Countable & uncountable nouns

When forming a nominal sentence in English, you must first specify the type of noun in the sentence، So you can choose tools and pronouns on a correct basis.

You should be able to distinguish the types of nouns well, and know the type of noun is countable or not, So you have to read this lesson with a focus until the end ,so you get all the information about the countable and uncountable nouns and the difference between them.

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You need to know that nouns in English are divided into two types: ( Countable & uncountable), both have words, pronouns and questioning tools of their own, so we will now recognize each of them separately.

First: ( Countable nouns )

Quite simply, countable nouns  are things that can be counted using a number before them, It is also the noun that can be placed in the plural.

for examples:

• There are two dogs on the villa gate.
• I think there's one pen in the bag.
• Sorry, I only have one paper.

# If the countable noun is used in the singular form, we put before the noun one of the indefinite articles (a - an) such as:

• I bought an umbrella for my wife.
• Mom need a car to go to  her work.

# If we want to use the countable noun  in the plural, we add to the noun ( s ), if it is regular such as: 

🔴 Dog / dogs 

• The clinic has many sick dogs today.

🔴 book / books 

• I bought all the school books from this library.

🔴 lion / lions 

• Trainer trains lions in a professional way.

# But there are irregular nouns that are put into plural in a different way like :

🔴 Fish / fish 

• My uncle goes every Friday to catch fish.

🔴 tooth / teeth 

• Toothpaste protects teeth from decay and other problems .

# Also if we want to ask about the quantity or number of things we use ( How many ), And then the plural of the countable noun  in the sentence.

For examples : 

• How many balloons are in the classroom?
• How many students are successful in physics?
• How many chairs are in the hall?

Second: (uncountable nouns)

Uncountable nouns are things that, can't be counted using numbers and include moral things، ideas, Very small physical objects and shapeless things like ( air, gas, liquids, water, powders).

# These nouns are not put in the plural form, that is they are always treated as singular such as:

(tea - water - air)

# we don’t use indefinite articles (a - an), but we can use those words and expressions with uncountable nouns such as:

( much - a great deal of - a bit of - a lot of - some )

For examples:

• There's some milk in the fridge.
• Salma drinks a bit of tea.

# Also we can use these measurement tools with uncountable ( cup of - a bag of - 1k of - a pinch of - an hour of ).

For examples:

• I bought 1K  of washing powder today.
• Every day my father drinks a cup of coffee in the balcony of the house.

# Also we use ( How much ) to ask about uncountable nouns as in following examples:

• How much oil does the recipe need?

And now we can conclude our lesson today, after we know in detail about countable and uncountable nouns.