There are two main types of nouns: count nouns and non-count nouns. Count nouns refer to things that can be counted individually, like planets or sandwiches, while non-count nouns refer to things that cannot be counted individually, like rice or advice. Non-count nouns often have no plural form and are used with words like "some" rather than "a" or "an". However, some non-count nouns can become countable by adding a phrase that gives them a form or container, such as "a piece of furniture" or "a cup of water".

1. Count and Non-count nouns Gonzalo Smith Sifuentes Zavala

4. Noun Nouns represent persons , places , things and ideas .

5. refers to Noun Persons Places Things Ideas

7. types Noun Proper Noun Common Noun

8. Proper Nouns Proper nouns name particular persons , places or things. They are usually unique and are capitalized in writing.

9. Example: China Dr. Olsen The Empire State Building

10. Common Nouns Common Nouns refer to people , places , or things but are not the names of particular individuals.

11. Example scientist building department store.

12. Common Nouns Count Nouns No- Count Nouns types

13. Count Nouns Count Nouns refer to things that you can count separately . They can be singular or plural. You can use a or an before count Nouns.

14. Example Nine planets That`s an interesting question This is a delicious sandwich

15. Non- Count Nouns Non-Count Nouns refer to things that you can`t count separately. They usually have no plural form. We don`t usually use a or an with non-count Nouns , though they are often preceded by some or the .

16. Common mistakes: I have a lot of homeworks to do Se is washing her hairs The equipments weren`t working well.

17. Example I bought rice Let me give you some advice

18. Be careful! Many words have both count and non-count meanings. Check your dictionary to avoid mistakes.

19. She heard a noise in the attic. Noise can be harmful to health

20. We normally use a singular verb with a non-count noun. Example: Rice feeds millions. We use a singular pronoun to refer to the noun. Example: It feeds millions.

21. Categories of Non-Count Nouns Medical Condition: Cancer AIDS Typhoid Syphilis

22. Scientific process or procedures: anesthesia dissection electroshock

23. Wholes composed of individual parts: mail clothing garbage baggage jewerly

24. Abstractions: honesty love hate education beauty maidhood

25. Activities: basketball dancing tennis soccer golf

26. Foods: beef bread fish fruit meat

27. Gases: air carbon dioxide oxygen smoke

28. Liquids: coffee gasoline milk tea water

29. Natural Phenomena: snow heat rain thunder

30. Particles: dust pepper salt sand sugar

31. Solid elements: gold iron plutonium silver

32. Subjects: Chinese English physics science

33. Others: equipment furniture money news

34. We frequently make non- count nouns countable by adding a phrase that gives them a form , a limit or a container.

35. Non count noun countable form furniture a piece of furniture lightning a bolt / flash of lightning meat a piece of meat rice a grain of rice tennis a game of tennis thunder a clap of thunder

36. Non Count Noun Countable Form water a cup of water milk , juice a carton of juice , milk lettuce a head of lettuce banana a bunch of bananas butter a piece / stick / bar of butter

37. Non Count Noun Countable Form chocolate a bar of chocolate margarine a tub of margarine bread a loaf / slice of bread ice cream a tub , scoop of ice cream mermelade a jar of mermelade sugar a lump of sugar garlic a clove of garlic

38. We use many non-count nouns in a countable sense without the addition of a phrase ( such as “ a piece of”). We can use these nouns with a / an or in the plural to mean kind / type / variety of

39. Example: Do you like pasta ? In Italy , I tasted a new pasta .

40. A / an and plurals can also be used to indicate discrete amounts. Example: I drank a soda Please bring us two orange juices

41. Some nouns are irregular: A) A few non-count nouns end in -S News Mathematics Economics physics

42. B) A few count nouns have irregular plurals: Singular Plural criterion Criteria phenomenon phenomena nucleus nuclei