short explanation on countable and uncountable nouns

1. Nouns
1. Countable Nouns
2. Uncountable Nouns
3. a, an, some

2. 1. Countable Nouns
• nouns that can be counted.
• usually, it can be directly counted using numbers.
• we add -s, -es or -ies at the end of the word for things
that are more than one.
• for example:
• ::1 apple/an apple > 3 apples/some apples
• :: 1 mango/a mango > 2 mangoes/ some mangoes
• :: 1 strawberry/a strawberry > 5 strawberries/some
strawberries

3. 2. Uncountable Nouns
• nouns that cannot be counted.
• we usually use some for uncountable nouns.
• it can only be counted with the help of containers, weight,
parts or volume.
• we don't add -s, -es or -ies to uncountable nouns.
• for example:
• :: some milk, some flour, some sugar, some chocolate, some
water.
• :: a carton of milk, a cup of tea, a bottle of water, 2 spoon of
sugar, 4 boxes of cereal, 5 kilograms of flour, 3 litres of
orange juice, a slice of cake.

4. 3. a, an, some
• a is used to show 1 thing that starts with consonant
sounds. ( a banana, a coconut, a doughnut, a fish,
etc..)
• an is used to show 1 thing that starts with vowel
sounds. ( an apple, an egg, an orange, etc..)
• some is used to show more than 1 thing or
uncountable things. ( some apples, some oranges,
some milk, some sugar, some bread, etc..)

5. Example of Countable and
Uncountable Nouns.
Countable Nouns
• apple
• egg
• pumpkin
• orange
• pear
• pineapple
Uncountable Nouns
• sugar
• flour
• water
• butter
• juice

6. Fill in the blanks with the correct
answer using a/an/some.
1. _____ apple 10. ____ pear 19. ____ ice cream
2. _____ orange 11. ____ strawberry 20. ____ apricot
3. _____ banana 12. ____ tomato 21. ____ olive
4. _____doughnut 13. ____ cheese 22. ____ eggplant
5. _____ bread 14. ____ milk 23. ____ cherries
6. _____ tea 15. ____ orange juice 24. ____ pears
7. _____ oranges 16. ____ strawberries 25. ____ kiwis
8. _____ bananas 17. ____ tomatoes 26. ____ peach
9. ____ pineapple 18. ____ cherry 27. ____ peaches