Countable Nouns
Countable nouns are those words which can be counted using numbers.
It can be people, places, and things.
For example:
- Books
- Buildings
- Pens
These nouns have singular and plural forms.
We can add ‘a’ or ‘an’ before countable nouns in singular form.
For Example:
- A Book

- An Apple

Nouns that are singular can be changed to plural by adding ‘s’ at the end of the noun, in most cases.
For Example:
- Car – Cars

For some nouns, the plurals take an entirely different form.
For Example:
- Child – Children
For plural form, we can ask ‘how many’ and the answer will be a number.
For Example:
- 3 books
- 5 pens
Uncountable Nouns
Uncountable nouns stand for words which cannot be counted with numbers.
They are usually concepts, ideas or physical objects.
For Example:
- Happiness
- Milk
- Advice
- Hair
We won’t say ‘a happiness’ or 2 happiness. The quantity of uncountable nouns can be known by asking the question ‘how much.’
They don’t have plural form.
‘A’ or ‘an’ is not added before uncountable nouns. We cannot use numbers directly before nouns.
- We cannot say 2 milk but we can say 2 bottles of milk.
Using countable and uncountable nouns
The listed articles and adjectives can be used with both countable and uncountable nouns, whereas some can be used only with countable and certain others only with uncountable nouns.

Using a, an, some and any
Nouns that begin with a vowel sound (a, e, i, o, u) with singular countable nouns, an is used.
Nouns that begin with a consonant sound (not vowel sounds) with singular countable nouns, a is used.
- Some is used with plural countable nouns and uncountable nouns. It is used in positive statements.
- Any is used with plural uncountable nouns and countable nouns. It is used in negative sentences and questions.
Using verbs with countable and uncountable nouns
Countable nouns can be singular or plural. So, they may take singular or plural verbs.
For Example:
- The girl is dancing.

- The girls are dancing.

Uncountable nouns have only singular form, so singular verbs are used with them.
For Example:
- His luggage is heavy.
- The furniture in this room is new.
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