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Countable food is a type of food that can be counted because they can be used with numbers and have plural forms. For example, “apple” is a countable food because you can say you want “three apples”. Uncountable food is the opposite of countable food because it does not make sense to talk about it…

Countable nouns are common nouns that can take a plural, can combine with numerals or counting quantifiers, and can take an indefinite article such as a or an. Examples of count nouns are book, orange, cat, animal, man… The outside of an orange is bitter, but the inside is sweet. A cat was basking on the window sill. Uncountable Nouns are substances,…

Learn countable nouns vs uncountable nouns in English with useful grammar rules, list and example sentences. Countable and Uncountable nouns vary from language to language. In some languages, there are no countable nouns (e.g., Japanese). In addition, some nouns that are uncountable in English may be countable in other languages (e.g., hair or information). Countable nouns are individual objects,…

What is a possessive noun? A possessive noun is a noun that names who or what owns or has possession of something. In most cases, for singular nouns to show that possession, we add an apostrophe + s. For plural nouns we simply add an apostrophe except for those few plural nouns that do not end in s. Possessive Nouns Examples:…

Compound nouns are nouns that are made with two or more words. Here are 08 ways to form a compound noun in English. Noun + Noun:  girlfriend, greenhouse, football, grandmother, homework, teacup, friendship, etc. Noun + Verb:  heartbeat, sunrise, raindrop, handmade, haircut, etc. Adjective + Noun: blackboard, greenhouse, highway, etc. Adverb + Noun: online, overdue, overdose, outside, outdoor, etc.…

Irregular plural nouns dont adhere to specific rules; therefore, its prudent to study them or search for accurate pluralization in the dictionary. Lack of definite rules makes it challenging to understand them. So, you must devote your time to study and memorize them. Otherwise, youre bound to error when making use of irregular nouns in plural form.…

What is a Singular Noun? A singular noun is a noun that represents a single person, place, thing, or idea. Identifying singular nouns in a sentence or context is pretty easy, provided you have a deep understanding of what they entail. Unlike plural nouns and irregular plural nouns with a set of rules that need to be followed, singular…

A proper noun may also be referred to as a proper name. It is a noun which refers to a specific person or place. This could be the name of a person or a country, for example. The use of proper nouns during spoken conversation is not often considered to be important because the syntax is not…

What is a collective noun? A collective noun refers to a group of people, animals or a collection of things taken as a whole. Collective nouns examples: What is a group of girls called? A bevy of girls, a giggle of girls What is a group of boys called? A blush of boys, a rascal of boys What is a group of cats called? A glaring of…

What is an Abstract Noun? This is an easy concept to understand and in this section, we are going to fully explain the abstract noun so that you can become confident in using them within your spoken and written English. What is an abstract noun? In English, Abstract nouns refer to abstract objects which you cannot see, hear, touch, smell,…