小学英语语法入门必备：不可数名词

小学英语语法入门必备：不可数名词Some nouns in English are uncountable nouns.

英语中有些单词是不可数名词。

We do not use uncountable nouns in the plural and we do not use them with the indefinite article, a/an.

不可数名词没有复数形式，我们也不用不定冠词a/an修饰他们。

We ate a lot of foods We ate a lot of food

We bought some new furnitures We bought some new furniture.

That s a useful information That s useful information

We can use some quantifiers with uncountable nouns：

我们能够用某些量词修饰不可数名词：

He gave me some useful advice.

They gave us a lot of information.

Uncountable nouns often refer to：

不可数名词有一下类别：

Substances： food; water; wine; salt; bread; iron

Human feelings or qualities： anger; cruelty; happiness; honesty; pride;

Activities： help; sleep; travel; work

Abstract ideas： beauty; death; fun; life

Common uncountable nouns

常见的不可数名词

There are some common nouns in English, like accommodation, which are uncountable nouns even though they have plurals in other languages：

英语中有很多名词，如accommodation，是不可数名词，但它在其他语言中有复数形式：

英语语法入门：不可数名词

Let me give you some advice.

How much luggage have you got?

If we want to make these things countable, we use expressions like：

如果想让这些词变得可数，能够用下列短语：

英语语法入门：不可数名词

Let me give you a piece of advice.

That s a useful piece of equipment.

We bought a few bits of furniture for the new apartment.

She had six separate items of luggage.

but we do not use accommodation, money and traffic in this way.