I can't thank you enough! 😘 This lesson really helped me to understand difference between time and a time. I didn't know why people say "i have a difficult time" Now i know why 😊😊😊 watching you from Uzbekistan!!!
Your explanation is more than excellent.I am an English teacher.I learn a lot from you.I always listen to your lessons before I go to school.Believe or not ,I keep by heart all your lessons and apply them in classes.Thank you.keep it up.
Binayi Sabar . I´m Hassan, I´m from Egypt.and my name is NOOR HONY on skype. I´d like to take part in the conversation group, via skype or in the way you usually do. My goal is to have new friends, to practise and improve my English by speaking with native speakers and with people from all over the world. Please, I´ll be waiting for your invitation. i don´t know which is the next step I need to follow. Can you help…
Binayi Sabar I´m Hassan, I´m from Egypt.and my name is NOOR HONY on skype. I´d like to take part in the conversation group, via skype or in the way you usually do. My goal is to have new friends, to practise and improve my English by speaking with native speakers and with people from all over the world. Please, I´ll be waiting for your invitation. i don´t know which is the next step I need to follow. Can you help…
Very useful and informative. You pretty much tried to cover all the concepts and that is what i loved about the video. Good work keep up the effort god bless u
Food/drink- wine, flour, salt. Collective nouns- family, information. Abstract noun- time, research, advice. Police is a collective noun which uses plural? Same as people?
Thanks for a lesson. I would be glad to see more lessons about nouns like nouns as modifiers, verbal nouns (differences with gerund). P.s. And how do we pronounce "often"? With "t" or not? 😃
Glad you like the lesson. We have many grammar lessons which you might also enjoy: www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/free-english-grammar-lessons. Also, 'often' is pronounced both ways.
Great lesson! Also we can say 'a bit of' with uncountable nouns like 'advice', 'luck', 'help', 'progress'. EXAMPLE: I had a bit of help with the test EXAMPLE: Let me give you two useful bits of advice.
It's an excellent lecture ! Yet I just wanted to share that in last minute of your lecture while talking about 'furniture' you used 'a item of furniture' while I think it should be 'an item of furniture'. Kindly reply.
This one is tough because what is countable or uncountable is merely cultural, so it changes from one country to another. Most of those examples are countable in my language, for example. By the way, in my point of view, a fish is always a fish. It's weird to say there's a fish on my food as so is weird to think another animal is human food.
OOE team- at around 4:30 sec you state “!! Be careful ‘fruit! is uncountable but ‘vegetables’ are countable”. I don’t understand what you mean by that, could you give an example. Thanks
Good question, Nelly. 'Fruit' is uncountable, meaning we usually can't make the word plural/count it. For example: 'I ate a lot of fruit today,' or, 'I would like one piece of fruit.' 'Vegetables' are countable. For example: 'I ate a lot of vegetables today,' or, 'I would like one vegetable.' Hope this helps you!
I have a problem of accepting an idea of uncountability of advice. Are advice really that bad that you have no change of counting them? On which point a hint or a suggestion becomes advice and suddenly you become unable to count it?
These things aren't logical or consistent. 'Advice' is uncountable; it's a brute fact. If you start trying to find a reason why, you'll just get frustrated :)
@@Oxfordonlineenglish1 please why don't we say? three fishes in your example.why don't we say? I have much work to do.why do we say a cake ? And why I 'd like some cake(which is split from"a cake")?great thanks you made a great work work
Talking about the idea, use the uncountable form, 'I eat a lot of fruit every day,'. If you are referring to specific kinds, use the countable form, 'We have five kinds of fruits here at dinner'.
I have some questions about the uncountable-plural like trousers, scissors, clothes, etc., since they are uncountable nouns the quantifier that we should use is much. So we say, 'I have much clothes.' but for me it sounds strange because I usually hear native English speaker say 'I have a lot of clothes.'. I hope to hear a response from you.
Hi there, Dong. We would use 'many' with these words, but also don't forget that we can't use 'much' in positive sentences. Some examples: 'I have a lot of clothes,' or, 'I don't have many clothes.' Hope this helps you!
@@Oxfordonlineenglish1 Wow! You have responded timely. In the Philippines where English is our second language, these rules in English are the things that we must pay attention to. You're a big help!
When you said that in British English we say are for collective nouns, and when we use that that those mean each person on the team or something. But if we are using is those that mean the whole group? Can you explain this?? And collective nouns treaded as countable or uncountable?
Hi Inas, collective nouns in British English are treated as plurals, 'The team are getting ready'. In American English, they're treated as singulars, 'The team is getting ready'.
Good evening sir, I heard you said "an item of furniture" while the written on the background was (a item of furniture ) , why there was that difference, please?
Thanks for sharing your comment. Our certified English teachers can help you with online classes. You can book a trial lesson here: www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/book-first-class.
Hi Suman, we will have more IELTS-specific writing lessons in the future, however, this video might help you in the meantime: www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/video-writing-an-intro.
F.A.O OOE team- I work and live in London. Can I say “give me some advice” (on my problem which I told you about). If not, why not? Because “a piece of advice” = chopping ‘advice’ into bits, so in my opinion since I don’t need the “whole” advice and the advice I’m referring to is already know, “give me some advice” or “I need some advice” is acceptable. ‘Faith, trust’ are also abstract nouns and we use ‘some’. How about ‘a bit of advice’? Thanks
That’s a problem in our country because when i was in Elementary and high school my teacher taught me British english but during my college it was in American English though my teacher would always say is not a big deal but still i was confused sometimes. Thank you.
Thanks for sharing! Yes, there are some aspects that can be confusing but for the most part uncountable nouns share the same rules! The biggest difference is when talking about groups of people.
Hi Inas, use 'a piece of' for one thing, such as 'a piece of paper'. Use 'a pair of' for things that come in twos, such as, 'a pair of socks' or 'a pair of pants'. This lesson gives you helpful rules for understanding what countable nouns are.
Which one is grammatically correct: He scored the passing marks. Or He scored the pass marks. I found this question in a grammar book and the correct answer according to the book is second sentence. Please do reply sir
Is mathematics plural or singular in the UK? One guy who said "we Brits" states you can't say math but maths because the word mathematics is plural. I checked it on the internet and found that it's singular and uncountable but he insists that in the UK it's plural and I'm uneducated. English is not my mother tongue, so I can be wrong, but can it really be plural? Is it a kind of exception?
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A really good lesson, it helped me to improve my knowledge about uncountable nouns.
Great teaching. Thanks lot.
I can't thank you enough! 😘
This lesson really helped me to understand difference between time and a time. I didn't know why people say "i have a difficult time" Now i know why 😊😊😊 watching you from Uzbekistan!!!
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4:10 which noun is uncountable
7:18 nouns that can be unaccountable and countable
12:55 exceptions
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This lesson was helpful and surprisingly very interesting, because I never thought about this. Thank you very much. I have learn a lot
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Your explanation is more than excellent.I am an English teacher.I learn a lot from you.I always listen to your lessons before I go to school.Believe or not ,I keep by heart all your lessons and apply them in classes.Thank you.keep it up.
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It was really helpful. Also, the teacher is funny and knowledge always sticks after a class like this.
Thank you Martin. Now, I can differentiate between countable and non-countable nouns.
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Binayi Sabar .
I´m Hassan,
I´m from Egypt.and my name is NOOR HONY on skype.
I´d like to take part in the conversation group, via skype or in the way you usually do.
My goal is to have new friends, to practise and improve my English by speaking with native speakers and with people from all over the world.
Please, I´ll be waiting for your invitation. i don´t know which is the next step I need to follow. Can you help…
Binayi Sabar
I´m Hassan,
I´m from Egypt.and my name is NOOR HONY on skype.
I´d like to take part in the conversation group, via skype or in the way you usually do.
My goal is to have new friends, to practise and improve my English by speaking with native speakers and with people from all over the world.
Please, I´ll be waiting for your invitation. i don´t know which is the next step I need to follow. Can you help…
excellent lesson... thank you SIR
Thanks for watching! Glad you enjoyed the lesson!
Very useful and informative. You pretty much tried to cover all the concepts and that is what i loved about the video. Good work keep up the effort god bless u
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Food and drink pour some honey here.
Collective noun.. A folk of birds was flying.
Abstract noun.. I am impressed With his honesty
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Food/drink- wine, flour, salt. Collective nouns- family, information. Abstract noun- time, research, advice. Police is a collective noun which uses plural? Same as people?
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Thanks for a lesson. I would be glad to see more lessons about nouns like nouns as modifiers, verbal nouns (differences with gerund). P.s. And how do we pronounce "often"? With "t" or not? 😃
Glad you like the lesson. We have many grammar lessons which you might also enjoy: www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/free-english-grammar-lessons. Also, 'often' is pronounced both ways.
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It is very difficult to judge uncountable or Countable nounbut by watching that video I can judge thanks a lot teacher
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Great lesson! Also we can say 'a bit of' with uncountable nouns like 'advice', 'luck', 'help', 'progress'.
EXAMPLE: I had a bit of help with the test
EXAMPLE: Let me give you two useful bits of advice.
Martin is great!!
It's an excellent lecture ! Yet I just wanted to share that in last minute of your lecture while talking about 'furniture' you used 'a item of furniture' while I think it should be 'an item of furniture'. Kindly reply.
This one is tough because what is countable or uncountable is merely cultural, so it changes from one country to another. Most of those examples are countable in my language, for example.
By the way, in my point of view, a fish is always a fish. It's weird to say there's a fish on my food as so is weird to think another animal is human food.
The differences are quite interesting aren't they, Ruy? Thanks for watching and hope you enjoyed the video!
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Glad you found the lesson useful! Saba!
Tip: in case anyone is confused with ‘money’ being an uncountable noun, what we count are notes or coins, I hope that helps.
What about the mass nouns that have both countable and uncountable uses?
19:25 a item of furniture or an item of furniture?
Hi Yuni, it would be 'an item'.
OOE team- at around 4:30 sec you state “!! Be careful ‘fruit! is uncountable but ‘vegetables’ are countable”. I don’t understand what you mean by that, could you give an example. Thanks
Good question, Nelly. 'Fruit' is uncountable, meaning we usually can't make the word plural/count it. For example: 'I ate a lot of fruit today,' or, 'I would like one piece of fruit.' 'Vegetables' are countable. For example: 'I ate a lot of vegetables today,' or, 'I would like one vegetable.' Hope this helps you!
I have a problem of accepting an idea of uncountability of advice. Are advice really that bad that you have no change of counting them? On which point a hint or a suggestion becomes advice and suddenly you become unable to count it?
These things aren't logical or consistent. 'Advice' is uncountable; it's a brute fact. If you start trying to find a reason why, you'll just get frustrated :)
@@Oxfordonlineenglish1 please why don't we say? three fishes in your example.why don't we say? I have much work to do.why do we say a cake ? And why I 'd like some cake(which is split from"a cake")?great thanks you made a great work work
What do we use with fruit and the other things that are similar to this.
Talking about the idea, use the uncountable form, 'I eat a lot of fruit every day,'. If you are referring to specific kinds, use the countable form, 'We have five kinds of fruits here at dinner'.
I have some questions about the uncountable-plural like trousers, scissors, clothes, etc., since they are uncountable nouns the quantifier that we should use is much. So we say, 'I have much clothes.' but for me it sounds strange because I usually hear native English speaker say 'I have a lot of clothes.'. I hope to hear a response from you.
Hi there, Dong. We would use 'many' with these words, but also don't forget that we can't use 'much' in positive sentences.
Some examples: 'I have a lot of clothes,' or, 'I don't have many clothes.' Hope this helps you!
@@Oxfordonlineenglish1 Wow! You have responded timely. In the Philippines where English is our second language, these rules in English are the things that we must pay attention to. You're a big help!
When you said that in British English we say are for collective nouns, and when we use that that those mean each person on the team or something. But if we are using is those that mean the whole group? Can you explain this?? And collective nouns treaded as countable or uncountable?
Hi Inas, collective nouns in British English are treated as plurals, 'The team are getting ready'. In American English, they're treated as singulars, 'The team is getting ready'.
the article A is used with singular and countable noun , we can't use it with plural or uncountable noun?
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Knowledge is very important in our lives. I like to much cheese. I like eating fish.
Good evening sir, I heard you said "an item of furniture" while the written on the background was (a item of furniture ) , why there was that difference, please?
Hi there. The correct phrase is 'an item of furniture.' 'A item' is incorrect. Thank you for pointing that out!
He is a man of an ability.
He is a man of ability.
should we use or not the artile "an" before ability and why ?
could you plz explain
What's the difference among (big, large)( amall,little) (high, tall) in english.
Thanks for sharing your comment. Our certified English teachers can help you with online classes. You can book a trial lesson here: www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/book-first-class.
Some nouns are uncountable in English language but can be countable in other languages ??
Example:
Travel
Weather
Fun
Work
Nice, Kabeer! 'Work' is uncountable, you are correct.
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soemtimes there are soem uncountable nouns that can have a s like foods, waters,frutis
It's true, Inas!
Oxford Online English what is the different if a word can have a s or without are there any difference??
Exercise answers: Bean and grain. Wood and rock. Thought and theory.
can you do video on writing task 1 and 2 ?👍
Hi Suman, we will have more IELTS-specific writing lessons in the future, however, this video might help you in the meantime: www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/video-writing-an-intro.
F.A.O OOE team- I work and live in London. Can I say “give me some advice” (on my problem which I told you about). If not, why not? Because “a piece of advice” = chopping ‘advice’ into bits, so in my opinion since I don’t need the “whole” advice and the advice I’m referring to is already know, “give me some advice” or
“I need some advice” is acceptable. ‘Faith, trust’ are also abstract nouns and we use ‘some’. How about ‘a bit of advice’? Thanks
Hi there. Good questions. Yes, you can say: 'some advice,' 'a piece of advice,' and 'a bit of advice.' Hope this helps you!
That’s a problem in our country because when i was in Elementary and high school my teacher taught me British english but during my college it was in American English though my teacher would always say is not a big deal but still i was confused sometimes. Thank you.
Thanks for sharing! Yes, there are some aspects that can be confusing but for the most part uncountable nouns share the same rules! The biggest difference is when talking about groups of people.
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when do we know wether to use a piece og or a pair of. when we know that the noun is uncoutable, how do we know
Hi Inas, use 'a piece of' for one thing, such as 'a piece of paper'. Use 'a pair of' for things that come in twos, such as, 'a pair of socks' or 'a pair of pants'. This lesson gives you helpful rules for understanding what countable nouns are.
What I mean when do I know wether to change the verb and pronoun? Please answer
Which one is grammatically correct:
He scored the passing marks.
Or
He scored the pass marks.
I found this question in a grammar book and the correct answer according to the book is second sentence.
Please do reply sir
Sugar rice money water are uncountable .
Pen table chair desk ruler are countable noun .
I also get very confused when we are saying the class was or the class were, and also with are and is?Could you please explain that
Hi Inas, we have a lesson that should be helpful for you: www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/verb-be.
is people consider countable or uncountable?
Try for yourself: can you count people? 'Two people'; 'three people'--does it sound OK?
@@Oxfordonlineenglish1 No.
Thank you.
But should I use is or are?
I think are
'People' is a countable noun. You can say 'two people', 'three people', etc. So, 'people are...' not 'people is...'
@@Oxfordonlineenglish1 oh, thank you very much
Sir wil u pls explain me about letter writing as I have already booked slot for exam
Hi Radhika, we have some helpful lessons on writing that you might enjoy such as this one: www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/improve-english-writing.
Is mathematics plural or singular in the UK? One guy who said "we Brits" states you can't say math but maths because the word mathematics is plural. I checked it on the internet and found that it's singular and uncountable but he insists that in the UK it's plural and I'm uneducated. English is not my mother tongue, so I can be wrong, but can it really be plural? Is it a kind of exception?
Hi there. 'Maths' is commonly used in British English and 'math' is commonly used in American English. Hope this helps you!