Ngữ pháp ôn thi học sinh giỏi môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 8

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1. Uncountable Nouns Use: Some nouns are countable – you can count them. These include: apples, books, cars, trees Some nouns are uncountable – you cannot count them. These include: water, oil, rice, fruit, bread, information, money Uncountable nouns have different grammar rules from countable nouns. countable singular nouns countable plural nouns uncountable nouns e.g. apple e.g. apples e.g. fruit Singular countable nouns Plural countable nouns do not Uncountable nouns do not always need a determiner: need a determiner. need a determiner. a, this, that, my, the etc. I like apples. I like fruit. Look at that cat! Dogs are friendly. But they can use singular Can I have an apple? But they can be used with determiners: Is this your bag? determiners: This fruit is nice. Where are my shoes? Are those pens yours? You can count countable You cannot count nouns. uncountable nouns. Can I have five apples Can I have five breads please? please? Use singular verbs and Use plural verbs and Use singular verbs and determiners. determiners. determiners. This apple is nice. These apples are nice. This bread is nice. Some determiners can be used with both countable and uncountable nouns. some, a lot of, lots of, loads of, plenty of, any We’ve got some potatoes. We need some bread.
2. We don’t have any potatoes. We don’t have any bread. Some determiners can only be Some determiners can only used with countable nouns: be used with uncountable several, various, a few, nouns: many much, a bit of, a little