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Express measures and quantities
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Uncountable nouns are things or concepts that we cannot count. These nouns
cannot be used with a number. You can see some examples in the following box.
music
art
love
happiness
advise
water
money
person
rice
sugar
people
butter
information
gas
furniture
Review Grammar Box 2 to learn some rules about uncountable nouns.
Grammar Box 2
Rules for uncountable nouns/Reglas para sustantivos no cuanti
À
cables
We usually treat uncountable nouns as
singular. We use a singular verb with them.
•
This
news is
very important.
•
Your
luggage looks
heavy.
We do not usually use the inde
¿
nite article a/
an with uncountable nouns: we cannot say “an
information” or “a music”. But we can say a
something
of:
•
A piece of
bread
.
•
A
bottle of
water
.
•
A
grain of
rice
.
Practice what you are learning
Activity 1
Look at the pictures and write under each one the correct word from the vocabulary
box.
Observa las imágenes y escribe debajo de cada una la palabra correcta del cuadro de vocabulario.
Furniture:
the movable, generally functional, articles that equip a
room, house, etc.