Sunday, August 31, 2008

Countable nouns


English nouns are often diveded in "countable" or "uncountable".
Countable nouns are things that we can count.


For example: "pen", we can count pens. We can have one, two, three or more pens. Here are some more countable nouns:

Ex: dog, cat, animal, man, person

Countable nouns can be singular or plural:
Ex: My dog is playing.
Ex: My dogs are hungry.


We can use the indefinite article a/an with countable nouns:
Ex:A dog is an animal.



When a countable noun is singular, we must use a word like a/the/my/this with it:


Ex: I want an orange. (not: I want orange.)
Ex: Where is my bottle? (not: Where is bottle?)





Uncountable nouns


Uncountable nouns are substances,
qualities, processes, concepts, etc... that we cannot divide into separate elements, we cannot "count" them.


These nouns have only one form,
are not used with numbers, and are not usually used with the determinants,
”the”,
”a” or ”an”.

Ex: money, paper, water, salt, milk, education, energy


Quantifying uncountable nouns

Uncountable nouns can be quantified using expressions such as: little, much,
some, kinds of, types of etc., see above.


Ex: time (little), treatment (kinds of), advice (some)




Credits:

http://www.learnenglish.de/grammar/noununcount.htm
http://www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish-central-grammar-nouns-uncountable.htm

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Music



Music definition: is an ART form in which the SOUND is organized in TIME.




The basic elements of music are:



pitch----> melody and harmony.



rhythm ----> tempo.



dynamics ----> timbre and texture.









TYPES OF MUSIC



These are some of the more widely known music types:




Rock&Roll

Opera


Rap/Hip Hop

Classical


Pop

Jazz


Dance

Blues





Credits: