Uncountable Nouns (Danh từ không đếm được)

Uncountable NounsUse: Some nouns are countable – you can count them.. These include: apples, books, cars, trees Some nouns are uncountable – you cannot count them.. These include: water

Uncountable Nouns

Use:

Some nouns are countable – you can count them These include:

apples, books, cars, trees

Some nouns are uncountable – you cannot count them These include:

water, oil, rice, fruit, bread, information, money

Uncountable nouns have different grammar rules from countable nouns.

countable singular nouns

e.g apple

countable plural nouns

e.g apples

uncountable nouns

e.g fruit

Singular countable nouns

always need a determiner:

a, this, that, my, the etc

Look at that cat!

Can I have an apple?

Is this your bag?

Plural countable nouns do not need a determiner

I like apples

Dogs are friendly

But they can be used with determiners:

Where are my shoes?

Are those pens yours?

Uncountable nouns do not need a determiner

I like fruit

But they can use singular determiners:

This fruit is nice.

You can count countable nouns

Can I have five apples please?

You cannot count uncountable nouns

Can I have five breads please?

Use singular verbs and

determiners

This apple is nice.

Use plural verbs and determiners

These apples are nice.

Use singular verbs and determiners

This bread is nice.

Some determiners can be used with both countable and uncountable nouns

some, a lot of, lots of, loads of, plenty of, any We’ve got some potatoes We need some bread.

We don’t have any potatoes We don’t have any bread.

Some determiners can only be used with countable nouns:

several, various, a few, many

Some determiners can only be used with uncountable nouns:

much, a bit of, a little