Countable Nouns & Uncountable Nouns
There are two main types of nouns which are countable noun and uncountable noun or noncount noun. Countable noun refer to the noun that we can count 1, 2, 3...etc. While uncountable noun cannot be counted. Countable noun has a singular form and a plural form. Now let's explore more.
Countable nouns
We can count a thing like a book or five books. It has a singular and a plural form and goes with singular and plural verb forms.
- These books are very interesting.
- I have two cats.
- He has a car.
- There are 20 students in my classroom.
Singular Noun
- a book
- a person
- one car
- an apple
- a leaf
- a fly
Plural Noun
- five books
- ten people
- some apples
- a lot of leaves
- a lot of flies
Rule 1: adding -es
We add -es to the noun that ends in -s, -ss, -sh, -ch, -x, -o, -z
- a bus > two buses
- a glass > ten glasses
- one dish > many dishes
- one watch > a lot of watches
- a box > some boxes
Rule 2 : adding -ies
Add -ies to the noun that ends in consonant + y.
- a fly > a lot of flies
- a candy > some candies
- a party > many parties
Rule 3 : adding -ves
Add -ves to the noun that ends in -fe & -f
- a life > many lives
- a leaf > a lot of leaves
- a shelf > two shelves
Rule 4 : adding -s
Add -s to the noun that doesn't follow rule 1, 2 & 3.
- a book > many books
- a teacher > some teachers
- one plane > a lot of planes
- an apple > three apples
Irregular Noun
- a man > two men
- a person > people
- a mouse > a lot of mice
- a child > some children
- tooth > teeth
- foot > feet
- goose > geese
- woman > women
Noncount Noun
Example
- water
- oil
- money
- bread
- coffee
- oil
- cheese
- rice
- grain
- cereal
- tea
- soup
- hapinness
- education
- furniture
- success
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