1. Countable Nouns and Uncountable Nouns
Chapter # 31
Countable Nouns and Uncountable Nouns
with
Different Meanings

2. Countable Nouns ( Count Nouns )
A noun that is countable can be counted
And can be used in plural form.
For example: Book = a book or books
Or we use countable nouns when we are
Thinking of specific things that can be
Counted.
For example: Glass = Glasses
Brick = Bricks

3. Uncountable Nouns ( Noncount Nouns )
A noun that is uncountable cannot be counted
And cannot be used in plural form.
For example: Water = a water or waters ( X )
Or we use uncountable nouns when we are
Thinking of stuff or material in general.
For example: Glass = Glasses ( X )
Brick = Bricks ( X )

4. a drinking container made
Glass
A glass/ glasses
Uncountable Noun
Countable Noun
material used
in windows.
a drinking container made
of glass

5. Piece of cloth used for a
A cloth
Uncountable Noun
Countable Noun
Material made of
Cotton, wool, etc
Piece of cloth used for a
a special purpose

6. The flesh of fish eaten as A creature that lives in
A fish
Uncountable Noun
Countable Noun
The flesh of fish eaten as
As a food
A creature that lives in
water

7. Refers to an activity that so does in their job
Work
A work
Countable Noun
Uncountable Noun
Piece of writing, art
Music, ….etc.
Refers to an activity that so does in their job

8. Hair A hair Uncountable Noun Countable Noun He has got long Hair.
………..
…………
He has got long
Hair.
There is a hair in my
Sandwich.

9. A thin material that you
Paper
A paper
Uncountable Noun
Countable Noun
A thin material that you
Draw and write on
Newspaper
She wrote her name
And address on paper
I read it in a paper.
His desk was covered
With books and papers
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10. Used to refer to a country
Land
A land
Uncountable Noun
Countable Noun
Surface of the
earth
Used to refer to a country
It was good to be back on
land
They dreamed of traveling
to foreign lands.

11. The activity of buying and Selling goods between people and countries
Trade
A trade
Uncountable Nouns
Countable Nouns
The activity of buying and
Selling goods between people and countries
A particular
Type of
business
Trade between the two
Countries has increased
food trade

12. Brown or red skin that grows underground
potato
A potato
Uncountable Noun
Countable Noun
When they are
Cooked
Round vegetable with a
Brown or red skin that grows underground
……….
………

13. Coffee A coffee Uncountable Noun Countable Noun Let’s drink coffee
A hot drink made of
Coffee powder
A cup of
coffee
Let’s drink coffee
Would you like to have a
Coffee?

14. Chocolate A chocolate Uncountable Noun Countable Noun ……… ………
A hard brown sweet food
Used in cooking to add
Flavour to cakes
A candy or sweet that is
Made of or covered with
chocolate
………
………

15. A kind of red, green or yellow Vegetable eaten raw or cooked
Pepper
A pepper
Uncountable Noun
Countable Noun
Gray powder made from
Peppercorns.
A kind of red, green or yellow
Vegetable eaten raw or cooked
Season with salt and
pepper
I would like to have two
peppers

16. Onion An onion Uncountable Noun Countable Noun
When it is used in cooking
Something
A round vegetable with many
Layers inside each other with a brown or red skin.

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