BAB VI. COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE

BAB VI. COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE

Countable adalah satuan jumlah yang dapat dihitung, sedangkan uncountable adalah satuan jumlah yang tidak dapat dihitung.
Countable :
 Singular :
1. a (before consonant sounds): a book, a unit, a pen
2. an (before vowel sounds an egg, an umbrella, an hour)
 Plural :
1. Regular : +s and +es (after s, sh, tch, x, “O”)
2. Iregular
Singular Plural
A pen Pens
A book Books
An umbrella Umbrellas
An ox Oxen
A child Children
A man Men
A woman Woman
A sheep Sheep
A fish Fish
A deer Deer
A datum Data
A unit Units
An hour Hours
A boy Boys
A spy Spies
A watch Watches
A glass Glasses
A bush Bushes
A box Boxes
A tomato Tomatoes

Countable nouns are nouns which can be counted.
Uncountable nouns are nouns which cannont be counted.

A book much water
An apple a little rice
A few pencils some chalk
Many boys any milk
Several ducks a lot of dust
Some picture plenty of water
Any boxes a great reat amount of flour
Plenty of cahirs a great deal of sugar
A lot of flowers
A large number of birds

Name the word which go with countable nouns.
The words are a, an, a few, many, several, some, any, plenty of, a lot of, and, a large number of.
Which are the words that go with uncountable nouns?
A little, much, some, any, plenty of, a lot of, a larage amount of and a great deal of go with uncountable nouns.
Do you know the words which don’t go with uncountable nouns?
They are a, an, a few, and many.
A little and much don’t go with countable nouns.
A, an, a few, several, many, some, plenty of, a lot of, and a large number of go with countable nouns. A little, much, some, plenty of, a lot of, a large amount of and a great deal of go with uncountable nouns. A and an never go with uncountable nouns.

Contoh :
 There are many eggs in the nest.
 There are a few rast in my house.
 Any of the dogs are barking.
 There is some ice in the glass.
 I have a small number of money in the bank.

DAFTAR KEPUSTAKAAN
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2. Marcella Frank “Modern English”
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4. Thomson and Martinet “ Pratical English Grammar”
5. Herpinus Simanjuntak “Bahasa Inggris system 52M”