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Countable and uncountable
Some nouns you can count, some you cannot — and several that other languages count but English does not.
First page · the switch every noun sits on
Countable or not
Countable · you can put a number in front
- a book · two books
- an idea · three ideas
- a euro · fifty euros
- a suitcase · two suitcases
- takes a/an · takes a plural · takes many
Uncountable · no number, no plural, no a/an
- water
- money
- information
- advice
- furniture
- takes some · takes much · takes a piece of
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| Noun ends in… | Rule | Example |
| most nouns | add -s | book → books |
| -s, -ss, -sh, -ch, -x | add -es | bus → buses · watch → watches |
| consonant + -y | -y becomes -ies | city → cities · baby → babies |
| -f, -fe | often becomes -ves | knife → knives · leaf → leaves |
| old survivors | no rule, learn them | child → children · man → men · foot → feet · tooth → teeth |
| same in both | nothing changes | fish → fish · sheep → sheep |
Golden rule
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