Countable nouns and uncountable nouns

We have previously learned about the basic types on nouns in English which is the common noun and the proper noun, but there’s another classification of nouns that we have to identify which are countable nouns and uncountable nouns.

So today’s article on this subject will be so that we get out of it with the greatest benefit that we can distinguish between countable nouns and uncountable nouns and the appropriate question formula for both of them.

First: countable nouns

- They are the physical objects that can be counted using numbers, and these nouns may come in either plural or singular formats for examples:

• I have in my house 4 cats.
• This animal cannot raised at home.
• bought to my daughter two dresses for her birthday.

- If it comes in a singular form, the singular noun will be preceded by one of the indefinite  articles (a-an) according to the first letter in the noun for examples :

• My father own a house.
• I went for an iPad repair.

- If it comes in plural , we put (S) at the end of the noun such as:

• I bought a lot of rings today to shoot them.
• My friend owns three horses on his farm. 

- When asking of countable nouns, we use (How many), and answer is either in singular, plural or it can also contain numbers such as:

• How many research papers did you write today?
• How many meals that we need for the party. 

- There are also several words and expressions used with countable  nouns such as: (Some- a lot of – a bit of – a great deal of )

• I own some old antiques.
• My friend has a lot of striped shirts.

Second: Uncountable nouns

- They’re the moral things, you can’t count with numbers like (goats-water- thoughts- fluids-…) such as:

• Do you know that, the plant produces oxygen gas?

- These nouns don’t  come in the plural form and they always come singular such as:

• My grandmother drinks fresh orange juice daily.

- In this type of nouns, we use the question form (How much) for examples:

• How much sugar do you eat a day?
• How much water does the human body need a day?

- We don’t use the indefinite articles (a- an), but we use several expressions to express the quantity such as: (Up of- a bay of- 2Kg- 1L of- a pinch of- an hour of –a day of -…), For examples:

• We need 1Kg of sugar to make candy today. 

💠 (Hair)

This word is consider to be uncountable  noun in English, so it is not collected, but sometimes it comes in singular form when expressing one hair or several ones. For examples:

• Sandy has brown hair.
• I found two hairs in my soup.

Now that we finished our lesson today, we can distinguish between the countable nouns and uncountable nouns, also we know the right question form and words of each them.