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terça-feira, 6 de março de 2012

Grammar / Gramática - Countable and uncontable nouns (Substantivos contáveis e incontáveis)

Em inglês os substantivos podem ser classificados em contáveis (countable) ou incontáveis (uncountable). Os substantivos contáveis são todos aqueles que podem ser usados no singular e no plural, já os incontáveis só podem ser usados no singular. Veja abaixo exemplos que esclarecem um pouco estes conceitos.



Os Os substantivos contáveis podem ser precedidos por:
  
• Artigos definidos ou indefinidos                    
 The flower                     The boats
          A floating boat              An orchard
  


        • Many (muitos, muitas)     
             
         There are many floating markets around the city


         • A few (alguns, algumas)                        
           We should plant more flowers in our garden. 
           There are  only a few flowers now.

         • Few (poucos, poucas)    
            That poor girl has few toys to play with.

Os substantives incontáveis  são apenas usados no singular. Podem ser precedidos por:
         • Much (muito, muita)                                           
          Joe doesn’t have much time to write long reports.

         • A little (algum, alguma)                                       
          The child has a little money to buy a candy bar.

         • Little (pouco, pouca)                                            
          There was little time for the tourists to see Hindu pilgrims in the Ganges.
          
          Notas
 • Plenty of, a lot of e lots of podem substituir much e many, principalmente em     
 frases afirmativas.

     The room needs plenty of (much) fresh air.

     Patrick took a lot of (much) money when he traveled last May.

     Mom bougth lots of (many) vegetable for the week.


• Algumas expressoes podem ser utilizadas para indicar a quantidade de substantivos incontáveis.

A cup of coffee                     
A jug of juice
A slice of bread                  
A can of soda
A glass of cold tea             
A piece of cake
A bottle of water              
A  carton of milk


                     




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