4. Countable and Uncountable Nouns

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Autor	American English at State
Área	Comunicación y Lenguaje L 3, Inglés
Tipo de licencia	Estándar de YouTube
Formato	Vídeo
Responsable de curación	Editor
Última actualización	2016/05/02
Localización	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVtkKp06z04

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0:08	Hi. I'm Anne, and I speak American English.
0:11	I'm a student, and I like to read and learn about languages.
0:16	Today, we will learn about the difference between countable and uncountable nouns.
0:25	Try to notice the difference between the countable and uncountable nouns in this story.
0:31	Some of the countable and uncountable nouns are highlighted.
0:35	The countable nouns are in red,
0:37	and the uncountable nouns are in purple.
0:44	In winter, it's very cold where I live.
0:48	There's snow and ice.
0:54	Sometimes, I dream that I'm visiting an island that has sand and palm trees.
1:04	My friends and I sit in the sunshine
1:07	and we listen to the music that plays on our radio.
1:15	After that, we swim in the water.
1:22	But when I wake up from my dream it's cold
1:25	so I put on a coat and gloves and I walk to school.
1:35	So, what's the difference between countable and uncountable nouns?
1:40	Let's begin with countable nouns.
1:43	Countable nouns are nouns that we can count.
1:46	Therefore, these nouns can be plural.
1:49	They can have the plural ending "s" or "es".
1:52	And the can take plural forms of verbs.
1:55	For example, I saw three cats run.
2:04	If there is only one countable noun, we use the indefinite article "a" or "an."
2:11	For example, there is a tree in the park.
2:19	Uncountable nouns are nouns that we cannot count.
2:24	Therefore, these nouns do not have plural forms.
2:28	They never have the plural ending "s" or "es."
2:31	And they never take plural forms of verbs.
2:35	For example, snow is cold.
2:43	Uncountable nouns also never take the indefinite articles "a" or "an."
2:50	For example, I listen to music.
2:57	Now it's your turn. Click pause, and choose the uncountable nouns.
3:21	Task of the week: try to write a sentence with an uncountable noun.
3:37	Next time, we will learn about quantifiers.
3:41	This is American English. Thank you for watching.

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