Countable and Uncountable Nouns in English
Learn about countable nouns (things we can count like books and apples) and uncountable nouns (things we can't count like liquids and money). Discover how to use phrases instead of "a" or "an," understand when to use "some" and "any," and grasp the concept of quantifiers for countable and uncountable nouns.
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What do we mean by this? countable Are the things that we can count 1,2,3...books 1,2,3... Bananas 1,2,3... Apples 1,2,3... Houses 1,2,3... dolls
What do we mean by this? uncountable Are the things that we can t count Liquids (water, wine, beer , coffee , tea etc.) Chocolate Sugar Butter Toothpaste Salt, pepper Cereal Pasta Cheese Meat Money hair
Instead of using a or an, there are some phrases to show the weight, the package etc. Uncountable nouns A pair of A bottle of A bowl of A carton of A tube of A box of A packet of A kilo of
some any We use some in affirmative We use any in questions We use any in negative Exception: would you like some tea?
Quantifiers countable uncountable Many (negative + questions) How many? (questions) A lot of/lots of (affirmative) A few (questions + affirmative) Much (negative + questions) How much? (questions) A lot of/lots of (affirmative) A little (questions + affirmative)
