Countable versus uncountable nouns

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Making uncountable nouns countable


Uncountable
Sugar
Jewellery
Cheese
Wine
Furniture
Money

Uncountable Question
How much sugar is there?
How much jewellery is there?
How much cheese is there?
How much wine is there?
How much furniture is there?
How much money is there?

Answer
There's a lot of sugar.
There's some jewellery.
There's a lot of cheese.
There's some wine.
There's some furniture.
There's a lot of money.

Add a word
bowl
piece
round
bottle
piece
bag


Make it Countable
A bowl of sugar.
A piece of jewellery.
A round of cheese.
A bottle of wine.
A piece of furniture.
A bag of money.


Countable Question
How many bowls of sugar are there?
How many pieces of jewellery are there?
How many rounds of cheese are there?
How many bottles of wine are there?
How many pieces of furniture are there?
How many bags of money are there?


Answer
There's one bowl of sugar.
There are two pieces of jewellery.
There are three rounds of cheese.
There's one bottle of wine.
There are two pieces of furniture.
There are four bags of money.
Other words you can add to make uncountable nouns countable:-



You can put uncountable nouns into a container to count them:-
For example

bag
A bag of money.

barrel
A barrel of beer.

bottle
A bottle of wine.

bowl
A bowl of sugar.

box
A box of cereal.

bucket
A bucket of water.

can
A can of Coke.

carton
A carton of milk.

cup
A cup of coffee.

glass
A glass of water.

jar
A jar of honey.

packet
A packet of butter.

a saucepan
A saucepan of rice.

spoon
A spoonful of sugar.

tank
A tank of petrol.

tin
A tin of custard.

tub
A tub of margarine.

tube
A tube of toothpaste.




You can measure uncountable nouns to make them countable:-

litre

pint

pound / ounce / kilo etc...




You can also measure uncountable nouns in different ways:-



ball
A ball of wool.

bar
A bar of soap.

blade
A blade of grass.

flake
A flake of snow.

handful
A handful of sand.

piece
A piece of cake.

pinch
A pinch of salt.





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