2.  Countable nouns are nouns which we can count. They
have singular and plural forms.
 Example:
Bristle- bristles
Beaver-beavers
Elk-elks
Dress- dresses
Apple- apples

3.  They don’t have different plural forms.
They don’t go with a, an, one, two and so on.
They can be used alone or with some/any/much etc.
These include:
1)Many types of food.
2)liquids.
3)materials.
4)Abstract nouns.
And some other nouns.

4.  Yoghurt
 Flour
 Meat
 Cheese
 Butter
 Rice
 Salt
 Sugar
 Bread
Etc.

5.  Coffee
 Tea
 Oil
 petrol
 Water
 Alcohol
 Milk
 Kefir
Etc.

6.  Wood
 Plastic
 Silver
 Gold
 Glass
 Crystal
 China
 Concrete
Etc.

7.  Knowledge
 Wisdom
 Love
 Justice
 Freedom
 Confidence
 Belief
Etc.

8. Research, luggage, baggage, hair, weather, behaviour, ad
vice, news, fun, accommodation, information, equipm
ent, rubbish, furniture, crockery, cutlery, money, jewell
ery, machinery and so on.

9.  We can use a, an, one, two etc. with nouns such as
coffee, tea etc. when we order something.
Example:
We’ll have two coffees, please.

10.  A piece of cake etc.  A carton of milk
 A glass/ bottle of water etc.  A bowl of sugar
 A jar of jam etc.  A bit of cheese
 A packet of rice etc.  A drop of water/liquid
 A loaf/ slice of bread  A lump of sugar
 A pot of honey/tea etc.  A pile of rubbish/ wood etc.
 A cup of coffee/tea Some of the nouns above can
 A kilo of meat/ cheese be also used with plural
countable nouns. ( a kilo of
 A bar of chocolate/soap
lemons, a bowl of berries
 A tube of toothpaste
,etc.)
 A can of soda

11.  Some nouns can be used as countable and
uncountable, it depends on what you mean saying
something.
Examples:
1) I’d like a glass of orange juice, please./ He took off his
glasses and enjoyed the sun.
2) I enjoy reading Sunday paper./ Could you give me a
few pieces of paper? I want to write a letter.
3) I found the most beautiful iron chair ever!/ Is this
iron hot yet? I’m afraid of getting burned.

12.  A couple of, several, (a) few/ many, a (
good/large/great) number of, both + countable
nouns.
 (too) much, (a) little, a great/ good deal of, a small/
large amount/ quantity of + uncountable nouns.
 A lot of, lots of, (hardly) any, some, no, plenty of +
countable AND uncountable nouns.

13. Singular Plural
1) ( economics, Nouns such as
maths.) and so
2) (gymnastics, athletics, etc.) on.
3) ( billiards, darts, etc.)
4) ( measles, mumps, etc.) E.g.: Her quite high.
And the word “ ”.
When we talk about Nouns which refer to objects which
consist of two parts, such as:
, etc.
E.g.: Three thousand miles is the
distance from here to that country. and so
on.
Group nouns such as:
and so on.