Aula 1 Countable and Uncountable Nouns

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Food (countable/uncountable nouns)
1. Vocabulary
an apple
a banana
some butter
an egg
Food (countable/uncountable nouns) – cont.
some meat
some rice
some sugar 
a tomato
Food (countable/uncountable nouns) – cont.
a biscuit
some coffee
Food (countable/uncountable nouns) – 
cont.
Vocabulary Bank
 FOOD
MEAT
GRAPES
PEAS
CAKE
MEALS
Nouns (countable/uncountable)
Nouns in English are countable or uncountable. 
Countable nouns have a singular and a 
(regular or irregular) plural form:
• Car (S) – cars (P)
• House (S) – houses (P)
• Man (S) – men (P)
• Child (S) – children (P)
Nouns (countable/uncountable) – cont.
Uncountable nouns don’t have a plural form – 
they are always singular.
• Food (this food is horible)
• Music (this music is too loud)
• Money (your money is here)
• Bread (I’d like some bread)
• Information (this information is wrong)
Nouns (countable/uncountable) – cont.
However, sometimes, a noun can be countable 
or uncountable, depending on its meaning in 
the sentence.
• I love coffee (uncountable – coffee in general).
• Waiter, two coffees, please (countable – two 
cups of coffee).
• I don’t eat meat. (uncountable – meat in 
general.)
• We have different meats (countable – types of 
meat - red meat, fish, chicken, etc.)
Nouns (countable/uncountable) – cont.
But other nouns, are only uncountable.
Examples:
• Water is good for your health.
• I drink two liters of water a day. *
* In this case, to quantify, you need to add liters 
before the word water (and never say “waters”).
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