GRAMMAR
Countable and uncountable nouns
Countable and uncountable nouns
You will learn about countable and uncountable nouns. but before you continue the lesson, look at the following chart and study the nouns.
Countable | Uncountable |
---|---|
books |
money |
friends |
meat |
teachers |
juice |
tables |
milk |
Countable nouns (count nouns):
Countable nouns have a singular and a plural form. In plural, these nouns can be used with a number- they can be counted. (That's why they are called "countable nouns").
Example:
1 friend, 2 friends, 3 friends...
1 book, 2 books, 3 books...
Countable nouns take many.
Example:
100 friends – many friends
Uncountable nouns (uncount / non-count nouns):
Uncountable nouns can only be used in singular. These nouns cannot be used with a number- they can't be counted. (That's why they are called "uncountable nouns").
Examples:
I have a lot of money. (Not
1000money)
I drink a lot of milk. (Not5milk)
Uncountable nouns take much.
Example:
Â
100money – much money
Note: Of course you can count money, milk, meat; but then you would use the currency, liter, kilo, glass,...and say that you have got:
- 5Â euros or dollars... (but not
5Â money). - 2 liters, pints, glasses... of milk (but not
2milk) - 3 kilos... of meat (but not 3 meat)
- 10 bottles of mineral water... (but not
10mineral water) -
Exercise on countable and uncountable noun.