Countable and uncountable nouns

Countable and uncountable nouns

by Ursula Anderson

​Countables nuns

You can use one/two/three (etc.) + countable nouns (you can count them).

They can be singular (=one) or plural (=two or more):

a car - the car - my car

cars - the cars - some cars - many cars​

We watch this video: https://youtu.be/yay1OUgMSlo

Multiple Choice

• It's salt

• It's a salt

Multiple Choice

• It's spoon.

• It's a spoon

Multiple Choice

• It's water

• It's a water

Multiple Choice

• It's jug of water

• It's a jug of water

Multiple Choice

• It's sand

• I's a sand

Multiple Choice

• It's egg

• It's a egg

• It's an egg

Multiple Choice

• It's money

• It's 3 money

• It's an money

​Uncountable nouns

​You can't say one/two/three (etc.) + these things:

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• ​one water two money

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​Uncountable nouns have only one form:

Money - the money - my money- some money - much money - no money

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​You can't say a/an + uncountable noun. But you can say:

​a bottle of water a carton of milk a bar of chocolate

​a piece of cheese a jar of honey a piece of music

​a bowl of rice a cup of coffee a game of tennis

​Be careful with ...

​advice bread furniture hair information news weather work

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​These nouns are uncountable. You can't say a/an (a bread, an advice) and they can't be plural (advices, furnitures).

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​We usually use some-any-no, a piece of, or we just use the noun on its own.

​a piece of advice - no furniture - some information - any news? - nice weather - hard work

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​We say a job but not a work.

Multiple Choice

Would you like

• some cheese?

• a cheese?

Multiple Select

Would you like

• some coffee?

• a coffee?

• a cup of coffee?

Multiple Choice

Would you like

• cake?

• a piece of cake?

• some cake?