Countable and Uncountable Nouns

In English grammar, countable nouns are individual people, animals, places, things, or ideas which can be counted. Uncountable nouns are not individual objects, so they cannot be counted. Here, we’ll take a look at countable and uncountable nouns and provide both countable noun examples and uncountable noun examples. Although the concept may seem challenging, you’ll soon discover that these two different noun types are very easy to use.

There are at least twenty Italian restaurants in Little Italy.

Megan took a lot of photographs when she went to the Grand Canyon.

Your book is on the kitchen table.

How many candles are on that birthday cake?

You have several paintings to study in art appreciation class.

There’s a big brown dog running around the neighborhood.

Anything that cannot be counted is an uncountable noun. Even though uncountable nouns are not individual objects, they are always singular and one must always use singular verbs in conjunction with uncountable nouns. The following uncountable noun examples will help you to gain even more understanding of how countable and uncountable nouns differ from one another. Notice that singular verbs are always used with uncountable nouns.

There is no more water in the pond.

Please help yourself to some cheese.

I need to find information about Pulitzer Prize winners.

You seem to have a high level of intelligence.

Please take good care of your equipment.

Let’s get rid of the garbage.