You can use some and any with You can use some and any with plural countable nouns: uncountable nouns: ‘© We sang some songs. © We listened to some music. © Did you buy any apples? © Did you buy any apple juice? We use many and few with plural countable | We use much and little with uncountable nouns: nouns: © We didn’t take many photographs. © We didn’t do much shopping. © Ihave a few jobs to do. ® Thave a little work to do. There are some nouns that are usually uncountable in English but often countable in other languages. For example: accommodation behaviour damage luck permission traffic advice bread furniture luggage progress weather baggage chaos information news scenery work ‘These nouns are usually wncountable, so: i) you cannot use a/an with them (you cannot say ‘a bread’, ‘an advice? etc.) and ii} they are not normally plural (we do not say ‘breads’, ‘advices? etc.}t ¢ I'm going to buy some bread. or _..a loaf of bread, (wot ‘a bread’) @ Enjoy your holiday! I hope you have good weather. (not ‘a good weather’) © Where are you going to put all your furniture? (ot ‘farnituces’) News is uncountable, not plural: © The news was very depressing, (ot ‘the news were’) ‘Travel (oun) means ‘travelling in general’, You cannot say ‘a travel’ to mean a journey or a trip: © We had a very good journey. (not ‘a good travel’) Compare these countable and uncountable nouns: Countable Uncountable @ I'm looking for a job. @ Pm looking for work. (rot ‘a work’) © What a beautiful view! © What beautiful scenery! @ Its anice day today. @ It’s nice weather today. © We had a lot of bags and cases. © We had a lot of luggage. (not ‘luggages’) @ These chairs are mine. © This furniture is mine. © It was a good suggestion. @ It was good advice.4. Plurals of Countable and Uncountadle Nouns [F) Some nouns are uncountable. They have no plural. “A/an” is not used with uncountable nouns. “Some” is used with them. These nouns include: food : butter, bread, meat, cheese, water, tea, coffee, wine, beer, milk, lemonade, chocolate, salt, pepper, fish etc. material : paper, wood, silver, gold, iron ete. abstract nouns : peace, anger, love etc. many others : money, snow, soap, furniture, petrol, oil, information, news etc. Fill in the blanks with “a” or “some”. i 1... some meat 2. camera soap 4, carrot 9. bread 10 money 11. goose 12. chocolate Some is also used with countable nouns in the plural. I've got some eggs. @ Hittin the bianks with “a”, “an” or “some”, Fill in the blanks with “a”, “an” or “some”. & w Oe some. flowers 2. beer melon 4. peach5 peaches 6. T: orange 8, oranges 9 matches 10. T-shirt 11. grapes 12. sugar ay a bottle aglass ajar of milk of water of water oftea of tea of honey \ aw a loaf aslice acarton acan a bottle abowl of bread of bread of milk of Coke of Coke of sugar akilo abar abar apiece apiece apiece of meat of soap of chocolate —_of chocolate of cheese of furniture“1, Plurals of Countable and Uncoumtable Nouns . Some Coke.Two .canis / bottles of Coke . A fish. Three . Aroom, Five }. Some jam. Two ». Some soap. Three. |. Some lemonade. Two Seernaaseona A spoon. Three . A flower. Two ). Some paper. Three 10. Some tea. Two Fill in the plural as in the example: 11. A table. Two 12, Some bread.Two 13. A skirt. Three 14, Some water. Two 16. An egg. Four 16. Some cheese. Two 17. Some milk. Three 18. Aman. Two 19. A mouse. Three 20. Some coffee. Two {Hi Adjectives take no “-s” in the plural. ma» a new record - two new records PNeNa lin the lural as Achair. Four... chairs . An old lady. Two Some chocolate. Two . Some honey. Three . Atal boy. Two . A pretty buttery, Three the example : 7. Aclever student. Ten 8. Aheavy suitcase. Two 9. Some meat. Two 10. Anew hat. Two 11. A famous actress. Two 12. Agoose. Ten