Grammar Countable Nouns   Countable Nouns are those that can be expressed in numbers, singular and plural forms. Observe and analyze the examples below.   Listen and repeat   Singular Plural Example - Singular Example - Plural Adult Adults He needs to be responsible because he is an adult Those adults are playing with their kids Barrier Barriers The beavers made a barrier to block the water Now the man has to destroy all the barriers created by them Bill Bills The woman received yesterday a new bill to pay She has many bills to pay and no money. She needs a loan Card Cards Can I borrow your credit card to buy new pants? Yes, sure you can. You can borrow all my credit cards Chair Chairs Do you know who´s sitting in this chair? I don´t know, but you can use those chairs. They are available Disk Disks They will buy a new disk to record some data Maybe one disk is not enough. They will need four disks Eye Eyes That girl is quite different: her left eye is green Her other eye is blue. Her eyes don´t have the same color Feather Feathers The girl has a gorgeous feather in her hair Yeah, she has five different feathers. She´s always changing Gift Gifts The man wants to buy a gift to his wife Instead of only one, he decided to buy two gifts to her Hat Hats The lady is using an odd hat It is not common for men using hats nowadays Island Islands What´s your favorite island in the world? Tahiti islands are stunning, I wanna go there someday Jewel Jewels That jewel must be very expensive, don´t you think? It is. But her husband doesn´t mind buying expensive jewels Key Keys Do they need the key to unlock the door? They need three keys because they have to unlock three doors Letter Letters Did the mailman deliver only one letter this morning? The mailman delivered eight letters this morning Message Messages The manager received one message from the director The director will send lots of messages to all the managers Nation Nations Sweden seems to be a nice nation to live in In Europe, there are many different nations and languages Office Offices The chairman is moving to a new office in another city He has six offices all over the country, in different cities Picture Pictures Excuse me, can you please take a picture of us? Sure I can. Do you want only one or more pictures of you? Queen Queens In England, they still have a queen English people are fascinated by kings and queens Room Rooms The young businessman wants to rent a new room Actually, he wants to rent three rooms. One is not enough Shoe Shoes Hey, help me please. I can´t find my left shoe Your left shoe is in the closet with all your shoes Table Tables This kitchen table costs only U$ 100.00 You can take two tables for only U$ 150.00. It´s a bargain Umbrella Umbrellas Take your umbrella with you in case it rains In case it rains, we will need two umbrellas Vehicle Vehicles Car is a very common kind of vehicle You can see many different kinds of vehicles on the streets Watch Watches I guess I lost my watch. Do you know where it is? Your watch is there on the desk with all those watches Year Years In one year, a lot of things change in our lives Ten years ago, everything was much more different Zoo Zoos Do you wanna go to the zoo with us? No, thank you. I am not much fond of zoos   Globalized English School English in English   2009 - 2010 Globalized English School  - All rights reserved