words in plural only, countable and uncountable
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Words in plural only, countableand uncountable with different
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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
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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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Some nouns can be countable oruncountable with different meanings
COUNTABLE
Would you like a glassof juice?
UNCOUNTABLE
You need to buy a
piece of glass for thewindow.
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Some nouns can be countable oruncountable with different meanings
COUNTABLE
Have you got an iron?(for clothes)
UNCOUNTABLE
This chair is made of
iron.
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Some nouns can be countable oruncountable with different meanings
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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