English Noun

Countable and uncountable nouns in English:

1. Countable nouns:

Most of the nouns are countable. You can combine them with numbers, e.g one, two or three. Here is an example:

• One pencil.

• Two pencils.

• Three pencils.

• Four pencils.

2. Uncountable nouns:

These nouns cannot be combined with numbers:

• Water

• Butter

• Coal

• Money

• Salt

• Iron

If you want to express a quantity, you have to use a special phrase e.g. a glass of water.

Note:

Some nouns can be either countable or uncountable. We recommend to use a good dictionary to find out whether a noun is countable or uncountable or both.

Here is an example:

Hair – Hairs

• You've got some hairs on your T-shirt (There might be 5 or 6 of them).

• Your hair looks lovely (Here you think of the hairstyle).