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    Countable and

    Uncountable Nouns

    What are countable nouns?


    Countable nouns are individual objects,
    people, places, etc. which can be counted.
    A countable noun can be both singular
    - a friend, a house, etc.
    - or plural - a few apples, lots of trees, etc.

    Use the singular form of the verb with a


    singular countable noun:
    dog, cat, animal, man, person
    bottle, box, litre
    coin, note, dollar
    cup, plate, fork
    table, chair, suitcase, bag

    Countable nouns can be singular or plural:


    My dog is playing.
    My dogs are hungry.

    Countable
    Singular:

    Plural:

    nouns have a plural form


    a car
    an eggplant
    three
    some dolls
    many

    Uncountable Nouns
    Uncountable nouns are substances,
    concepts etc that we cannot divide into
    separate elements. We cannot "count"
    them.
    For example, we cannot count "milk". We
    can count "bottles of milk" or "litres of
    milk", but we cannot count "milk" itself.
    Here are some more uncountable nouns:

    Uncountable Nouns
    music, art, love, happiness
    advice, information, news
    furniture, luggage
    rice, sugar, butter, water
    electricity, gas, power
    money, currency

    We usually treat uncountable nouns as singular : We


    use a singular verb. For example:

    This news is very important.


    Your luggage looks heavy.

    You can count uncountable nouns if you use:


    A piece of cheese
    A bowl of soup
    A cup of tea
    A bottle ofwine
    A carton ofmilk
    A bar of chocolate
    MILK

    Here are some of the most common containers /


    quantity expressions for these uncountable nouns:
    advice - a piece of advice
    baggage - a piece of baggage
    bread - a slice of bread, a loaf of bread
    equipment - a piece of equipment
    furniture - a piece of furniture
    garbage - a piece of garbage
    information - a piece of information
    knowledge - a fact
    luggage - a piece of luggage, a bag, a suitcase
    money - a note, a coin
    musica a song, a piece
    news - a piece of news
    pasta - a plate of pasta, a serving of pasta
    research - a piece of research, a research project
    travel - a journey, a trip
    work - a job, a position

    Here are some more common uncountable food types

    with their container / quantity expressions

    liquids (water, beer, wine, etc.) - a


    glass, a bottle, a jug of water, etc.
    cheese - a slice, a chunk, a piece of
    cheese
    meat - a piece, a slice, a pound of meat
    butter - a bar of butter
    ketchup, mayonnaise, mustard - a
    bottle of, a tube of ketchup, etc.

    EXERCISES

    Identify the following objects as


    countable or uncountable.
    1. Q: Information

    4. Q: Money

    a) countable
    b) uncountable

    a) countable
    b) uncountable

    2. Q: Rules
    a) countable
    b) uncountable

    3. Q: Sheep
    a) countable
    b) uncountable

    5. Q: Rice
    a) countable
    b) uncountable

    6. Q: Bottles Of Wine
    a) countable
    b) uncountable

    Put in order the countable


    and uncountable nouns
    cup, plate, fork, sugar, salt, bottle,
    cheese, coin, water, milk, box, litre, tea,
    coffee, suitcase, bag, ham, cake, dollar,
    animal, man, person, equipment, traffic,
    talent, web site, clothes, music, desert,
    land, nation, fish, pollution, food.

    EXERCISES
    KEY

    Identify the following objects as


    countable or uncountable.
    1. Q: Information

    4. Q: Money

    a) countable
    b) uncountable

    a) countable
    b) uncountable

    2. Q: Rules
    a) countable
    b) uncountable

    3. Q: Sheep
    a) countable
    b) uncountable

    5. Q: Rice
    a) countable
    b) uncountable

    6. Q: Bottles Of Wine
    a) countable
    b) uncountable

    Put in order the countable


    and uncountable nouns
    COUNTABLE

    UNCOUNTABLE

    cup
    plate
    fork
    bottle
    coin
    box
    litre
    suitcase
    bag
    dollar
    animal
    man
    person
    web site
    clothes
    desert
    nation

    sugar
    salt
    cheese
    water
    milk
    tea
    coffee
    ham
    cake
    equipment
    traffic
    talent
    music
    land
    fish
    pollution
    food

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