COUNTABLE & UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

COUNTABLE NOUNS  (Many apples / Few apples)

(a / one, two, three... / some / the / any / many / How many  / a lot of / more / few / a few)

 Examples:

films	cigars	watches	museums
people	buses	times	records
persons	books	exams	tourists
cats	cups	children	oranges

UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS  (Much money / Little money)

(some / the / any / much / How much / a lot of / more / little / a little)

Examples:

money	food	research	toast	garbage	rice
snow	homework	coffee	water	knowledge	soup
petrol	information	milk	bread	baggage	toothpaste
advice	news	cheese	furniture	equipment	wine
sugar	luggage	cake	beer	accomodation	flour

a glass / bottle of water/ wine / milk
a cup of tea / coffee
a spoonful of sugar / coffee
a slice / piece of bread / cake / toast / cheese
a piece of information / luggage / news / advice / homework / furniture / equipment / baggage / research
a helping of butter
grams / kilos / litres of ...
some money / petrol / snow
a packet of rice /
a carton of milk / orange juice

Click here to learn and play with some containers

UNCOUNTABLE VS. COUNTABLE NOUNS

UNCOUNTABLE	COUNTABLE
I like coffee very much.	I'd like two coffees, please (= cups of coffee)
His hair is blond.	Mum, there's a hair in my soup.
I've got some time.	They had a good time.
I never have sugar in my tea.	Two sugars in my coffee, please (= cubes of sugar)

  Try to do these exercises, they are not very difficult and you will learn a lot.

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