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[Music] hi guys today we're going to be talking about time why the heck is accountable and uncountable well that's just English what do you already know it's always a good idea to ask yourself this question look at these two questions how many times do you check your phone a day how much time do you spend online a day think about a similar question that you can ask what's another way of asking these questions well I have two options here how many hours and how often how many times is asking you how often how much time is asking you how many hours or if you don't spend that much time online how many minutes so what do you already know look at the two questions how many times do you check your phone a day how much time do you spend online a day what is a similar question what's another way of asking for the same information I have two options here how many hours and how often so what's the the similar way of asking this question well how many times is asking you how often how much time is asking how many hours got it let's check so I'm going to put up some answers see if you can match the answers to the questions the answers are a about three hours and B about 30 times think you've got it let's see if you were right about three hours this answers the question how much time do you spend online a day about thirty times ask the question how often huh oh my god why what the heck is going on here no worries let's break it down so one thing that learners tend to do is memorize sentences or in this case questions and answers and that's okay but it also might be helpful to understand how these sentences or how these phrases are a bit different so let's look at some questions and answers how many times do you go to the gym a week three or four times a week really how many times do you eat out a month maybe once or twice do you know how many times you blink a minute about 15 to 20 compare them with these questions and answers how much time do you spend at the gym a week maybe five or six hours how much time do you waste cooking each day 45 minutes to an hour do you know how much time you spend with your eyes closed each day around 30 minutes depending on how many hours you sleep so can you see how they're different it has to do with the type of noun time is in each sentence if you're quick you might have already noticed what I was able to leave out I was able to leave out a word why was I able to leave out a word if you look at number three I didn't say 15 to 20 times I just said the number why is this well you can also notice that the questions number one to number three I also used how many that gives you a hint to what type of noun time is in these questions and if you look at a to see they're all how much so what is going on here well the difference is in numbers one two number three we're using time as a countable noun but in questions a to see we're using it as an uncountable now for how many times you can answer words like once or one time and these two words and phrases have the same meaning you can say twice or two times you can say thrice which is much more common in British English very uncommon in Canadian and American English I'm not going to comment on Australian English after thrice we don't have a single word anymore we have to switch only to four times five times and we can also use of phrases like a lot of times or a buttload of times for how much time we use different phrases for example a tenth of a second 15 minutes three hours two days three weeks six months 20 years for how much we always give our number plus our measurement of time how you measure time is up to you let's play a game is accountable or uncountable listen to the sentence is this accountable or an uncountable use of time I waste a lot of time staring at my phone did you get it you can pause it if you need to think about it or go back and listen again I waste a lot of time staring at my phone is correct uncountable Bob had to kill time at the dentist yesterday yes you're correct it is also uncountable Bob usually brushes his teeth three times a day this one is countable Bob and Bob bet spent some time at the beach the other day uncountable Bob checks his phone over 10 times an hour countable Bob has only crashed his car one time are you sure it is countable I visited England two or three times countable my favourite way of passing time is reading and this is uncountable that's it for this video on how to use time as a countable and uncountable noun questions comments concerns let me know if not keep practicing [Music]