COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE

 

contables	incontables
tienen plural: friend-friends	no tienen plural: rice no puede ser rices
delante de singular contable podemos usar a o an : an apple, a car	no podemos usar a o an : no podemos decir a milk. Deben ir precedidos, si quieren individualizarse, de alguna palabra con valor partitivo como a carton of milk.
podemos usar números delante de un contable: two friends	no podemos usar números delante de un incontable: no podemos decir two rices
many se usa para nombres plurales contables How many students were there? There are too many people.	much se usa para nombres singulares no contables How much milk is in the fridge? There is too much information.
Usamos few o a few para expresar una idea de cantidad reducida o media: few biscuits o a few biscuits (pocas galletas o unas cuantas galletas)	Usamos little o a little para expresar una idea de cantidad reducida o media: little milk o a little milk (poca leche o un poco de leche)

EXERCISES

VIDEO: http://www.slideboom.com/presentations/549615/countable-uncountable

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=3246

http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/grammar-exercise-countable-uncountable-nouns.php#.UvwUof3L-5c

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/nouns_uncountables.htm

http://www.ihbristol.com/free-english-exercises/test/esol-smc-countable-and-uncountable-nouns