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Luyện ngữ pháp - Destination C1 and C2 (Unit 21: Grammar - Noun phrases)

Form - Plural uncountable nouns

Plural uncountable nouns

• Plural uncountable nouns only have a plural form. They only take verbs in the plural.
✓ The scissors aren't on the table.

• Plural uncountable nouns include: arms, binoculars, cattle, clothes, congratulations, earnings, glasses, goods, groceries, jeans, odds, pants, pliers, premises, pyjamas, regards, remains, savings, scales, scissors, shorts, surroundings, thanks, tights, trousers, valuables

• With plural uncountable nouns, we can sometimes use a pair of, usually when we see something as having two parts/legs/etc, eg a pair of binoculars/ trousers/ scissors/etc.

Watch out!
• Some uncountable nouns end in -s but are singular, eg diabetes, news, physics, politics. • Many nouns are countable with one meaning and uncountable with another meaning. These include: cake, chicken, chocolate, damage, glass, hair, paper, time, wood, work ✓ The table is made of wood. (uncountable, = the material) ✓ It's a picture of a local wood. (countable, = a small forest) • Some nouns which are usually uncountable are used as countable nouns in certain expressions, eg a knowledge of, a great help

Watch out!

• Some uncountable nouns end in -s but are singular, eg diabetes, news, physics, politics.

• Many nouns are countable with one meaning and uncountable with another meaning. These include: cake, chicken, chocolate, damage, glass, hair, paper, time, wood, work
✓ The table is made of wood. (uncountable, = the material)
✓ It's a picture of a local wood. (countable, = a small forest)

• Some nouns which are usually uncountable are used as countable nouns in certain expressions, eg a knowledge of, a great help

Quantifiers only used with countable nouns	Quantifiers only used with singular uncountable nouns	Quantifiers used with all nouns
a couple of (the), a number of, another (of the), both (of) (the), each (of the), either (of the), every, neither (of the), the entire, the whole (of) (the), ( a) few (of the), only a few (of the), half (of) (the), many (of the), several (of the)	an amount of, a great deal of, a little (of the), little (of the), much (of the), only a little (of the)	all (of) (the), a lot of / lots of (the), all (of) (the), any (of the), enough (of the). more (of the), most (of the), no, none (of the), plenty of (the), some (of the)

Watch out!
• a few= some; few= not many; only a few= not many • little + countable noun = small; little + uncountable noun = not much; a little + uncountable noun = some

Plural uncountable nouns

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