Pengertian dan Contoh Kalimat Countable Noun dan Uncountable Noun

Pengertian Countable Noun

• Countable Noun adalah kata benda yang dapat dihitung.
• Kata benda ini terbagi menjadi dua macam, yaitu: Singular (kata benda dapat dihitung tunggal) dan Plural Countable (kata benda dapat dihitung jamak).
• Pada bentuk plural, perubahan bentuk kata bendanya mengikuti aturan regular (pola beraturan) atau irregular (pola tidak beraturan).

·         Regular Countable Noun

·         Pola aturan regular perubahan singular ke plural kata benda yang dapat dihitung adalah sebagai berikut.

No	Kondisi	Aturan Regular	Contoh
			singular	plural
1	kata benda yang berakhiran -o, dan huruf sebelumnya vokal	ditambahkan akhiran -es	tomato	tomatoes
			potato	potatoes
2	kata benda yang berakhiran: -s, -x, -ch, -sh, -ss	ditambahkan akhiran -es	gas	gases
			box	boxes
			punch	punches
			dash	dashes
			loss	losses
3	kata benda yang berakhiran -y dan huruf sebelumnya konsonan	akhiran -y dihilangkan lalu ditambahkan akhiran -ies	country	countries
4	one syllabel noun (kata benda satu sukukata) berakhiran -f atau -fe	akhiran -f atau -fe dihilangkan lalu ditambahkan akhiran -ves	wife	wives
5	kata benda lainnya	ditambahkan akhiran -s	book	books

Beberapa Irregular Countable Noun

Beberapa contoh bentuk singular dan plural dari irregular noun adalah sebagai berikut.

Irregular Noun
singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
alga, vita	algae, vitae	deer	deer	person	people
alumnus	alumni	fish	fish	phenomenon	phenomena
appendix	appendices	foot	feet	police	police
basis	bases	goose	geese	radius	radii
child	children	man	men	sheep	sheep
crisis	crises	mouse	mice	tooth	teeth
criterion	criteria	medium	media	vita	vitae
datum	data	ox	oxen	woman	women

Determiner pada Countable Noun

Contoh determiner pada singular dan plural countable adalah sebagai berikut.

Determiner	Singular	Plural
Articles	a/an, the	the
Quantifier		many, few, a few, several,a couple of,a large/great number, some, any, a lot of/lots of
	none
Demonstratives	this, that	these, those

Contoh Kalimat Singular & Plural Countable

Dengan mengacu pada tabel determiner di atas, contoh kalimat singular dan plural sebagai berikut.

No	Contoh Kalimat		Keterangan Contoh Kalimat
	Singular	Plural
1	Can you borrow me a magazine?	Can you borrow me magazines?	Singular countable noun harus menggunakan indefinite article (a/an), sedangkan plural-nya tidak.
2	She wrote the book when she was twenty.	She wrote the books when she was twenty.	Baik singular, maupun plural, dapat menggunakan definite article (the).
3	There was a visitor in the museum.	There were many visitors in the museum.	Hanya plural countable noun yang menggunakan takaran.
4	That apple is from Malang	Those apples are from Malang.	Singular countable noun menggunakan demostratives “this” atau “that” sedangkan plural countable noun dengan “these” atau “those” diikuti dengan bentuk plural kata bendanya.

Pengertian Uncountable Noun

• Uncountable Noun adalah kata benda yang tidak dapat dihitung.
• Uncountable atau mass noun ini kebanyakannya hanya memiliki bentuk singular (tunggal), namun ada beberapa yang hanya memiliki bentuk plural.
• Jika ingin membentuk pengertian plural dari kata benda ini, maka yang dijamakkan adalah takarannya.
• Banyak mass noun terbentuk dari derivasi adjective, derivasi verb, maupun derivasi noun.

Contoh Uncountable Noun

Adapun contoh uncountable noun dari berbagai kategori adalah sebagai berikut.

Kategori	Contoh
food	noddle, meat, bread
liquid	coffee, milk, oil, honey
powder	grain, sugar, rice, fluor, salt
material & sourches	concrete, iron, wood, glass, sand, gold, air, water, oxygen, fog
household items	furniture, flooring, bedding, electricity
language	Indonesia, english, mandarin, arabic
weather	thunder, weather, lightning, rain, snow, wind
travel	travel, information, money, equipment, luggage
professional endeavour	work, knowledge, research, progress, intelligence, loyalty
abstract consept	happiness, tolerance, independence, love, anger

Plural Uncountable Noun

• Beberapa uncountable memiliki bentuk plural (jamak) tanpa bentuk singular (tunggal) walaupun dengan makna yang sama.
• Plural uncountable tersebut tidak dapat ditambahkan determiner
  number. Contoh: two pants.

Contoh Plural Uncountable:

arms, clothes, customs, glasses, goods, groceries, jeans, pyjamas, pants, scissors, spectacles, thanks, trousers.

Determiner pada Uncountable Noun

Determiner pada uncountable antara lain adalah definite article, quantifier, dan distributive, dengan contoh kalimat sebagai berikut.

Determiner		Contoh Kalimat
Articles	the	She bought the furniture at the exhibition.
Quantifier	much	Do not bring much money to the store.
	little, a little	There is only little water left in his thermos.
	a great deal of, a good deal of, a large amount	A mother has a great deal of time to listen her children’s problems.
	no	There is no fresh water in this area.
	some, any	Would you mind giving me some advice?
	a lot of/lots of	I need a lot of margarine to cook
Distributive	this, that	This rice is free from herbicide.

Tentang Countable = Uncountable Noun

Ada beberapa noun (kata benda) yang dapat menempati posisi baik sebagai countable maupun uncountable walaupun makna yang dihasilkan agak atau sangat berbeda.

Kondisi Countable = Uncountable Noun

Kata benda yang dapat menempati posisi sebagai countable noun maupun uncountable dengan beberapa kondisi dapat dilihat pada tabel sebagai berikut.

Kondisi	Penjelasan	Contoh
1	Antara countable dan uncountable memiliki kata yang sama namun dengan arti yang berbeda.	glass – uncountable noun (=material) a glass – countable noun (=gelas)
2	Pada abstract noun, countable menempati makna spesifik sedangkan uncountable bermakna general.	an extreme sport – countable noun sport – uncountable noun
3	Sedangkan pada common noun, countable dapat merujuk pada keseluruhan atau varietas benda sedangkan uncountable berbicara tentang bagian.	cheeses – countable noun (=varietas) a bar of cheese = uncountable

Contoh Kalimat Noun = Countable = Uncountable

Contoh kalimat kata benda baik sebagai countable noun maupun uncountable dengan berbagai kondisi tersebut di atas adalah sebagai berikut.

Kondisi	Noun	Contoh Kalimat Countable = Uncountable
		Countable Noun	Uncountable Noun
1	glass	The boy drank a glass of milk.	The box is made of glass. (=material)
	iron	Can I borrow your iron? (=alat setrika)	We need enough iron to prevent anemia.
	light	My father should change the light in the kitchen one week ago. (=lampu)	There is not enough light to read. (=cahaya)
	paper	I have an interesting paper to read. (=majalah)	I need some paper to print the report.
2	business	He has run a business since 2008.	Business is one of the most favorite topic in the class.
	experience	I got an unforgetable experience while climbing the mountain.	If you’ve experience of designing high-rise buildings, then you can apply for this position.
	life	Many women prefer a secure life.	Life is wild in the hunter’s opinion.
	noise	There was a noise on the road.	He woke up early because of too much noise outside his bedroom.
	sport	Parkour is an extreme sport.	I really love sport.
	time	I hope you have a good time on the journey.	He has only little time to get ready.
3	cake	They sent me a cake on my birthday. (=satu buah kue)	She gave the first piece of cake for her mother.
	cheese	I have tried kinds of cheeses from many countries. (=varietas)	The woman is grating a bar of cheese.
	chocolate	There are five chocolates left in the box. (=five bars of chocolates)	I need some chocolate to boost my mood.
	coffee	Give me two coffees without cream, please! (=two cups of coffees)	He prefers to drink tea to coffee.
	hair	He said that one hundred hairs loss per day is still normal. (=seratus helai rambut)	The man dyed his hair in red.
	juice	The woman put some juices on the table. (=gelas/botol jus)	He drank some juice at the party.

Sekilas Countable dan Uncountable Noun

• Countable noun merupakan kata benda yang dapat dihitung, sedangkan uncountable noun tidak. Countable noun mungkin singular (tunggal) atau plural (jamak).
• Jika ingin membentuk pengertian plural dari uncountable noun, maka yang dijamakkan adalah takarannya.

‘Menjamakkan’ Uncountable Noun

Uncountable noun dapat dihitung dengan menambahkan takaran di awal kata benda tersebut. Takaran kata benda tersebut dapat dijamakkan. Takaran yang digunakan antara lain: box, tube, bar, piece, cup, gallon, bottle, glass, kilogram, packet, scoop, spoon.

Contoh Transformasi:

Uncountable Noun	Countable Noun	Uncountable Noun	Countable Noun
bread	a slice of bread, a loaf of bread	information	a piece of information, two pieces of information
cake	a piece of cake	lightning	a flash of lightning
chess	a game of chess	milk	a glass of milk
chocolate	a bar of chocolate	sugar	a spoon of sugar
fluor	a kilogram of fluor	tea	a cup of tea, three cups of tea
gold	a bar of gold, ten bars of gold	thunder	a clap of thunder
grass	a blade of grass	water	a gallon of water
ice cream	a scoop of ice cream	work	a piece of work

Padanan Uncountable Noun dengan Countable

Berikut adalah beberapa contoh pilihan kata antara uncountable dengan countable.

Uncountable Noun	Countable Noun	Uncountable Noun	Countable Noun
advice	tip	luggage	bag
baggage	bag, case	money	dollar, coin
electricity	battery	music	song
equipment	tool	poetry	poem
furniture	table	scenery	view
homework	task	travel	journey/trip
information	report	wine	bottle
knowledge	fact	work	job

Contoh Soal Pilihan Ganda dan Essay

Pilihan Ganda :

1.            I ……………apples

a.             Don’t like eat

b.            Doesn’t likes eating

c.             Don’t like eating

d.            Doesn’t liking eat

2.            A: Do you like coffee ?

B:……………………

a.             Yes, I did

b.            Yes, I does

c.             Yes, I doesn’t

d.            Yes, I do

3.            A: ……………………..

B: No, I don’t

a.             Does you like going to the beach?

b.            You did like going to the beach?

c.             Do you like going to the beach?

d.            Are you like going to the beach?

4.            A: Does Susi go to school by bus?

B: ……………………………….

a.             Yes, he does

b.            Yes, she doesn’t

c.             Yes, she did

d.            Yes, she does

5.            A: Do they like eating fried rice?

B: No, they don’t. they ………..apples

a.             Like eating

b.            Likes eats

c.             Like eaten

d.            Like eat

Jesica’s Daily Activities

My name is Jesica. I am a student. Every day I get up early in the morning. I get up at 4.30. then take a bath and get dressed. After that, I have breakfast at 5.30 a.m. and on Saturday I go home school at 11.30 a.m. when I arrive at home, I rest for a while and have lunch. I usually read a newspaper in the afternoon. In the evening I always do my homework and sometimes watch television before I go to bed.

6.             Is jesica a student?

a.             No, she is not

b.            Yes, she is not

c.             Yes , she is

d.            No , is not she

7.            Does she get up late?

a.             No, she doesn’t get up late

b.            Yes, she does’t get up late

c.             Yes, she doesn’t get up late

d.            No, she gets up late

8.            Does she have breakfast before going to school?

a.             No, she doesn’t

b.            Yes, she doesn’t

c.             No, she does

d.            Yes, she does

9.            What does she do in the afternoon?

a.             She reads a letter in the afternoon

b.            She reads a newspaper in the afternoon

c.             She listens to the radio in the afternoon

d.            She does her homework.

Rudy is my friend, and he is a shopkeeper. He has a shop in a small town. School children like to go there because they can buy candies or ice-cream. Rudy  does not have a car because he does not have much money to buy it. To buy something for his shop, he goes by his motorbike to the city. He usually has luch at a small restaurant there. He is a very deligent man

10.        Rudy is…………

a.             a  worker

b.            a  student

c.             a teacher

d.            a shopkeeper

11.        Rudy goes by ……to buy something for his shop.

a.             Car

b.            Motorbike

c.             Bus

d.            Ship

12.        What do school children buy at Rudy’s shop

a.             Ice-cream

b.            School books

c.             Ice-cream  and candies

d.            Candies

13.        Why does he go to the city?

a.             Because he has to buy something for his shop

b.            Because he has to meet his friends

c.             Because he has to meet the school childreen

d.            Because he has to sell his car

14.        Where does he have lunch?

a.             at hotel

b.            at hospital

c.             at restaurant

d.            in a small town

15.        Who often shop there to buy ice-cream or candies?

a.             People

b.            Teachers

c.             Rudy’s brothers

d.            School children

16.        My girlfriend……………..a letter now

a.             are writing

b.            is writing

c.             am writing

d.            writing

17.        Amar…………..Nadilla now.

a.             are speaking to

b.            is speaking to

c.             speaking to

d.            speaks to

18.        There-a-book-is-on the table

a.             There is on the table a book

b.            There book a on the table is

c.             There on the table book a is

d.            There is a book on the table

19.        There –some-are-pens-in my bag

a.             There some are pens in my bag

b.            There are some pens in my bag

c.             There pens some are in my bag

d.            There are some pens in my bag

20.        There-many-students-in-are-the classroom

a.             There are in the classroom my students

b.            There are many students in the classroom

c.             There are many in the classroom students

d.            There are the classromm in many students

 Essay :

1.            Write a short paragraph about your daily activies

2.            Write the pattern of present continuous tense, and write five sentences as the examples.

3.            Write the pattern of simple present tense, and, and write five sentences as the example

4.            Write five sentences in the form of questions and answers using simple  present tense

5.            Write five sentences using the verbs hate,like,love, and enjoy.

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