UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS in English are things that we cannot usually count, such as:
Liquids
water
tea
milk
wine
coffee
oil
vinegar
vodka
Food
sugar
rice
bread
salt
cheese
meat
fish
Abstract ideas
anger
fear
happiness
knowledge
nature
space
entertainment
love
Substances & Materials
gas
air
steam
sand
plastic
paper
glass
metal
wool
Others.
money
advice
information
furniture
news
research
evidence
safety
proof
religion
music
weather
hair
work
To find out the quantity of these nouns they usually have to be measured or weighed
with a unit of measurement.
a gallon of petrol
a litre of wine
a pint of beer
a pound of butter
a kilo of rice
a ball of wool
a piece of cake
a spoonful of medicine
a game of tennis
a bucketful of water
a glass of wine
a bottle of vodka
a cup of hot chocolate
a mug of coffee
a pot of tea
a barrel of beer
a pitcher of water
a bag of flour
a pocketful of sand
a sack of money
a carton of orange juice
a plate of fish
a bowl of soup
a lump of sugar
a chunk of cheese
a stalk of celery
a spear of asparagus
a stick of gum
a head of lettuce
an ear of corn
a slice of bread
a clove of garlic
a sprig of parsley
a pile of rubbish
a leaf of lettuce
a sheet of paper
a bar of chocolate
a block of ice
a loaf of bread
a dash of ginger
a pinch of salt
a tin of tobacco
Other units of measurement require a plural
a bunch of grapes
a pod of peas
a handful of olives
an armful of clothes
a box of chocolates
a packet of cigarettes
a stack of books
The plural appears on the unit of measurement
two pints of milk
three litres of water
ten kilos of rice
two loaves of bread
five games of tennis
two types of noun
two teaspoonfuls of sugar
Two bunches of grapes
Two handfuls of olives.
Before uncountable nouns we can use
some
a lot of
lots of
loads of
a ton of
tons of
a type of
a kind of
too much
not much
not enough
no
To ask about quantity we use ‘How much’
Examples: How much time have you got?
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