( note: we do not say ‘ I haven’t got some bread’.) We use some with positive sentences.ĭo you have any bread? ( note: ‘Have you got…?’ and ‘Do you have…?’ mean the same thing.) We use any with questions and negative sentences. We use some and any with uncountable nouns.
This wine is over 20 years old! ( note: it is incorrect to say ‘Wine is over 20 years old’, because this would mean that all wine in the world is over 20 years old!) If we are talking about uncountable nouns in their specific sense, we can also use possessive adjectives ( my, your, his, her, its, our, their ), or a demonstrative adjective ( this, that ). In this sentence, there are 2 uncountable nouns – bread and wheat.) ( note: this means ‘In general, bread is often made from wheat’. ( note: this means ‘All electricity can be dangerous’, or ‘In general, electricity can be dangerous’.)īread is often made from wheat. ( note: this means ‘I love all music’ or ‘I love music in general’.)Įlectricity can be dangerous. If we are talking about uncountable nouns in their general sense, without being specific, we do not use the definite article ( the ).
Ī grain of rice, a litre of oil, a piece of breadĪ volt of electricity, a drop of rain, a bag of moneyĪ piece of music, a piece of art, a sense of peaceĪn item of news, a bit of advice, a piece of researchĪ litre of water, a ray of light, a type of metal. It is incorrect to say ‘a rice’ or ‘a sand’, but we can use countable noun + of + uncountable noun. Uncountable nouns do not take the indefinite article ( a /an ). ( note: we cannot say ‘Those informations are very important’.). ( note: we cannot say ‘These musics sound beautiful’.) Uncountable nouns are singular, because we cannot count more than one of them. Here are some rules about uncountable nouns: Information, research, advice, news, help
But water itself cannot be counted.Įlectricity, gas, energy, money, rain, weather We can count glasses of water, or bottles of water. They cannot be counted as individual things. Uncountable nouns are often materials, substances or concepts that cannot be divided into separate elements. Today I’m going to teach you about uncountable nouns. This is Audio Word Study #21 from Jane Lawson at.
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