Hey everyone! Today we're going to talk about count and non-count nouns.
Sso count nouns are nouns that --surprise-- you can count. So for example, if I have a lemon
I can say I have one lemon. Or if I have two, I have two lemons.
1, 2, 3, 4 lemons. I can count them. Or if I have an apple..I have an apple. If I have two,
I have 2 apples. I can count as many apples as I have. Same with something
like a cup or two cups..3, 4, 5 cups.. a million cups.
A land of cups!I can count cups all day.
A non-count noun, of course, is something
you can't count. So usually you can't count it maybe because it's liquid,
or something that has very small pieces, or something you can't see or touch.
So for example, here I have some tea, right? We can count the cups, but the tea
which is inside this, we can't count that. That's non count. 1 tea, 2 teas?
Yeah, doesn't work. We just have tea. That's right. Lots of tea. Lots of.
Another example, so this was a liquid, but another example: something very small.
So for example, can you see this? Rice, right? Rice is very small. I guess if I really
wanted, I could try and count those but I'm not going to. We wouldn't.
If you did, you would count the grains of rice (exactly) or the pieces of rice. Yeah. You wouldn't count
the rice - the rices..no. The rices - So these words, the non-count words,
can't go in a plural form. They don't have it. So rice or something else very
very small and delicious.. Guess what it is. Sugar. Sugar, also tiny
tiny, so we can't count this. We just say some. This would be really hard to count. It would
be really hard, yeah. So never say sugars. That's right - right no such thing.
Ok, as usual, we're going to play a game. This is how the game works.
We're going to think of a room in the house and we have a die here.So we're
going to throw the die. If we get a 1, a 2 or a 3, we'll say something in that room.
So for example, I could say I have one
chair or I have two apples in the kitchen - something like this. If, however.
we roll a 4, a 5, or a 6, we have to say something non-count in that room.
So we could use some. I have some whatever. | have some rice. I have some rice, yeah.
I have some water. Okay.
Ok, so let's start with the kitchen. Kitchen.
Good. Okay, here we go. Ready. One: I need to think of something that is count..
a countable noun. So in the kitchen I have one
refrigerator. Oh nice. Ready? Yeah. Six: so I think of something non-count.
In the kitchen, I have some flour.
One again? In the kitchen, I have one window. Nice.
In the kitchen, I have some milk.
..in the fridge. Oop.
Three! In the kitchen, I have three bananas.
Four. In the kitchen, I have some salt.
You get all the non-count. Yeah. Three. In the kitchen, I have three cutting boards.
Cutting boards.. for chopping.
Every time I get the non-count. Four: in the kitchen, I have some... [crickets chirping]
In the kitchen, I have some juice.
Another count! In the kitchen, I have one [crickets chirping]
This should be easy. I have one sink.
Yeah. In the kitchen, I have one...um..
Count's not that easy either! It isn't. None of them are that easy.
In the kitchen, I have one tap.
The thing the water comes out of.
Ah, finally. In the kitchen,
I have some coffee. I don't really have some coffee. It's ok, I don't want coffee.
In the kitchen, I have some tea.Yeah, true.
Let's try another room now.
This time, the bathroom. Whoa. Same thing: 1, 2, 3 is count noun; 4, 5, 6 non-count.
Ready? Yep. Three. In the bathroom, I have three towels.
In the bathroom, I have some toilet paper,
In the bathroom, I have one toilet. In the bathroom, I have two... [crickets]
I have two toothbrushes.
In the bathroom I have some water.
In the bathroom, I have two shelves.
In the bathroom, I have some soap.
In the bathroom, I have three ... It's harder than it looks.
I have three mirrors mm-hmm
It's a reall surround system of mirrors.
I'm very vain.
Oh! Sorry. Hit our microphone. In the bathroom. I have one sink.
I want one. Oh. In the bathroom, I have three toys - bath toys.
For her kids. Yeah, and actually I have probably 20. Probably..at least three.
In the bathroom, I have one mat on the floor.
In the bathroom, I have (is that a 4?)
In the bathroom, I have some shampoo. Can't count shampoo. You can't.
Alright, so remember a count noun is something you can count: 1,2,3,4,5,6..
And a non-count noun is something you can't count, either because it's liquid,
or very small, or you can't see or touch it. And so with non-count nouns, you will
never say "a" + non-count noun, like A shampoo or A soap. And you also would never
put an S on the end. So we won't say I have three shampoos. We will just say I
have shampoo. I just have shampoo, or some shampoo in the bathroom.
Exactly. Lots of shampoo, lots of shampoo, enough shampoo. I have shampoo.
uh-huh, period. Okay, so that's it for today. You can try
around your own home. See if you can think of the things in your different
rooms, or play a game with a friend to you can think of them quicker.
Alright, see you guys later. Bye.
In the kitchen, I have some
cocoa powder. [Larissa laughs a lot] No, I'm going to try again. Stand back up. I"m running out. Juice?
Yeah, that's what I'm gonna go for. In the kitchen, I have... [Larissa still laughing] Ok.
I'm sorry. Pull it together. You're going to have cry eyes.
I love that this is the funniest thing that's ever happened.
mumbling: cocoa powder. I made her laugh so hard she's crying.
Ah! Okay, recovered? I don't think so.
This is going to make an excellent blooper.