Countable and uncountable Nouns

Countable Ns can be "counted", they have a singular and plural form... Uncountable Ns cannot be counted.. This means they have only a singular form.. You can use a lot of & no Countab

Countable Ns

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Uncountable Ns

1 Definition

Countable Ns

 can be "counted", they have a singular and plural form.

 E.g

 A book, two books, three books

 An apple, two apples, three apples

Uncountable Ns

 cannot be counted This means they have only a singular form It also means that

they do not take a/an before them.

 E.g.

 Water

 Coffee

 Wine

Rice

 Similarity

 1 Can use some & any

 Countable Ns

Some dogs can be dangerous.

 Uncountable Ns

 2 You can use a lot of & no

 Countable Ns

No computers were bought last week.

A lot of computers were reported broken the week before.

 Uncountable N s

A lot of wine is drunk in France.

No wine is drunk in Iran.

1 use a/an or a No in front

of countable Ns

uncountable Ns

2 Add (s) to make a

countable N plural

for an uncountable N

3 only use many & few

with plural countable Ns

been hunted

in England

with uncountable Ns

coffee.

though

counting word ( a unit of measurement, or the general word piece) We use the form "a

of "

Ns that can be Countable and

Uncountable

Shhhhh! I thought I

Have you got a

(= newspaper)

picture Have you

Our house has

coffee?

Shakespeare's

 Drinks (coffee, water, orange juice) are

usually uncountable.

can say (in a restaurant, …):

 Two teas and one coffee please.