Uncountable Nouns Uncountable nouns are substances, concepts etc that we cannot divide into separate elements. We cannot count them. For example, we cannot count milk. We can count bottles of milk or litres of milk, but we cannot count milk itself. Here are some more uncountable nouns: music, art, love, happiness advice, information, news furniture, luggage rice, sugar, butter, water electricity, gas, power money, currency We usually treat uncountable nouns as singular. We use a singular verb. For example: This news is very important. Your luggage looks heavy. We do not usually use the indefinite article a/an with uncountable nouns. We cannot say an information or a music. But we can say a something of: a piece of news a bottle of water a grain of rice We can use some and any with uncountable nouns: Ive got some money. Have you got any rice? We can use a little and much with uncountable nouns: Ive got a little money. I havent got much rice. Uncountable nouns are also called mass nouns. Here are some more examples of countable and uncountable nouns: Countable Uncountable dollar money song music suitcase luggage table furniture battery electricity bottle wine report information tip advice journey travel job work view scenery When you learn a new word, its a good idea to learn whether its countable or uncountable.
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