By: Jay Jinjuwadia and Ashin Katwala
Can be expressed in a plural form (-s) Usually things that exist as separate individuals units Examples: Hole/Holes I like that hole. I like those holes.
Cannot be counted due being wholes that cannot be cut apart, collective, and abstractions Examples: News, Rice This news is very important. I haven’t got much rice.
Some words in the English language such as wine and light can be use as either countable or uncountable nouns. Wine: I just had a glass of wine. Merlot is one of the few wines used in cooking. Light: There is too much light. There are too many flashing lights.
A, an, the, this, that The, these, those, no article at all The, this, that, no article at all Singular Plural Noncount
Much, less, little, a little, very little can only be used as uncountable nouns Words like some, any, most, more, all, a lot of, no, and no one of the can be used with either with plural count or uncountable Many, both, several, few/fewer/fewest, a few, one of the, a couple of can only be used with plural count nouns. Each, every, any, and one can only be used with only count singular
Countable nouns exist as individual unit Uncountable nouns are usually collective nouns or abstractions Remember, you guys don’t need to be math geniuses to determine whether a noun is countable or uncountable nouns.