countable nouns & uncountable nouns countable nouns banana e.g. i eat a banana every day....
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Countable nouns
&Uncountable
nouns
Countable nouns
e.g. I eat a bananabanana every day. I like bananasbananas.
“Banana” is a countable noun.
A countable noun can be
1. singular (bananabanana)
Countable nouns are things we can count. So we can say ‘one banana’ ,‘two
bananas’ etc.
Countable nouns
2. plural (bananasbananas)
Uncountable nouns
e.g. I eat rice everyday. I like rice.
Rice is an uncountable noun.
Uncountable nouns
An uncountable noun has only one form.
• Uncountable nouns are things we cannot
count.
• We cannot say ‘one rice’, ‘two rices’, etc.
rice
Uncountable nouns
Examples of uncountable nouns:
lettuce
ham
water
salad dressing
You can not normally use a/an with uncountable nouns. We do not say ‘a rice’ or ‘a bread’. But you can often use a … of :
a bowl of rice
a drop of water
a slice of cake
a loaf of bread
Uncountable nouns