از کاربرد کلمات a ,some ,any ,much و many چه میدانید؟ به مثال های زیر توجه کنید تا تفاوت کلمات قابل جمع و غیرقابل جمع را دریابید.
| countable and uncountable nouns |
I'm making a cup of tea. |
There's some money on the table. |
| ?Have we got any bread |
| How many chairs do we need? |
How much milk have we got? |
an apple ,two apples ,three apples .اسم ها به دو دسته ی قابل جمع و غیرقابل جمع تقسیم می شود. اسم های قابل جمع به این شکل استفاده می شوند
اسم های غیرقابل جمع مثل: air ,rice ,water ,bread ,coffee ,information ,money ,advice ,luggage ,furniture
| countable nouns |
There's a man at the door. |
I have some friends in New York. |
| .I don't have a dog |
| There aren't any seats. |
| uncountable nouns |
There's some milk in the fridge. |
There isn't any coffee. |
در سوالات برای شمارش اسم ها از a ,an ,any یا how much استفاده می کنیم.
| Questions |
Is there an email address to write to? |
Are there any chairs? |
| ?How many chairs are there |
| ?Is there any sugar |
| ?How much orange juice is there |
برای پیشنهاد یا درخواست چیزی معمولا از some استفاده می کنیم.
| Questions |
Do you want some chocolate? |
Can we have some more chairs, please? |
| ?Have you got some new glasses |
a lot of برای اسم های قابل جمع و غیرقابل جمع استفاده می شود.
| a lot of |
There are lots of apples on the trees. |
There is a lot of snow on the road. |
برای جملات مثبت معمولا از much و many استفاده نمی کنیم. به جای آن ازa lot of استفاده می کنیم.
| much/ many |
They have a lot of money. |
در جملات منفی از not many و not much استفاده نمی کنیم. به مثال های زیر توجه کنید.
| much/ many |
There are a lot of carrots but there aren't many potatoes. |
| .There's lots of juice but there isn't much water |