Noncount Nouns



Common Uncountable Nouns

advice
cabbage
change (money)
chocolate
corn
equipment
fruit
furniture
garbage
information
jewelry
luggage
mail
meat
merchandise
money
music
news
rice
soap
water
weather
wood
work



Uncountable Noun Classification

Abstract Ideas Liquids Solids
anger
justice
knowledge
wealth
love
hate
honesty
patience
beauty
employment
work
fun
insurance
milk
oil
wine
coffee
gasoline
honey
lotion
blood
bread
meat
spaghetti
pasta
butter
margarine
ice-cream
Gases Grains / Powders Materials
air
oxygen
hydrogen
smoke
pollution
smog
steam
rice
cereal
flour
wheat
corn
sugar
salt
pepper
dust
cotton
wool
silk
glass
gold
silver
copper
iron
coal
wood
chalk
Categories Field of Study Weather
mail
jewelry
money
furniture
food
fruit
clothing
luggage
transportation
junk
stuff
trash
biology
linguistics
engineering
mathematics
statistics
physics
rain
snow
sleet
hail
ice
wind
fog
thunder
lightning
sunshine
Languages
English
Spanish
Chinese
French


Motifications for Count and Noncount Nouns

Unit Nouns for Uncountable Nouns For Countable Nouns For uncountable nouns
a bottle of water
a jar of mustard
a can of soup
a bar of chocolate
a cake of soap
an ear of corn
a tube of toothpaste
an article of clothing
an item of news
a bowl of rice
a piece/sheet of paper
many
some
a lot of
a few
much
some
a lot of
a little
an amount of
a great deal of



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