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Nouns

It's important to distinguish between countable and uncountable nouns

Countable

Uncountable

Some nouns refer to things which, in English, are treated as separate items which can be counted

for the things that we cannot count with numbers.

Singular:

form can use the determiner "a" or "an"

Plural:

with numbers and many other determiners (e.g. these, a few)

Ideas and experiences: advice, information, progress, news.

Example:

-I own a house.

-a car

a book

Example:

-She has three dogs.

-two cousins

Example:

They can give you some information about accommodation at the tourist office.

Materials and substances: water, rice, cement, gold, milk

Weather words: weather, thunder, lightning, rain, snow

Names for groups or collections of things: furniture, equipment, rubbish, luggage

Example:

We need rice next time we go shopping.

Example:

We had terrible weather last week.

Example:

We’re going to get new furniture for the living room.