Determiners for Countable & Uncountable Nouns

Determiners for Countable & Uncountable Nouns

1. Countable Nouns

   • They can be counted using numbers.
   • Question to find the number of objects.
     • How many......?
       • How many apples are there?
       • How many peoples are there?
       • How many hours do you stay at work?
       • How many records do you have?
       • How many days has it been raining so far?
   • Quantity determiners
     • To express big amounts
       • Millions of
         • A million little diamonds of glass.
       • Plenty of
       • Loads of
         • Two loads of woollen.
       • Lots of
         • I have a lot of pencils.
       • Many of
         • Many of the kids from our school went to the park.
     • To express neither big not small quantities
       • Several of
         • Several of my friends work in a restaurant.
       • Half of
         • I give you half of my orange.
       • A few of
         • There are a few of books
     • To express small quantities
       • A few of
         • Few of the meals in the restaurant are expensive.
     • To express the lack of something
       • None of
         • None of the kids wanted to eat the salad.

2. Uncountable Nouns

   • They cannot be counted using numbers.
   • Includes
     • Abstract ideas
       • Love
     • Liquids
       • Water
     • Gases
       • Oxygen
     • More
   • To talk about the amount of uncountable nouns, we use
     • How much....?
       • How much is this bunch of roses?
       • How much does the ticket cost?
       • How much money is there?
       • How much sugar do you eat daily?
       • How much is this car?
   • Quantity determiners
     • To express neither big not small quantities
       • Some of
       • Enough of
       • A little (of)
       • Further
         • I'd like to ask you for further information about dogs.
     • To express the lack of something
       • No
         • There is no printer paper.
     • To express big amounts
       • Much of
       • Most of
       • Loads of
       • Plenty of
         • There are plenty of opportunities to learn online.
     • To express small quantities
       • A bit of
       • A little bit of
         • Eating even a little bit of junk food can be harmful for you health.
       • Little bit of

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