Countable nouns are nouns that can be counted.
Example: Book, Pen, rooms, fan etc.
We can use the word 'many' to describe it.
Example:She has many friends.
We can express its quantity by using a number before it.
Example: I have five apples.
It takes on singular as well as plural forms.
Example:an orange / some oranges / fifty oranges
Uncountable nouns are amounts of something which we cannot count .Example: Rice, water, oil, sand etc.,
The noun is uncountable:
A or an is not normally used in front of it.
Example: He is eating some rice. (NOT: He is eating a rice.)
Rice is treated as not countable, so some(which can be used for both countable and uncountable nouns) is used with it.
Countable and Uncountable Nouns are used with the following:
Countable Noun |
Uncountable Noun |
a, an, a few, several, many, |
a little, much, some, plenty of, |
some, plenty of, a lot of, |
a lot of, a large amount of, |
a large number of |
a great deal of |
Countable nouns are nouns that can be counted.
Example: Book, Pen, rooms, fan etc.
We can use the word 'many' to describe it.
Example:She has many friends.
We can express its quantity by using a number before it.
Example: I have five apples.
It takes on singular as well as plural forms.
Example:an orange / some oranges / fifty oranges
Uncountable nouns are amounts of something which we cannot count .Example: Rice, water, oil, sand etc.,
The noun is uncountable:
A or an is not normally used in front of it.
Example: He is eating some rice. (NOT: He is eating a rice.)
Rice is treated as not countable, so some(which can be used for both countable and uncountable nouns) is used with it.
Countable and Uncountable Nouns are used with the following:
Countable Noun |
Uncountable Noun |
a, an, a few, several, many, |
a little, much, some, plenty of, |
some, plenty of, a lot of, |
a lot of, a large amount of, |
a large number of |
a great deal of |