【Countable Nouns】

Countable Nouns可數名詞

• They have a singular and a plural form.
• The singular form can use the determiner "a" or "an"
• Singular Countable Noun needs to have a determiner; Plural Countable Noun cannot use with the articles ‘a’ / ‘an’.
• It's important to distinguish between countable and uncountable nouns in English because their usage is different in regards to both determiners and verbs. 名詞前面使用何種冠詞與該名詞是「可數名詞」或「不可數名詞」有著密切的關係。

Example 1 • I ate orange this morning. • I ate an orange this morning. 單數可數名詞前面需加 a/an • I like oranges. 複數可數名詞前面通常不加article

Example 2 • I study English very hard and I usually get the best grades on the English tests. • I study English very hard and I usually get the best grades on English tests. ‘tests’ 是Plural Countable Noun，前面通常不加article， 除非是特別指明哪個tests，就要用 ’the’

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有些字既可以當Countable又可以用作Uncountable。

Example 1 – Trouble 1. I got into trouble (uncountable). 2. She had many troubles (countable).

Example 2 – Hair 1. He’s going to have his hair (uncountable) cut. 2. I’m getting a few grey hairs (countable) now.

******************************************************************************************************** 我們也可以將 a few 和 many 用在Plural Countable Noun上

1. A few weeks ago, I was very sick. 2. How many brothers do you have? 3. We exchanged a few civilities. 我們相互寒暄了幾句。 ‘a few' +plural 'civilities' = 客套, 寒暄。