COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS
They always need a
singular verb, they dont
have plurals, and they
cant be used with a/an.
ALWAYS
UNCOUNTABLE:
Behavior, traffic,
weather,
accommodation, health,
progress, scenery,
rubbish, work, politics
(and other words
ending in ics,
economics)
Also uncountable:
furniture, information,
advice, homework,
research, news, luck,
bread, toast, luggage,
equipment (use a piece
of to talk about an
individual item)

(USED AS) BOTH

Some nouns can be either countable
or uncountable but the meaning
changes
Iron (metal) the iron (the thing
used to press clothes)
Glass, business, paper, light, time,
space
REMEMBER:
*HAIR:
SHES GOT BLACK HAIR.
A HAIR:
THERE IS A HAIR IN MY SOUP

FOURTH LEVEL UNIT 6.B- COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

PLURAL AND COLLECTIVE NOUNS

1. Arms (guns), belongings, clothes,
manners, outskirts, scissors,
trousers/shorts are plural
nouns with no singular. They
need a plural verb and cant be
used with a/an.
If they consist of two parts they
can be used with a pair or some:
a pair of scissors, a pair of
trousers,
2. Crew, police, staff, etc, are
collective nouns and refer to a
group of people. They need a
plural verb.