Countable and uncountable nouns


NOUNS ARE DIVIDED IN;
- countable and uncountable

Countable nouns.

Countable nouns are easy to recognize. They are things that we can count. For example: "pen". We can count pens. We can have one, two, three or more pens. Here are some more countable nouns:

- dog, cat, animal, man, person
- bottle, box, litre
- coin, note, dollar
- cup, plate, fork
- table, chair, suitcase, bag

Countable nouns can be singular or plural:

- My dog is playing.
- My dogs are hungry.

We can use the indefinite article a/an with countable nouns:

- A dog is an animal.

Uncountable nouns.

Uncountable nouns are things you see as a whole, things you can't count. This ones has only one form.

We usually treat uncountable nouns as singular. We use a singular verb. For example:

- This news is very important.
- Your luggage looks heavy.

We do not usually use the indefinite article a/an with uncountable nouns. We cannot say "an information" or "a music". But we can say a something of:

- a piece of news
- a bottle of water
- a grain of rice

Examples: The Water is a uncountable noun, because you can count the water. Another Examples are the jelly, the oil, the sugar..


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