COUNTABLE AND

UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

Countable
Nouns are the
things that can
be counted
 Examples

three mangoes four plates two spoons

three birds three apples two cats

 Uncountable nouns
• But there are other • The verbs which
nouns which we follow uncountable
cannot count. We nouns are always
cannot add ‘s’ to them singular.
to show how many • Uncountable nouns
there are and we do are nouns like
not put ‘a’ or ‘an’ water,hair-spray,salt
before them. and flour
 Examples
We can only count them if we put them into
something like a glass,packet or sack.

water oil rice

flour meat salt

 Exercise
Put in a for the countable nouns and some for the
uncountable nouns
1. _____ milk 10. _____ bag
2. _____ oil 11. _____ news
3. _____ cup 9. _____ luck
4. _____ boy 12. _____ knowledge
5. _____ sugar 13. _____ durian
6. _____ child 14. _____ rice
7. _____ horse 15. _____ fork
8. _____ watch 16. _____ advice
• There are also other • These are nouns like
uncountable nouns happiness, sadness,
which we cannot bravery and
even put into beauty.They are usually
anything to count about how a person is
them feeling, or the condition
a person is in