Countable and uncountable nouns

* If you find a/an in front of the word or s at the end of a word, this word must be a countable noun. For examples, when you see a car or cars, the word car must be countable.

Countable nouns Uncountable nouns oran es, carrots, onions, bread, lettuce, mil!, cheese, rice, pineapples, pears, bananas, beef, oil, arlic, meat, salt, ice# sweets, noodles, tomatoes, cream, su ar, por!, food, water, mushrooms, rapes, strawberries, chic!en$meat%, butter, soup, tea, apples, e s, snac!s, potato chips, coffee, money "e etables, ca!es, dollars &ometimes countable and sometimes uncountable e , ice#cream, lettuce, co!e, chocolate, chic!en, 'ords used with countable nouns many, a few, few$close to (ero%, fewer 'ords used with uncountable nouns much, a little, little$close to nothin %, less

'ords used with both countable and uncountable nouns some, a lot of$)lots of% , plenty of, enou h, any, more

'hen we want to count the uncountable nouns, we can put a phrase in front of the word. &ee the examples below* a bar of chocolate, + bars of chocolate, a bottle of mil! / ,uice, three bottles of mil! / ,uice a carton of mil! / ,uice, - cartons of mil! / ,uice a bowl of rice, a few bowls of rice * .il! and rice are uncountable but carton, bottle and bowl are countable. /ou cannot say 0 mil!, + mil!s but you can say 0 bottles, two bottles. If you want to !now more, please read 1i 2rammar* 1oo! 3

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