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:

og, cat, animal, man, person bottle, box, litre coin, note, ollar cup, plate, !or" table, chair, suitcase, bag

Countable nouns can be singular or plural:

#y dog is playing. #y dogs are hungry.

We can use the in e!inite article a/an with countable nouns:

A og is an animal.

When a countable noun is singular, we must use a wor li"e a/the/my/this with it:

$ want an orange. %not $ want orange.& Where is my bottle' %not Where is bottle'&

When a countable noun is plural, we can use it alone:

$ li"e oranges. (ottles can brea".

We can use some an any with countable nouns:

$)ve got some ollars. Have you got any pens'

We can use a few an many with countable nouns:

$)ve got a few ollars. $ haven)t got many pens.

"*eople" is countable. "*eople" is the plural o! "person". We can count people: There is one person here. There are three people here.

Uncountable Nouns
+ncountable nouns are substances, concepts etc that we cannot ivi e into separate elements. We cannot "count" them. For example, we cannot count "mil"". We can count "bottles o! mil"" or "litres o! mil"", but we cannot count "mil"" itsel!. Here are some more uncountable nouns:

music, art, love, happiness a vice, in!ormation, news !urniture, luggage rice, sugar, butter, water electricity, gas, power money, currency

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

This news is very important. ,our luggage looks heavy.

We o not usually use the in e!inite article a/an with uncountable nouns. We cannot say "an in!ormation" or "a music". (ut we can say a something of:

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

We can use some an any with uncountable nouns:

$)ve got some money. Have you got any rice'

We can use a little an much with uncountable nouns:

$)ve got a little money. $ haven)t got much rice.

Here are some more examples o! countable an uncountable nouns: Countable ollar song suitcase Uncountable money music luggage

table battery bottle report tip -ourney -ob view

!urniture electricity wine in!ormation a vice travel wor" scenery