Count Nouns are
items we can count, one by one. They can be singular or plural.
Quantifiers
For a count noun, use the exact number or use of of these quantifiers.
There are four parks in Seattle.
There are a lot of farms
There are many rivers
There are a few arks.
There is one lake.
There are no desers
There aren't any mountains.
Yes No Questions
Non Count nouns are
1. Nouns that liquids or gases- water, oil, oxygen, rain
2. Too small or too many to count - sand, corn, rice
3. General Categories - secenery, music, tourism
4. Abstract ideas - information beauty, work
Some words can be both count and non -count
crime, crimes, industry, industries
Count nouns are singular or plural
To ask questions with count nouns, use
How many
To answer, Use with count nouns:
There is one,
There are many,
There are a few,
There are a lot
To ask with non-count nouns - Use How much....
To answer with non count-nouns - Use
-
There is a lot,
There is a little,
There isn't any.
General and Specific statements
There is a large national park is a general statement
But --
Glacier National Park is specific.
We can't say There is Glacier National Park in Montana.