Countable Noun

In English grammar, countable nouns are individual people, animals, places, things, or ideas which can be counted.

Anything that can be counted, whether

=>singular – a dog, a house, a friend, an engineer, an ice cream, etc.

=>plural – a few books, lots of oranges, etc. is a countable noun.

Notice that singular verbs are used with singular countable nouns, while plural verbs are used with plural countable nouns.

Some Examples

         ·         There are at least sixteen Srilankan restaurants in Dubai.

         ·         Her knife is on the kitchen table.

         ·         How many students were passed in the exam?

         ·         You have several animations to study in graphical designing class.

         ·         I took a lot of photographs when I went trip with my family.

         ·         There is a cat running around the garden.

         ·         He read a few books to develop his English vocabulary.

         ·         How many languages do you speak?

         ·         What is your favorite subject?

         ·         She drinks two bottles of water per day.

Exercise-xiv

State the countable nouns in the brackets. First one is done for you.

1.    I wrote a story. (story)

2.    The children fell asleep quickly after a busy day of fun. ()

3.    We like the large bottles of mineral water. ()

4.    He cut several trees. ()

5.    Mike can play several different musical instruments. ()

6.    How many politicians does it take to pass a simple law? ()

7.    I have many good friends. ()

8.    A few rotten apples are in the shop. ()

9.    My school got a few awards in the annual spots meet. ()

10.  I answer the all questions in the aptitude test. ()

11.  He wrote a lot of diaries on his past years. ()

Answers-xiv

2.    Children

3.    bottles

4.    trees

5.    instruments

6.    politicians

7.    friends

8.    apples & shop

9.    school & awards

10.  questions

11.  diaries & years