Count Nouns vs. Non-Count Nouns
Count nouns
Can be counted as one or more.
• pen, computer, bottle, spoon, desk, cup, television, chair, shoe, finger, flower,
camera, stick, balloon, book, table, comb, etc.
Take an s to form the plural.
• pens, computers, bottles, spoons, desks, cups, televisions, chairs, shoes,
fingers, flowers, cameras, sticks, balloons, books, tables, combs, etc.
Work with expressions such as (a few, few, many, some, every, each, these, and the
number of).
• a few pens, a few computers, many bottles, some spoons, every desk, each
cup, these televisions, the number of chairs, a few shoes, a few fingers, many
flowers, some cameras, every stick, each balloon, these books, the number of
tables, many combs, etc.
Work with appropriate articles (a, an, or the).
• a pen, the computer, a bottle, the spoon, a desk, the cup, a television, the
chair, a shoe, the finger, a flower, the camera, a stick, the balloon, a book, the
table, a comb, etc.
Do NOT work with much (for example, you would never say much pens or much
computers).
Non-count nouns
Cannot be counted. They usually express a group or a type.
• water, wood, ice, air, oxygen, English, Spanish, traffic, furniture, milk, wine,
sugar, rice, meat, flour, soccer, sunshine, etc.
Generally cannot be pluralized.
Work both with and without an article (a, an, or the), depending on the context of the
sentence.
• Sugar is sweet.
• The sunshine is beautiful.
• I drink milk.
• He eats rice.

+ Có thể theo sau some (nào đó), chứ không thể theo sau a/an (một) hoặc một số đếm.
- Danh từ không đếm được bao gồm những danh từ chỉ:

a, Vật liệu, vật thể, vật chất:
Bread (bánh mì), cream (kem), gold (vàng), paper (giấy), tea (trà), beer (bia), dust (bụi), ice (nước
đá), sand (cát), water (nước), cloth (vải), wine (rượu), jam (mứt), soap (xà bông), coffee (cà phê),
glass (thủy tinh), oil (dầu lửa), stone (đá), wood (gỗ), baggage (hành lý), damage (sự thiệt hại),
luggage (hành lý), camping (sự cắm trại), furniture (đồ đạc), parking (sự đậu xe), shopping (việc
mua sắm), weather (thời tiết)

b, Sự trừu tượng, vật trừu tượng:
Advice (lời khuyên), experience (kinh nghiệm), horror (khủng khiếp), beauty (đẹp), fear (sợ hãi),
information (thông tin), courage (lòng can đảm), help (sự giúp đỡ), knowledge (kiến thức), death
(cái chết), hope (niềm hy vọng), mercy (lòng nhân từ), pity (sự tội nghiệp), relief (sự gồ lên),
suspicion (sự hồ nghi), work (công việc)

3/ Danh từ không đếm được luôn ở số ít và không theo sau a/an
Ví dụ:
+ Those students don't want (any) help. They only want (some) knowledge Þ Các sinh viên
ấy không cần sự giúp đỡ. Họ cần kiến thức mà thôi
+ I have no experience in this field Þ Tôi chẳng có kinh nghiệm về lĩnh vực này

4/ Danh từ không đếm được thường theo sau some, any, no, a little , hoặc theo
sau bit,piece, slice, gallon
Ví dụ:
A bit of news Þ một mẩu tin
a grain of sand Þ một hạt cát
a pot of jam Þ một hủ mứt
a slice of bread Þ một lát bánh mì
a bowl of soup Þ một bát súp

Countable and uncountable nouns in English - Exercise 1
Can the following nouns be counted or not? Choose the correct answer.
Toggle example
1) milk -
2) room -
3) butter -
4) song -
5) music -
6) minute -
7) tea -
8) child -
9) homework -
10) key -
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1) milk - uncountable
2) room - countable
3) butter - uncountable
4) song - countable
5) music - uncountable
6) minute - countable
7) tea - uncountable
8) child - countable
9) homework - uncountable
10) key - countable
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1) rice - uncountable

8) research - uncountable
9) aircraft - countable
10) rubbish - uncountable