Countable and uncountable nouns lesson

Countable and uncountable noun :

Countable nouns : They are things that we can count.

For example: "pen". We can count pens. We can have one, two, three or more pens. Here are some more countable nouns:

dog, cat, animal, man, person, bottle, box, litre, cup, plate, fork, table, chair, suitcase, bag, coin,

Countable nouns can be singular or plural:

1. My cat is playing.

2. The kittens are hungry.
3. Your children are playing outside.

We can use the indefinite article a/an with countable nouns:

1. A dog is an animal. It is a faithful animal.

When a countable noun is singular, we must use a word like a/the/my/this with it:

1. I want an apricot. (not I want apricot.)

2. Where is my purse? (not Where is purse?)

When a countable noun is plural, we can use it alone:

1. I like apples.

2. Bottles can break.

Uncountable nouns: They are substances, concepts etc that we cannot divide into separate elements. We cannot "count" them.

Honesty, beauty, music, art, love, happiness, advice, information, news, furniture, luggage, rice, sugar, butter, water, tea, rain electricity, gas, power, money, currency

We usually treat uncountable nouns as singular.

We use a singular verb.

For example:

1. This news is very important.
2. Your luggage looks heavy.
3. There is no furniture in my house.
4. There is no electricity in my office.
5. Glass is transparent.
6. Sugar is sweet.

We do not usually use the indefinite article a/an with uncountable nouns.

We cannot say "a music" or "a water".

1. a piece of bread
2. a bottle of water
3. a grain of rice
4. a glass of milk