COUNTABLE & UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS~

COUNTABLE NOUNS

A noun can be countable or uncountable.

Countable nouns can be "counted".

Countable nouns have both singular and plural form.

These are the examples of countable nouns:

• A pencil, two pencils, three pencils .....
• An orange, two oranges, three oranges ....

UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

• Uncountable nouns (also called mass nouns or non-count nouns) cannot be counted.
• Uncountable nouns cannot be counted because they are not separate objects.
• This means that you cannot make them plural by adding -s, because they only have a singular form.
• It also means that they do not take a/an or a number in front of them.
• These are the examples of uncountable nouns:

1. Water
2. Work
3. Information
4. Coffee
5. Sand