Countable and Uncountable Nouns
In English grammar, countable nouns are individual people,
animals, places, things, or ideas which can be counted. and have
plural forms.
In short, A Noun which can be counted is called
Countable Noun
Countable Noun Examples
Anything that can be counted, whether singular – a cat, a table,
a guest, etc. or plural – a few crows, lots of apples, etc. is a countable
noun.
The following
countable noun examples will help you to understand it:
e.g, I have a dog.
She saw many Birds flying
in the sky.
I
have many ideas to do it.
He
needed some pages.
They introduced some new friends to us.
Some students were
chanting slogans.
Note: that
singular verbs are used with singular countable nouns, while plural verbs are
used with plural countable nouns.
Uncountable
nouns:
Anything that cannot be
counted is an uncountable noun.
Uncountable nouns are for the things that we
cannot count with numbers.
They may be the names for abstract ideas or
qualities or for physical objects
that are too small or too amorphous to be
counted (liquids, powders,
gases, etc.).
Uncountable nouns are used with a singular
verb. They usually do not have a plural form.
Here are some examples of Uncountable Nouns:
1. Please help yourself to some cheese.
2. I need some Sugar.
3. You seem to have a high level of intelligence.
4. Please act upon my advice.
5. Where have you kept the Milk?
6.
Note:
Some nouns are countable in other languages but uncountable in English. They must
follow the rules for uncountable nouns. The most common ones are:
accommodation, advice, baggage, behavior, bread, furniture, information, luggage, news, progress, traffic, travel, trouble, weather, work
Words and phrases that go with countable nouns:
many, a few, a number (of), several, fewer
Words and phrases that go with uncountable nouns:
much, a little, a bit (of), a great deal of, less
Words and phrases that go with both countable and uncountable nouns:
no, none, some, any, a lot (of), plenty (of), lots of
Countable and Uncountable Nouns Exercises
Choose the Countable and uncountable Nouns
1. The Baby did not enjoy the milk today.
2. Be careful! The Lion is dangerous.
3. Mom wanted a book.
4. We like the large bottles of mineral water.
5. My mother uses real butter in the cakes she bakes.
6. How many politicians does it take to pass a simple
law?
7. Most kids like milk, cheese in early age.
8. I don’t have an advice
for you.
9. Maria can play different musical instruments
10.
He had a dog last year.
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