Countable

Nouns
&

Uncountable
Nouns

Khaidarwisy 2014

Countable Nouns

1) Countable Nouns are nouns which can be counted.

2) They can be in the singular or plural form.
3) Singular means one.
4) Plural means more than one.
5) Articles a or an are used before the singular nouns.
6) Examples: a cat, a book, a rose, an egg, an igloo

Uncountable Nouns

1) Uncountable Nouns are nouns which cannot be counted.

2) They are always in the singular form.
3) Examples: rice, flour, sand, oil, water, tea, salt, sugar
milk.
4) We cannot say one salt, two salts, three salts.

There are certains

words that are used
for countable and
uncountable nouns

Only used for countable nouns

Many
several a few
A large number of
A small number of

Examples:
There are many books on the table.
A few boys helped the old lady to carry
the baskets.
She bought several pens from the shop.
She has a large number of toys.

Only used with uncountable nouns

Much
A little
A great deal of

Examples:
There is too much sugar in my tea.
A little salt will make the soup tastier.
There is a great deal of rubbish at the
backyard of her house.

be used for countable & uncountable n

any
Some
plenty of
a lot of

Examples:
Are there any doughnuts in the box? (c)
Is there any milk in the bottle? (uc)
The grocer sold plenty of eggs yesterday. (c)
She adds plenty of sugar into my coffee. (uc)

Do you know?

Any is used in question and

negative sentences.