In Your Words...

Saturday, September 15, 2012

a, an and some w/ Count & Non-Count Nouns


Do we use a, an or some for these words?

______ movie
______ beer
______ sugar
______ grape
______ information
______ eggplant
______ water
______ tape
______ hotdog
______ furniture

  • We use "a" with objects we can count the begin with a consonant Example: a book
  • We use "some" with object we can not count Example: some milk
  • We use "an" with object we can count that begin with a vowel Example: an orange

Asking questions for countable and uncountable objects

Complete the questions using much or many

How  ________ information do you have on him?
How  ________ people live in your country?
How  ________ does that laptop cost?
How  ________ sugar is there?
How  ________ eggs are there in the basket?
How  ________ oil do we need?
How  ________ men are in the room?
How  ________ students do you have?

  • We use "How many" for questions using countable or plural objects Example: How many books do you have?
  • We use "How much" for questions using a non-countable or singular object Example: How much juice is left?
  • We use "How much" for questions asking about ONE object Example: How much does the book cost?
  • Most plurals are formed by adding "-s" to the noun or object Example: book -s = books. Some of the more important exceptions include: man - men, child - children, person - people, woman - women