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Can you count water, rice, sugar? Can you say I drunk 3 waters or ate 5 rices? Of course no 😉 So things you can't count are uncountable. However, since you can say I have 2 brothers, 3 cats, or 5 cars, so those are countable. But of course we can count the uncountable by adding measurements, like 2 glasses of water, 1 kilo of rice and a cup of tea. Hope it's clear now. Let us know if you have any questions ✌🏻
Countable nouns can be counted e.g apple, two apples e.t.c. Uncountable nouns cannot be counted e.g air, rice, water, e.t.c when you learn a new noun take note if it’s countable or uncountable
Okay so countable nouns can be easily counted for example an apple, two apples, three apples, etc. While uncountable nouns cannot be counted for example air, rice, water, etc.
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First of all a noun is the name of a person, place, thing, feeling, or event. 1) Countable nouns: These are nouns that can be counted 1 after the other. For example; bananas, pens, countries etc. 2) Uncountable nouns: Cannot be counted for example; water, salt, sand etc.
Uncountable nouns,, things that you need to weigh,, rice, flour, liquid, Countable nouns, things you can count... cookies, apples, eggs,
Very easy. Just tell them to try and count. if they can, they are countable. If they can't, they are not
- Consuelo ChaparroEnglish teacher, Spanish tutor
I explain this like this: countable nouns are the ones that you can actually count without difficulty (apples, trees, books), but uncountable are either too hard to count one by one (rice, sugar) and you need something to measure (pound of sugar, cups of salt). Uncountable are also a category of things that can be very diverse in shapes and sizes (fruit, money, furniture).
Countable items such as apples, eggs, bananas etc (you’re able to count multiple) Uncountable items such as salt, milk, rice
When you can add s to a word it is called countable and if you can't add s to a word it's an uncountable one and also if you can add number to a word it's called countable and no number before it make the word uncountable.
Countable noun, are things that can be counted, pen, books, phones. Uncountable nouns can not be counted like Air.
If you can count something (1,2,3...), it's countable, like apples, books, pencils... If you can't count it like milk, water, bread... so it's uncountable.
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