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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

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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
Answer in Brief
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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)
  1. a pen
  2. all pens
  3. an orange
  4. another pen
  5. every pen
  6. both pens
  7. each boy
  8. either pen
  9. few pens
  10. many pens
  11. most pens
  12. neither pen(s)
  13. one,two,three,etc pen (s)
  14. other pen(s)
  15. several pens

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 

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Chapter 1: Determiners - Exercise [Page 6]

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Chapter 1 Determiners
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