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Countable nouns are for

things we can count using numbers.

They have a singular or a plural


form.

a bag / two bags

The singular form can use the


determiner “a” or “an”

They can use a singular verb or a


plural verb. The tree is old. The
trees are old.
Uncountable nouns are for the things that we
cannot count with numbers.

They have only one form (no plural) -

butter-butters

Always use a singular verb. – Sugar is sweet.

Cannot use a, an or a number before them. –


a rice - two rice/ a bread - two bread.

Uncountable nouns are often:

-Abstract ideas (cannot touch): beauty, thunder,


love, freedom, education

-Made of smaller parts: sand, salt, dust, rice,


traffic, sugar, spaghetti

-Some food (cut into small parts): meat,


chocolate, fish, bacon, bread, food, cheese

-Liquids & Gases: water, milk, blood, smoke,


coffee, rain, air

-Materials: wood, glass, paper, cotton, wool,


steel, gold, silver, iron, ice

BE CAREFUL! (uncountable in English)

money, luggage, furniture, work, advise, news,


information

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