Name:

Countable Nouns
and UnCountable Nouns
Anounisaperson,placeorthing.Examplesarebread,John,Paris,adesk,orschool.
Nouns,canbecountableoruncountable.

Countable nouns havebothasingular(dog)andpluralform(dogs).Countablenouns

arepeopleorthingsyoucancount.

Examples: apples,Joshua,pencil,peanuts,tornado

Uncountable nouns donothaveapluralform.Theyareforthingsthatyouusually

cannotcount.Afewmoreexamplesare:
Abstract
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advice,courage,fun,information
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Activities or sports
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homework,music,reading,soccer

Some Foods
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bread.butter,fish,meat,popcorn
Liquids
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blood,coffee,gasoline,water
Natural phenomena
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rain,snow,thunder,weather
Particles or grains
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corn,dust,flour,rice,sugar
Subjects or study geography,drama,photography
of field
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Groups of similar furniture,luggage,mail,money
items

Toshowquantityforuncountablenouns,weusemeasurementwords.

Measurement word + of + uncountable noun

Somecommonmeasurementwordsare:
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a cup of a piece of a pair of

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a glass of a bottle of a box of

a sheet of a pack of a grain of
a slice of a bowl of a bar of
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Now,putthenounsbelowintoeitherthecountableoruncountablebox.

rain lion geography persimmon

leaf tomato desk bowl
bread hope country pencil
water milk fish homework
Countable nouns Uncountable nouns

Lastly,matchthemeasurementwordwiththecorrectuncountablenoun.

a piece of bread

a cup of cake

a sheet of coffee

a bit of paper

a slice of sugar