Countable Nouns
Countable nouns are easy to recognize. They 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:
- 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.
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:
- 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.
We do not usually use the indefinite article
a/an with uncountable nouns. We cannot say "an information" or "a music". But we can say
a something of:
- a piece of news
- a bottle of water
- a grain of rice
NOW, LET'S PRACTICE
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