Countable and uncountable nouns

A noun can be countable or uncountable.  

COUNTABLE

Countable Nouns - individual people, animals, places, things, or ideas that can be counted. 

A countable noun has two forms:

Singular - only one

Plural - two or more

For example, 

Banana - Bananas 

Apple - Apples 

Car - Cars 

UNCOUNTABLE

Uncountable nouns - anything that cannot be counted. 

An uncountable noun has only one form. 

For example, 

Rice 

Water 

Ari 

We use how much and how many to ask about quantities. 

Much + uncountable nouns

Many + countable nouns

For example

How much money do you have? 

We don’t have much time to go around the mall. 

I still have many eggs in the fridge. We don’t need to buy some.