English has both countable and uncountable nouns. A countable noun is a word for something that can be counted, such as one, two, three. An uncountable noun is a word for something that cannot be counted, such as air, water. This list includes 100 of the most common English countable and uncountable nouns, with example sentences to show how they are used. Learning these words will help you speak and write English more accurately.
Countable Nouns in Example Sentences:
1) We have two dogs.
2) I’d like three slices of cake, please.
3) There are many different types of cheese.
4) She’s collected quite a few stamps.
5) Can I borrow a couple of your pens?
Uncountable Nouns in Example Sentences:
1) Air is necessary for life.
2) Water makes up most of the earth’s surface.
3) I can’t stand the noise! Turn down the music!
4) We need more information before we can make a decision.
5) There was a lot of traffic on the roads this morning.
Countable Nouns Examples
A countable noun is a word that can be counted and has a specific number. For example, there are six people in the room. The word ‘people’ is a countable noun because it can be counted. There are also three cups on the table. The word ‘cups’ is a countable noun because it can be counted.
- baby
- bridge
- card
- corner
- effect
- father
- grandmother
- judge
- meal
- picture
- road
- sister
- teacher
- wall
- actor
- book
- bush
- child
- day
- face
- fork
- hour
- line
- mistake
- program
- shirt
- station
- town
- yard
- book
- bush
- chest
- cup
- eye
- foot
- hospital
- lawn
- mirror
- pool
- second
- spoon
- towel
- weekend
- ball
- brother
- castle
- cousin
- egg
- film
- group
- kilometer
- method
- plant
- room
- sock
- toilet
- week
- aunt
- boy
- car
- class
- desk
- father
- grandfather
- journey
- machine
- party
- river
- shower
- stream
- village
- bird
- burger
- cat
- cup
- egg
- finger
- hall
- king
- mile
- plate
- school
- son
- toothbrush
- week
- answer
- box
- camp
- city
- day
- factory
- grade
- issue
- liter
- month
- purse
- shirt
- straw
- uncle
- year
Uncountable Nouns Examples
An uncountable noun is a word that cannot be counted and does not have a specific number. For example, there is a lot of water in the glass. The word ‘water’ is an uncountable noun because it cannot be counted. There is also a lot of sugar in the bowl. The word ‘sugar’ is an uncountable noun because it cannot be counted.
- Arithmetic
- Damage
- Expense
- Fun
- Homework
- Magic
- Milk
- Music
- Peel
- Pressure
- Smoke
- Steam
- Tea
- Trade
- Adulthood
- Countryside
- Economics
- Fear
- Hardware
- Literature
- Marriage
- Motherhood
- Paper
- Physics
- Shame
- Spelling
- Stupidity
- Time
- Warmth
- Commerce
- Distribution
- Fame
- Gymnastics
- Lightning
- Marble
- Money
- Nutrition
- Petrol
- Salt
- Spaghetti
- Stuff
- Timber
- Turbulence
- Blood
- Dancing
- Failure
- Glass
- Hospitality
- Mist
- Nature
- Pepper
- Psychology
- Soap
- Stream
- Temperature
- Travel
- Agriculture
- Crockery
- Entertainment
- Fresh air
- Help
- Machinery
- Measles
- Mud
- Passion
- Pork
- Silence
- Sport
- Sunshine
- Toothpaste
- Childhood
- Dignity
- Faith
- Grief
- Land
- Mankind
- Money
- Nitrogen
- Perfume
- Rain
- Soup
- Stress
- Thirst
- Trouble
- Aggression
- Courage
- Enjoyment
- Fiction
- Harm
- Logic
- Mayonnaise
- Motivation
- Parking
- Poetry
- Shopping
- Spite
- Sugar
- Tolerance
- Yoga
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