COUNTABLE
UNCOUNTABLE
● possono essere contati
● NON possono essere contati
● presentano sia la forma
singolare che quella plurale
(Ex. A banana or two
bananas)
● presentano solo la forma
singolare (Ex. Pasta)
● presentano la forma verbale
sia plurale che singolare (Ex.
The banana is yellow / The
bananas are yellow)
● presentano la forma verbale
solo al singolare (Ex. Pasta is
delicious)
● many, a few, several, fewer
● much, a little, a bit of, less
GLI UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS SONO:
- idee astratte (love, education, money, music, luck)
- cose/sostanze molto piccole (sugar, rice, flour, salt, pepper)
- alcuni cibi (bread, fish, meat, cheese)
- liquidi e gas (water, oil, wine, juice, soup, smoke, smog)
- materiali (wood, glass, paper, gold, silver, cotton)
- alcune parole legate al meteo (rain, snow, fog, lightning)
- advice, accommodation, furniture, information, news, hair
USANDO LE “MEASURE WORDS” POSSIAMO RENDERE COUNTABLE I
NOMI UNCOUNTABLE:
- a loaf of bread
- a piece of advice/furniture/news/baggage/information
- a slice of pizza/cake/ham/cheese/bread
- a carton of milk/juice/eggs
- a kilo of flour/rice/salt
- a can of coke/beans/soup
- a bottle of water/wine/oil/shampoo
- a strand of hair
