toy)

2- [ow]-… as in (owl and ouch)

3- Short – [oo]-… as in (took and pull)

4- [aw]-… as in (raw and haul)

5- [zh]-… as in (vision)

Check the Full Lessons with Audio Files Here.