In this post we are going to learn, what are countable and uncountable nouns? Both countable and uncountable, we shall learn with examples. And if you want to learn how to use countable and uncountable nouns then first you need to know what is noun.
First we are going to know what is noun? and then we will learn to indentify countable and uncountable nouns.
WHAT IS A NOUN?
A noun is a word that names something, such as a person, place, thing, or an idea.
Examples: Book, Freedom, India, Delhi, Girl, Basketball, Bedroom, Lion, House, and many more.
WHAT IS COUNTABLE NOUN?
Countable nouns: Countable nouns can be counted. Examples: an apple, two apples, three apples, etc.
The first thing you need to know the countable noun. When we have countable nouns we need to put ‘a’ or ‘an‘ and the number, in front of it.
WHAT IS UNCOUNTABLE NOUN?
Uncountable nouns: cannot be counted. Examples: air, rice, water, oil etc.
Separate the following nouns into countable and uncountable nouns.
| grass | Pen | dog | Advice | city | cup |
| Box | water | inkpot | ink | king | coffee |
| Egg | gold | lion | train | chemistry | school |
| Lore | Cotton | silk | girl | story | butter |
| Star | chair | tea | salt | apple | cat |
Now here is the answer.
| COUNTABLE | UNCOUNTABLE |
| Box, Egg | Lore, coffee |
| Pen, dog | grass, butter |
| cup, school | salt, Star |
| cat, apple | Cotton, chemistry |
| king, train | gold, tea |
| girl, lion | water, silk |
| Inkpot, story | Advice, ink |