NOUN

NON COUNT NOUNS

Can not be Counted
Come in a mass or in an uncountable form
Example : blood, music, excitement
FOOD : rice, sugar, fruit,
milk, bread, butter, chese
FLUIDS : blood, water, oil,
coffee, tea, gasoline
RAW MATERIALS : wood,
paper, glass, iron, silver,
wool
GASES : oxygen, nitrogen,
air, pollution, steam
GENERAL : furniture, mail,
money, traffic, equipment

GROUPS : jewelry,
machinery, luggage,
clothing, cash
LANGUAGE : English,
Chinese, Japanese,
Spanish
ACADEMIC : chemistry,
mathematics, psychology
ABSTRACT : education,
health, intelligence,
beauty, knowledge, sleep,
hope, music, time

QUANTIFIERS
COUNT NOUNS

SINGULAR

PLURAL

NON COUNT
NOUNS

PLURAL
COUNT
NOUNS &
NON COUNT
NOUNS

Another, each,
every

Both, many, a
few, several,
fewer

A little, much,
less, amount

All, plenty of, a

lot of, lots of,
enough, most,
any, some,
more

Each gland has a

different purpose

They are
controlled by
several nerves

The amount of Brain cells use

oxygen
up a lot of
available to the energy
brain is
important

Every muscle has

its own group of

We have fewer
cells as we get

If your brain
Most animals
get less oxygen rely on insticnt

Compounds Nouns
Compound nouns are two nouns that are used together to make one
word or idea.
The first noun acts as an adjective to the second noun and usually
does not take an s.
The second noun can be plural.
brain cell, brain wave, computer scientists
Compound nouns may also be used with number expressions.
The brain uses as much as power as ten-watt light bulb.
(noun used as an adjective)
The brain uses as much as power as a light bulb of ten-watts.
(noun used as a noun)
He recited a 16,000 page book from memory
(noun used an adjective)
He recited a book of 16,000 pages from memory
(noun used as a noun)

NUMBERS
When you see nouns involving numbers such as
hundred, thousand, or million, make sure that
they are not in the plural form when they
follow numbers
Numbers such as hundred, thousand, millions,
and trillions are plural when there are no
numbers before them.

The brains receives 100 million messages a

second.
The brain stores trillions of messages