TOEFL

( Test Of English as Foreign

Language )
Countable &
Uncountable Noun
A. Countable Noun
( Kata Benda Dapat
Di Hitung )
 SINGULAR PLURAL
(Tunggal) (Jamak)
A book/ one book/ the book Two books, some books

A pen Pens

A student Five students, any students

A car Three cars

A person Ten people

A deer Four deer

My house Some houses

For Examples :
1. I have a story book. The book is not
expensive. There are many story books in
the shop.

2. Doni bought a pen yesterday. He has

some pens in his bag.
For Examples :
3. Rinto is a student. Tari, Rina dan Tanto
are students.

4. I have a deer in the cage. Doni has

three deer.
Ended – s, es, ies

SINGULAR PLURAL

Book Books

Box Boxes

Boy Boy

Teacher Teachers
Without s, es, ies

SINGULAR PLURAL
Person People
Foot Feet
Woman Women
Child Children
Mouse Mice
Tooth Teeth
Man Men
B. Non Countable Noun
( Kata Benda Tidak Dapat
Di Hitung )
 Non-Countable Nouns
Air Sand

Food Money

Information News

Meat Economics

Mathematics Politics
 Non-Countable Nouns
( Bisa di hitung )
A glass of milk Two glasses of milk

Three cups of tea Some boxes of chalk

A piece of paper Two pieces of paper

A bar of meat Three bars of meat

 Grouping of Non-Countable Noun

Liquid : water, milk, oil

Food : meat

Construction Material : glass, wood, iron

Natural Substances : smoke, oxygen

Substances with small parts : sand, sugar, rice, dust

Group of things : clothing, furniture, luggage

Languages : Indonesian, English, Javanese

Abstract concepts : sadness, ignorance, obedience, purity

 NOUN AS COUNTABLE AS NON-
COUNTABLE

Light Please turn on the light Be careful. This forest is

( Lampu – Cahaya ) very dark. There is no light
here.

Glass I need a glass of coffee The floor is made of glass

( gelas – Kaca )

Iron If you want to iron your Iron is very expensive now.

( Setrika – Besi ) clothes, you can use my Calculate first before you
iron build your house.
 NOUN AS COUNTABLE AS NON-
COUNTABLE

Hair There is a hair in your Shinta has long black hair

( Sehelai rambut – drink.
Rambut )
Coffee Please prepare three Do you like drinking coffee
( Biji Kopi – coffees
Minuman Kopi )
Business Mr. Harun has a big It`s not your business
( Usaha– Urusan ) business in this
country
C. Noun Determiners
( Penanda Benda)
 DETERMINERS + COUNTABLE DETERMINERS + NON
COUNTABLE

a(n), the, some, any The, some, any

This, that, these, those This, that
None, one, two, three,…. None
Many Much
A large number of, a great number A large amount of
of
A lot of A lot of
(a) few (a)Little
Fewer…..than Less……than
More…….than More…..than