Countable and uncountable nouns (English verbal)

Nouns - Countable and Uncountable...

UNCOUNTABLE:
(so much, too much)
(spoonful, teaspoon, drop, quart, gallon, tad, smidgeon, bit, mite)

COUNTABLE:
(each, enough, so many, too many, most, all, both, neither, several)
(couple, pair, dozen, million, several, stack, herd, school, gang, flock, group, crowd)

COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE:
(each, enough, most, all)

(box, boxful, fistful, handful, ounce, pound, ton, eyeful, earful, ton, bunch,
mountain, pile, heap(s), truckload, cartload, shipload)

VOCABULARY:

a few, a little, a lot of, enough, few, little, loads of, lots of, many, much,
no, plenty of, some, tons of, too

>> All nouns are either countable or uncountable:

-There are a few birds in the garden. birds = countable
-There is a little water on the table. water = uncountable

>> We do not say:

-XXX There is a little birds in the garden.
-XXX There are a few waters on the table.

>> Countable nouns use the singular and the plural:

-That is a book.
-Those are books.

>> Uncountable nouns use only the singular:

-There is time.
-That is money.

>> Uncountable nouns do not use the articles "a" and "an".

ADJECTIVES OF QUANTITY:

COUNTABLE:
How many?

few a few many

UNCOUNTABLE:
How much?

little a little much

COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE:
How many? or How much?

no some enough lots of
plenty of tons of
loads of

>> "Enough" expresses quantity relative to requirement:

-How much money is there?
There is fifty dollars.
-Is it enough money to buy a car?
No, it is not enough.
-How many football players are there?
There are eleven.
-Are eleven players enough to play a game?
Yes, they are enough.

>> "Too few", "too little", "too many" and "too much" indicate a greater
or lesser quantity than the requirement:

-How much money is there?
There is fifty dollars.
-Is it enough money to buy a car?
No, it is too little.

-How many football players are there?
There are seventy five.
-Are seventy five players enough to play a game?
Yes, there are enough. In fact, there are too many.

>> We use "many" and "much" in the negative:

-Is there some milk in the refrigerator?
No, there is not much.
or:
There is little.
-Are there many people on the beach?
No, there are not many.
or:
There are few.

SOME UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS:

UNCOUNTABLE:
air, art, beer, bread, butter, coffee, cold, dirt, fire, food, heat, milk, music,
oxygen, paper, plastic, rain, skin, space, sugar, sun, tea, water, wind, wine, wood, wool

COLLECTIVE:
furniture, hair, literature, luggage, money, silverware

ABSTRACT:
desire, English, football, freedom, German, hate, intelligence, liberty, love, news,
pain, tennis, time, work

SOME COUNTABLE NOUNS:

bird, book, car, child, cigarette, dog, film, house, idea, jacket, man, mountain,
pipe, plate, river, shoe, table, thought, window

COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS:

>> Some nouns are countable AND uncountable. It depends on the meaning:

-There isn't much perfume left in the bottle. UNCOUNTABLE
-There are many expensive perfumes. COUNTABLE
-There is little time before the show. UNCOUNTABLE
-The show is at three different times: 8:00, 10:00 and 12:00. COUNTABLE
-There is a little wine in the bottle. UNCOUNTABLE
-French wines are the most expensive. COUNTABLE

EXAMPLES:

COUNTABLE:
-There are too many car accidents each year.
-There are not many people who can speak Basque well.
-There are few people who can speak Basque well.
-How many mountains are there in Tibet?
There are very many.
-How many elephants are there in England?
There are very few.
or:
There are not many.
-How many cigarettes are there?
There are no cigarettes.
or:
There are none.
-Are there enough chairs for the party?
No, there aren't enough chairs.
or:
No, there are too few chairs.
-Are there many brilliant scientists at your university?
Yes, there are a lot.
or:
Yes, there are many.
or:
No, there aren't many.
or:
No, there are few.
UNCOUNTABLE:
-It's a little windy tonight.
-There is much work to do.
-There is too much work to do.
-There is not enough milk for the recipe.
-There is not much rain this year.
-How much freedom is there in Italy?
There is a lot of freedom, but it's not enough.
-How much furniture is there in your house?
There is not much furniture.
or:
There is little furniture.
-Is there enough food for the party?
There is enough.
or:
There is not enough.
or:
There is too little.
-Is there enough time to take a shower before dinner?
Yes, there's plenty of time.
or:
Yes, there's enough time. 
or:
No, there's not much time.
or:
No, there's little time.
or:
No, there's not enough time.
or:
No, there's too little time.