Nouns and determiners

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Nouns and determiners by Mind Map: Nouns and determiners

1. Uncountable nouns

1.1. Has only one form

1.1.1. rice

1.2. Can’t use number

1.2.1. 🔴 one rice

1.2.2. 🔴 two rices

1.3. Can’t use a/an

1.3.1. 🔴 a sand

1.3.2. 🔴 a music

1.4. Can often use ‘a…of’

1.4.1. A bowl/ a packet/ a grain of rice

1.5. Can use uncountable nouns without ’the/my/some’

1.5.1. I eat rice every day

1.5.2. There’s blood on your arm

1.6. Can use ‘some’ and ‘any’

1.6.1. some music

1.6.2. any juice

1.7. Use ‘much’ and ‘little’

1.7.1. much shopping

1.7.2. little work

2. Countable nouns

2.1. Can be singular or plural

2.1.1. a banana

2.1.2. bananas

2.2. Can use number

2.2.1. ‘one banana’ or ‘two bananas’

2.3. Can use a/an with singular nouns

2.3.1. a beach

2.3.2. a student

2.3.3. an umbrella

2.4. Cannot use singular nouns without a/the/my

2.4.1. 🟢 I want a banana

2.4.2. 🔴 I want banana

2.5. Can use plural countable nouns alone

2.5.1. I like bananas

2.6. Can use ‘some’ and ‘any’ with plural countable nouns

2.6.1. some songs

2.6.2. any apples

2.7. Use ‘many’ and ‘few’ with plural countable nouns

2.7.1. many pictures

2.7.2. few things

3. Singular and plural

3.1. Some SINGULAR + PLURAL VERB

3.1.1. committee

3.1.2. company

3.1.3. government

3.2. Nouns end in ‘-ics’+ SINGULAR VERB

3.2.1. Gymnastics is my favorite sport

3.2.2. Gymnastics are my favorite sport

3.3. Words ending in ‘-s’ +SINGULAR/PLURAL

3.3.1. Means

3.3.1.1. a means

3.3.1.2. many means

3.3.2. series

3.3.2.1. a series

3.3.2.2. two series

3.4. PLURAL VERB + 1 thing has two parts

4. Much/ Little/ Many/ Few

4.1. ‘Much/ Little’ + UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

4.1.1. much time

4.1.2. few countries

4.2. ‘Many/ Few’ + PLURAL NOUNS

4.2.1. many friends

4.2.2. few cars

4.3. ‘Much’ + POSITIVE SENTENCES

4.4. ‘Many/ a lot of’ + all kinds of sentences

5. Little/ Few/ A little/ A few

5.1. Little/ Few

5.1.1. Little

5.1.1.1. Not much

5.1.2. Few

5.1.2.1. Not many

5.2. A little/ A few

5.2.1. A little

5.2.1.1. some, small amount

5.2.2. A few

5.2.2.1. some, small number