Determiners with countable and uncountable nouns
Now get into groups of four, compare your answers, and decide which of
the determiners can be used with
..................................... countable nouns only
.................................... uncountable nouns only
........................................... both countable and uncountable nouns
Fill in the table below as you do this activity
| Countable (C) | Uncountable (U) | Both (C) and (U) |
| a pen | some water | some pens / some water |
Solution
The following determiners can be used with countable nouns only :
a, all, an, another, every, both, each, either, two few, many, several, most, neither, no, any, one
The following determiners can be used with uncountable nouns only :
enough, little, more, a lot of, some, much
The following determiners can be used with both countable and uncountable nouns :
all, some, most, more, a lot of, enough, no, any
| Countable (C) | Uncountable (U) | Both (C) and (U) |
|
some water a little water much water |
some pens / some water any pen/some water enough pen/any water more pens/more water no pen/no water |
