- If there is only one thing, use a or an.
- Splodge has found a dog.
- He give me an egg, an apple, and a biscuit.
- If there’s more than one thing and it’s easy to count, use a “number”.
- Splodge has got two eggs.
- There are five biscuits on the plate.
- If there’s more than one thing but you don’t know exactly how many or it’s not important how many, use some.
- I’ve got some eggs.
- There are some biscuits in the kitchen.
- You need some tomatoes.
- You can use some with nouns you can’t count.
- There’s some water in the dog’s bowl.
- There’s some butter.
- You need some salt.
- You can use “a few” with nouns you can count (not very much)
- There are a few apples.
- There are a few bananas.
- You can use ”a little” and ”a bit of” with nouns you can’t count (not very much)
- There’s a little butter.
- There’s a bit of milk.
- I’ve got a bit of meat.
- You can use ”a lot of” with all plural nouns and nouns you can’t count. Remember to put a plural verb with nouns you can count, and a singular verb with nouns you can’t count.
- There are a lot of biscuits.
- There’s a lot of cheese.
- There’s a lot of meat.
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