Welcome back to this English course on nouns.
In this video, I’m going to tell you about countable and uncountable nouns.
It’s very important to know the difference between countable and uncountable nouns in
And students often get confused.
So please listen to me very carefully.
Let’s get started.
Countable nouns are nouns that you can count.
Uncountable nouns are nouns that you cannot count.
They’re usually a type or a group.
Countable nouns – you can say, “a dog.”
You can say, “one dog,” “two dogs,” “three dogs,” and so on.
“Man.”
“Idea.”
You can say, “one idea,” “two ideas,” and so on.
“Computer.”
Again, you can say, “one computer, two computers.”
Well, you can say, “one house, two houses, three houses,” and so on.
But if we look at uncountable nouns.
You can’t say, “One water, two waters.”
You can’t say, “one air, two airs.”
It’s uncountable.
‘Equipment’ These are all uncountable nouns.
You cannot count them And they’re always singular.
Now, let’s take a closer look at rules with countable nouns and uncountable nouns.
So how do we know if a word is countable or uncountable?
Well there are a few tricks that can help.
Some groups of words are very often uncountable.
All those words are uncountable.
Such as wood, plastic, metal, or paper.
Like fruit, meat, cheese, and bread.
Like time, information, love, and beauty.
Another trick is that most of the time, you can measure uncountable nouns.
For example, if we take liquids.
So you can say, “I have two liters of milk.”
You can say, “I have a glass of water.”
So you can measure this uncountable noun.
“I have one kilogram of sugar.”
With materials and foods, we often use the word, ‘piece’.
For example, “I ate two pieces of cake.”
Wood.
‘Some’ is an article that always works with uncountable nouns.
Ok guys, I hope you understand.
Some words can be both countable and uncountable nouns.
Let’s take a look.
“I would like to eat some cake.”
“I would like two pieces of cake.”
So in these two sentences, ‘cake’ is obviously and uncountable noun.
But if I say, “I would like to eat two cakes.”
Suddenly, it becomes a countable noun.
Why?
Because in the first two sentences, we are talking about pieces of one cake.
In the last sentence, we are considering the whole cake.
“I would like to eat some chicken.”
“I would like to eat a piece of chicken.”
Both sentences, uncountable noun, ‘chicken’.
But the last sentence, “I see two chickens.”
Hmm, ‘chicken’, in this case, is a countable noun.
Why?
Because in the first two sentences, ‘chicken’ is food.
But in the last sentence, ‘chicken’ is an animal.
So the animal is a countable noun.
‘Chicken’ as food is uncountable.
Let’s move on to example sentences now.
Let’s now review a few example sentences, so you can practice using countable and uncountable
And be careful to use proper pronunciation.
Let’s get started.
“I put one hundred candles on six cakes.”
“I put one hundred candles on six cakes.”
“I put one hundred candles on six cakes.”
“I saw some trash on all the streets.”
“I saw some trash on all the streets.”
“I saw some trash on all the streets.”
“I need to buy some milk and some butter from the market.”
“I need to buy some milk and some butter from the market.”
“I need to buy some milk and some butter from the market.”
“Traffic and pollution are problems in many cities.”
“Traffic and pollution are problems in many cities.”
“Traffic and pollution are problems in many cities.”
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I hope you now have a better understanding of countable and uncountable nouns.
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Countable nouns are nouns that you can count.
Ok, so for example, if you say ‘a dog’, you can say, “a dog, one dog, two dogs,
Okay.