Nouns ( part#2)

Hello,dear learners! Today we'll learn some rules for correct using English nouns. Hope, you remember that we began to learn nouns here   part#1.












To show the quantity of uncountable nouns you should use the following nouns:

a piece of cake/ news/ advice/information/furniture/paper
a glass/ bottle of water/juice
a jar of jam/ honey
a packet of tea/ flour
a loaf/slice of bread
a pot of yogurt/ honey


a pot/cup of tea
a kilo of sausage
a tube of toothpaste
a bar of chocolate/soap
a can of fish
a carton of juice/milk
a bowl of soup
a rasher of bacon.

Everyone should remember that the words 

• a couple of, several, (a) few, many, a (good, large,great) number of ,both  are used with countable nouns.

How many eggs have we got? - We have few of them.

How much milk have we got? - A little.

• a great/good deal of, a small/large amount/quantity of, much, (a) little      are used with uncountable nouns.

• a lot of, lots of, hardly any, some, no, plenty of        are used with countable and uncountable nouns.

Nick is lucky :he's got a lot of friends  and also a lot of money!

Compound nouns

Compound nouns are made of two or more parts. To make their plurals you should follow these rules:

noun + noun: add  -s  after the second noun
a  school teacher- school teachers

-ing form/adjective +noun add  -s to the noun
skipping rope -skipping ropes 

noun+ in-law Add -s to the noun
 sister-in-law - sisters-in-law

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