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'''Countable and Uncountable Nouns'''
'''Countable and Uncountable Nouns'''  


There are two kinds of nouns: countable nouns and uncountable nouns.  
There are two kinds of nouns: countable nouns and uncountable nouns.


Simple things you can count are countable nouns, for example, eggs. Countable nouns have plural forms, which usually end in ''-s''. They also have singular forms. The singular nouns can have ''a'' or ''an'' before them.
Simple things you can count are countable nouns, for example, eggs. Countable nouns have plural forms, which usually end in ''-s''. They also have singular forms. The singular nouns can have ''a'' or ''an'' before them.

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Countable and Uncountable Nouns

There are two kinds of nouns: countable nouns and uncountable nouns.

Simple things you can count are countable nouns, for example, eggs. Countable nouns have plural forms, which usually end in -s. They also have singular forms. The singular nouns can have a or an before them.

Things you can't count are uncountable nouns; for example, milk. You can't count milk. With uncountable nouns, don't use plural -s or a or an. For example, uncountable noun rice, it is not correct to say rices or a rice.

Countable Nouns

Use "a/an" or plural "-s"

  • I have an egg for breakfast everyday.
  • I don´t eat bananas.

How many eggs do you eat a week?

  • I eat a lot of eggs.
  • I don´t eat many. (eggs)
  • I don´t eat a lot of eggs.

Uncountable Nouns

Don't use "a/an" or plural "-s"

  • I drink milk every morning.
  • I don´t eat seafood.

How much milk do you drink a day?

  • I drink a lot of milk.
  • I don´t drink much. (milk)
  • I don´t drink a lot of milk.