Basic English Grammar: Pronouns, Articles, Nouns (Countable/Uncountable) and Quantifiers

Apuntes

SUBJECT PRONOUNS A word used in the place of a noun (subject, object, possessive) → I, you, she, he, it, we, they INDEFINITE ARTICLE: a/an - We use a with a singular noun: It's a bag. - We use an with a singular noun beginning with a vowel: It's an umbrella. DEFINITE ARTICLE: the - We use it with singular and plural nouns: Open the door, open the windows. PLURALS - Add -s to make plural nouns. * Words ending in ch, sh, ss, x, z add -es: watch → watches * Words ending in -y→ -ies : country → countries THIS, THAT, THESE, THOSE – We use this/these for things near you. (this singular, these plural). – We use that/those for things far away. (that singular, those plural). POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES my, your, her, his, its, our, their. THERE IS/ THERE ARE We use them to say that something exists. (Hay) There is, for singular and there are, for plural + There is a car / There are two cars. - There isn't a car / There aren't two cars. Is there a car?/ Are there two cars? COUNTABLE / UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS: Countable nouns in singular use the article a/an → I have a car. I have two cars. Uncountable nouns don't have plural → I have sugar. We use some and any for countable and uncountable nouns: + some...