Countable and Uncountable Nouns

Countable and Uncountable Nouns

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Countable and Uncountable Nouns

• Nouns that can be counted are called countable nouns.

• Countable nouns= book, lizard, house, laptop, apple, monkey, etc.

• Nouns that cannot be counted are called uncountable nouns.

• Uncountable nouns= hair, oil, sugar, grass, juice, oxygen, etc.

We use certain words or phrases before countable and uncountable nouns.

• For Countable Nouns = one, two, many, a few, several, a number of, etc.

• For Both Countable and Uncountable Nouns = some, any, a lot of, plenty of, etc.

• For Uncountable Nouns = a little, much, a bit of, a large amount of, a great deal of, etc.

Group the following countable and uncountable nouns correctly.

Countable Nouns =

Uncountable Nouns =