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Hello everyone! Are you ready to learn about countable nouns and uncountable

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nouns? Let's do it! Many nouns are countable like fingers, hands, eyes, nose,

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monkeys, strawberries, guitars, apples. One apple, two apples, three apples. Remember

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with countable nouns you have to use the words like a crocodile, an elephant, or

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five crabs. Alright, now that you're pros with countable nouns, we're gonna look at

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uncountable nouns. Some examples are broccoli, rice, bread, water, cheese, salt,

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rain, money, sunlight, lightning, electricity, rice. Rice is uncountable. Yeah, I know. Some of you

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are going to say, but, Profe, you can count the rice. Like, one, two, three, four, five, six. No.

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You say, can I have some rice?

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You don't go to the restaurant and say, can I have 500 rices?

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No, some rice or a bowl of rice.

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Ah, it's the same with water.

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Can you count this?

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No, try to count this.

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You can't count water.

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You can say a glass of water, or a cup of coffee, a bottle of milk, a plate of spaghetti, a jar of honey.

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These words are quantifiers.

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Yes, you can count juice boxes, but you can't count juice.

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With uncountable nouns, we use the word much.

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How much money do you have? Money is uncountable. But you can count the number of coins. How many coins do you have? Or how many bills do you have? Many goes with countable nouns. Much with uncountable nouns.

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Now we're going to focus on the word some.

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Some is for an unspecified amount.

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Could be a lot, could be a little bit.

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It can be used for countable and uncountable nouns.

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For example, do you have some video games?

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Or for uncountable nouns, do you have some toilet paper?

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is the same. It can be used with countable nouns and uncountable nouns.

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For example, do you have any pets? Or do you have any soap? Yes, I said soap. Do you

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have any soap? Yes, I do. Make sure you wash your hands with soap, not soup. That's

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something different. Okay, you know how to ask the questions. Do you have any milk?

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do you have some milk but when you answer if the answer is yes positive you

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say yes I have some milk if the answer is negative no no I don't have any