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Uncountable Nouns

Use:

Some nouns are countable – you can count them. These include:

apples, books, cars, trees

Some nouns are uncountable – you cannot count them. These include:

water, oil, rice, fruit, bread, information, money

Uncountable nouns have different grammar rules from countable nouns.

countable singular nouns

e.g. apple

countable plural nouns

e.g. apples

uncountable nouns

e.g. fruit

Singular countable nouns

always need a determiner:

a, this, that, my, the etc.

Look at that cat!

Can I have an apple?

Is this your bag?

Plural countable nouns do not

need a determiner.

I like apples.

Dogs are friendly.

But they can be used with

determiners:

Where are my shoes?

Are those pens yours?

Uncountable nouns do not

need a determiner.

I like fruit.

But they can use singular

determiners:

This fruit is nice.

You can count countable

nouns.

Can I have five apples

please?

You cannot count

uncountable nouns.

Can I have five breads

please?

Use singular verbs and

determiners.

This apple is nice.

Use plural verbs and

determiners.

These apples are nice.

Use singular verbs and

determiners.

This bread is nice.

Some determiners can be used with both countable and

uncountable nouns.

some, a lot of, lots of, loads of, plenty of, any

We’ve got some potatoes. We need some bread.

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We don’t have any potatoes. We don’t have any bread.

Some determiners can only be

used with countable nouns:

several, various, a few,

many

Some determiners can only

be used with uncountable

nouns:

much, a bit of, a little

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