Count And Noncount Nouns

Count nouns refer to things that exist as separate and distinct individual units. Typically, count nouns refer to things that you can easily count. That means that there can be more than one of them. Also, when a count noun is singular and indefinite, the article “a/an” is often used with it. (The real meaning of “a” is “one”.)

Non-count nouns refer to things that can't

Basic Rules.

be counted because they are thought of as wholes that can't be cut into parts. Their nature are not easily countable. Often they are things in liquid or mass form or abstract ideas. Non-count nouns have a singular form, but when they are indefinite, we either use the word “some” or nothing at all instead of an article. E.G: Anger, air, warmth, courage, education, intelligence, beauty , butter , electricity , honesty , music , sand , satisfaction, truth , meat, rice, bread , cake, coffee , ice cream ,

E.G: table , word, finger, remark, girl, bottle, award, candidate, bananas ,boats, bottles, cars, countries, houses, pencils, ships, sticks, desks, chairs, flag, clock, computers, keyboards, projector, books, pens, notebooks, …

oil, grass, hair , water…

Exercises 1- Put an N next to the non-count nouns and a C next to the count nouns.

pen

anger

banana

bottle

rice

notebook

desk

book

chair

meat

apple

sugar

applause

flour

dollar

Answers to Count and Noncount Noun Exercises 1pen computer

C C

anger desk

N C

banana book

C C

bottle chair

C C

rice meat

N N

apple

C

sugar

N

applause

N

flour

N

dollar

C

REFERENCIAS: http://www.ucalgary.ca/UofC/eduweb/grammar/course/speech/1_6a.htm