determiner definite article the The composer of that theme tune indefinite article a A beautiful new daughter possessives an An appalling mistake demonstratives my, your, etc. My secret life quantifiers this, that, these those some, many, few, Look at those buildings. etc. Few people believed him. conjunction a word that connects and Full of energy and ready to go sentences, phrases so I lost my mobile phone, so I or clauses couldn't call you. but great but i afford it. It’s can’t EXAMPLES The weather is terrible today, (uncountable) He got much money, (uncountable) hasn’t got a lot of friends to help her through this, (countable) She’s only got a few coins in my pocket, (countable) I’ve A number of words are sometimes countable when they mean one thing but uncountable when they mean something different. For example, the word ‘sugar’ is uncountable when we say like like some but countable if we ‘I sugar’, I’d sugar’, say or (where = spoonful/cube of sugar). ‘One sugar two?’ ‘sugar’ Plural nouns, singular verbs There are some nouns that appear to be plural, but which behave as if they are singular - you can only use them with singular verbs, e.g. is a game ‘Darts played by large news is men’, ‘The depressing’.
determiner definite article indefinite article possessives demonstratives quantifiers the a an my, your, etc. this, that, these those some, many, few, etc. The composer of that theme tune A beautiful new daughter An appalling mistake My secret life Look at those buildings. Few people believed him. conjunction a word that connects sentences, phrases or clauses and so but Full of energy and ready to go I lost my mobile phone, so I couldn't call you. It’s great but i can’t afford it. EXAMPLES The weather is terrible today, (uncountable) He hasn’t got much money, (uncountable) She’s got a lot of friends to help her through this, (countable) I’ve only got a few coins in my pocket, (countable) A number of words are sometimes countable when they mean one thing but uncountable when they mean something different. For example, the word ‘sugar’ is uncountable when we say ‘I like sugar’, I’d like some sugar’, but countable if we say ‘One sugar or two?’ (where ‘sugar’ = spoonful/cube of sugar). Plural nouns, singular verbs There are some nouns that appear to be plural, but which behave as if they are singular - you can only use them with singular verbs, e.g. ‘Darts is a game played by large men’, ‘The news is depressing’.
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