Noun & Number / Plural Forms

BASIC ENGLISH 51: COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

The noun means a name. It may refer to an object, an idea or a person. When it comes to the grammatical category known as Number, there are two types of nouns – Singular and Plural Numbers. Let us try to understand this in terms of Countable Nouns and Uncountable Nouns. It is easy to make a plural number of a Countable Noun, but an Uncountable Noun may not have the plural number or even if it has one, it may mean something slightly different. Let’s see some examples of the divisions.

COUNTABLE NOUNS
Words in this group have plural numbers. If it is a proper English word, just add a ‘s’/’es’at the end of the word and your problem is solved.
Book
Chair
Day
Plate
Egg

UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS
Words in this group cannot be made plural. They are always used as the singular number.
Health
Light
Poetry
Rice
Violence
LOOK LIKE COUNTABLE BUT WITHOUT PLURALS
Words in this group look like Countable Nouns, but they are treated as singular nouns in their form.
Deer
Jewellery
Money
Furniture
Garbage


DIFFERENT MEANINGS IN SINGULAR ANF PLURAL NUMBERS
Words in this group have one meaning in the singular number and another in the plural number.
Advice Vs Advices
Air Vs Airs
Force Vs Forces
Good Vs Goods
Tin Vs Tins
NOUNS WITHOUT SINGULAR FORMS
Words in this group are plural by forms and they have no singular counterparts.

Clothes
Goggles
Pants
Riches
Remains

Whenever you come across a new Noun, try to understand whether it is a countable or uncountable noun. Be sure the noun has a plural number. A little bit of search will help you to understand the word. This is the way one should try to improve one’s English.

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