Hello, I'm Emma from mmmEnglish! In this lesson we're focusing on English nouns. Why?
Because so many of the mistakes that you're making in English are related to the way that you use nouns. Starting from the top, there are two types of English noun countable and uncountable English nouns.
Now, you might be thinking "yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. . . Whatever it doesn't really matter!" But actually, it does matter.
It really really does, for a whole lot of reasons! Like, how to use articles correctly.
How to use 'much' and 'many', 'so' and 'such', 'some' and 'any' or 'a little' and 'a few'. These words all depend on the type of noun and learning and understanding more about countable and uncountable nouns and how they're used differently will dramatically improve your English grammar!
I guarantee you that some of the mistakes that you're making in English are because you are treating an uncountable noun like a countable noun, or a countable noun like an uncountable noun! Now, I've made a 'cheat sheet' to help you understand these rules and I'm going to tell you how to download it at the end of this lesson.
In this video we're focusing on uncountable nouns but you can check out another video on countable nouns right there. Okay! So, the kitchen is a great place to start talking about countable and uncountable nouns.
It's been a while since mmmEnglish has been in the kitchen, so I'm very excited to be back here! The easiest way to remember uncountable nouns is to think about nouns that are difficult to count.
Things like liquids, water, or wine. Gases, the air, or powders like flour.
Or things like electricity, money or abstract nouns like happiness, motivation and luck. Now, all of these nouns, if you think about it, are difficult to count.
