Words in Plural Only, Countable and Uncountable

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Words in plural only, countableand uncountable with different

meaning

Katarzyna Chowaniec


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PluralPlural is a termcontrasting withsingular. Inenglish, itrefers to ,,morethan one


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Rules of PluralIn most of the words in plural we just addsonthe end of word for example:

Dogdogs Pen- pens


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Other Plural words

When the words end with the following

s, ss,sh,ch,x, and sometimesowe addon the end of each wordesforexample:

a class- classes

a boxboxes

a watch- watches


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Exception !!!

There are someexception with wordsfinish o which are

loan-word and we addjusts :

a piano- pianos

a photo- photos

a zero- zeros


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Plural form with -y

There are some more group of nounsending iny we then add ies like :

- story- stories

- lady- ladies

BUT not always. Exceptions are:

- daydays - valley- valleys


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There is some words which we make inirregular way like:

- a man- men

- a woman- women

- a mouse- mice

- a penny- pence - a foot- feet


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Words the same in singular and

plural

Another group of

nouns has the same

word in singular

and plural like:- a fish- ryba,

fishryby, a

sheep- owca, sheep-

owce, a deer-

sarna, deer- sarny


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Some more examples:

- a means- sposb, rodek

meanssposoby, rodki - a fruit- owoc

fruit- owoce

- a species- gatunek species- gatunki


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Plural words only In english we can also

find word which exsistjust in plural only like:

trousers spodnie jeans- dinsy

shorts- spodenki

scissorsnoyczki goods- towary

spectatles- okulary


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Plural only nouns

Other Plural only nouns are: Suburbsprzedmiecia

Congratulations- gratulacje

Thanks


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Plural words only

In words which exsist in plural only we canfind exsisting word in singular but is notthe same word anymore and has differentmeaning like: glasses and glass.


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Glass

Photo by andertho Photo by JG Jones


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Glasses


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Another wordsClothesubranie,

odzie, ale cloth (

obrus, cierka)

tights- rajstopy

earnings- zarobki

People- ludzie

Wages-zarobki, pace

Knickers- majtki, figi

braces- szelki


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Countable nouns

A noun can be countable anduncountable. Countable nouns can be"counted", they have a singular and plural

form . For example:

A book, two books, three books .....

An apple, two apples, three apples ....


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Uncountable nouns

Uncountable nouns cannot be counted.This means they have only a singularform. It also means that they do not take

a/an before them. For example:

Water

Coffee Wine

Rice


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Countable and uncountable


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Countable and uncountable nouns

Some nouns can be either countable anduncountable

COUNTABLE

Helen baked a cake for her mother.

Theres a hair in my soup.

Someone threw a stone at me.

Janes peeling the potatoes.

She gave me a box of chocolates.


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Countable and uncountable nouns

UNCOUNTABLE

Have some cake.

I must wash my hair.

Is this house built of stone?

Would you like some potato?

I dont eat chocolate


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The countable noun is specific, theuncountable noun is more general

COUNTABLE

Rugby is a sport.

Thats an old painting

over there. He had an interesting

life.

We heard a loud

noise outside.

UNCOUNTABLE

I dont like sport.

Is Betty good at

painting? Life isnt always easy.

Your children make somuch noise.


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Some nouns can be countable oruncountable with different meanings

COUNTABLE

He bought a paper.

(= A newspaper)

UNCOUNTABLE

I need some paper to

write on.


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COUNTABLE

Would you like a glassof juice?

UNCOUNTABLE

You need to buy a

piece of glass for thewindow.


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COUNTABLE

Have you got an iron?(for clothes)

UNCOUNTABLE

This chair is made of

iron.


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COUNTABLE

Your room is a mess.

He switched all the

lights on. How many times Ann

phone?

He runs a small

business.

UNCOUNTABLE

There is no room foryou.

Theres more light bythe window.

I havent got any timeto lose.

He enjoys doingbusiness.


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Words for drink

UNCOUNTABLE (usually)

Coffee is more expensive than tea.

COUNTABLE (when we are ordering oroffering drinks)

Two coffees, please.


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Countable and uncountable

There are uncountable nouns like: jewellery,advice, luggage, money, weather, equipment,furniture, work, water, information, news,time.

But we can make them countable by addingsome words like: a bit of information,

a loaf of bread, a piece of furniture,

a piece of music, a stroke of luck, a sum of money.


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Bibliografia

http://209.85.229.132/search?q=cache:dYkBD4jwbD0J:www.koolielu.ee/files/Nouns_that_can_be_countable_or_uncountable.ppt+countable+and+uncountable+with+different+meaning&cd=3&hl=pl&ct=clnk&gl=pl

http://www.4learning.pl/angielski.item.16/rzeczowniki-policzalne-i-niepoliczalne.html


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