Countable and Uncountable Nouns

Start this course with an in-depth description of what you will learn and review the outline of the course.

We set out the key objectives for this course so you can identify what you need to learn. We provide a downloadable checklist that you can print out to check off the points as you go through the course.

Before starting the grammar section of this course, we provide you with all the correct materials. This includes the slides used in our grammar presentations with notes lines and an interactive worksheet, which you can answer whilst watching the videos. We provide the correct answers to this interactive worksheet too and point you to our gramar forum, where you can ask any questions about the correct grammar of countable and uncountable nouns.

Review the definition of a noun and identify nouns in an example sentence in this first video of the grammar series.

Learn what a countable noun is in this video and the two different forms that each countable noun has. We provide a few examples of countable nouns.

Learn what an uncountable noun is and the characteristics that an uncountable noun typically has. We also provide you with a few examples of uncountable nouns as well as a downloadable list of the most common uncountable nouns in English.

This interactive video is a walk-through exercise. We provide you with ten common words and you must use your new understanding to decide whether these nouns are countable or uncountable. After completing the exercise, we provide the answers with explanations.

In some cases nouns can be both countable and uncountable. We explain how this is possible and how the form can change the meaning of a noun. We also provide you with a list of the most common nouns that exist in both countable and uncountable forms.

Learn what a partitive is and how they can be useful for talking about uncountable nouns. We provide examples of common partitives as well as a downloadable list with the most common partitives.

Having learnt the difference between countable and uncountable nouns, you need to know how to use them correctly in a sentence. This video explains which verb formation countable and uncountable nouns use. We also provide a downloadable poster that summarises all the information explained in the video.

The way we use articles with countable and uncountable nouns can sometimes be tricky. Do we use a, an or some? Do we use the same articles for the affirmative and negative forms? We explain all of this using a tree diagram in this grammar video and provide you with a downloadable poster of the information explained in the video.

Although we don't go into detail about the types of pronouns that exist in English, we explain which forms countable and uncountable nouns require. We demonstrate this using example sentences and you can download a poster of all the information explained in this video too.

In this video we explain which forms of demonstratives countable and uncountable nouns use in English, singular or plural forms. We also provide you with a downloadable poster that summarises the information explained in the video.

This self-paced presentation demonstrates the use of countable and uncountable nouns in real life.

Test your understanding of whether nouns are countable or uncountable in this game of match. You can download, print out and cut up our very own flashcards or use our online version.

You will learn throughout this course that countable and uncountable nouns are mostly visible when we talk about food and drink. This activity is a game that tests your understanding of countable and uncountable nouns as well as your vocabulary of food and drinks at the supermarket.

This is a game that tests your understanding of articles being used with countable and uncountable nouns.

In this timed game, we will help you improve your vocabulary skills as well as review your understanding of countable and uncountable nouns. Because this game is timed, you'll have to think quickly too. You can share your suggestons with us on our countable and uncountable nouns forum and get feedback and corrections from our teachers.

This is an activity for 3 or more people to play and practises your use of pronouns, demonstratives, verb formation and articles with nouns.

You can easily do this creative activity with any magazines, books or articles you have at home. This is a more relaxing activity, but still tests your ability to recognise a noun as countable or uncountable.

You will learn about partitives in this course and their ability to convert uncountable nouns into countable nouns. However, each uncountable noun has a very specific partitive. Here, we test your understanding of partitives.

In this activity, you can use our online flashcards to see pictures of objects and decide whether they are countable or uncountable.

Download our one-page summary of the topic to use for reference.

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