Countable and uncountable nouns

 Language and functions  

En esta lección vamos a aprender la diferencia entre sustantivos contables (countable nouns) y sustantivos no contables (uncountable nouns).

1.  Countable Nouns 

Son sustantivos que se pueden contar, en general usan un artículo indefinido (A, AN) o el artículo definido (THE), también puede llevar otras palabras delante (my, yours, his, her, their, that, this).
Una característica importante de los sustantivos contables es que se pueden escribir en singular o en plural.

Examples:

ball  (pelota) es contable; por tanto, podemos decir: 

·         a ball  (una pelota)

·         one ball   (una pelota)

·         two balls   (dos pelotas)

·         three balls   (tres pelotas)

·         her ball   (su pelota)

·         that ball   (esa pelota)

2.  Uncountable Nouns

Son sustantivos que no se pueden contar; es decir, no se pueden dividir en elementos separados. Nunca usamos los artículos indefinidos (A, An) con sustantivos no contables, pero si podemos usar (SOME o ANY).Generalmente tratamos a los sustantivos no contables como sustantivos en singular; esto quiere decir que usamos un verbo en singular para referirnos a ellos.

Examples:

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Telling the time

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TELLING THE TIME

1.     After the hour we use past and before the hour we use to
 

3: 05      five past three                                 3: 35         twenty-five to four
3: 10      ten past three                                  3: 40         twenty to four

3: 15      quarter past three                           3: 45         quarter to four

3: 20      twenty past three                            3: 50         ten to four

3: 25      twenty-five past three                     3: 55         five to four

3: 30      half past three                                 3: 00         three o'clock

 

2.     We can also say :

      3: 10      three  ten                                           3: 35         three  thirty-five

and etc...

 

REMEMBER AT                                         ON                                               IN at ten o'clock                       on Sunday                              in the morning at night                                                                                  in the afternoon at the weekend                                                                    in the evening

Present Simple: He, She, It

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A. Present simple: positive and negative (he, she and it)

1.     In the  he/ she/ it positive form of the Present simple, we add 's' to the verb.

He loves chocolate.               She hates dogs.                   It opens at five o'clock.

The spelling rules for he, she, and it:

Verb	Rule
La mayoría de verbos	se agrega s	Beth comes from the USA. Paul wants a new car.
Verbos que terminan en consonante + y	se cambia la y por ies	This airline flies to Slovenia.
Verbos que terminan en: ch, sh, s, x, z	se agrega es	Andrew watches a lot of videos. Fran finishes work at six.
do - go	se agrega es	My manager goes home at eleven! Pat does all the housework.
have	has	He has breakfast at seven.

2.     We form the negative with doesn't (= does + not) + verb.

He doesn't eat meat.            NOT: He doesn't eats.

She doesn't like coffee.        It doesn't open on Sunday.

Positive form	he/she/it	likes dogs. loves chocolates.
Negative form	he/she/it	doesn't like (= does not like) cats. doesn't eat (= does not eat) fish.

B. Present simple: questions and short answers (he, she and it)

1.     We form he / she / it Present simple questions with does + verb.

Does he live with his parents?   NOT: Does he lives?

Does she like London?        Does it open late?

Question form	Does	he she it		live  with you? rain a lot in Brazil?
Short answers	Yes, he/she/it     + No, he/she/it       +		does. doesn't.

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