Grammar: A2 - ✨ Grammar Essentials: 🧩 Parts of Speech - Expanding - Lesson 2: Uncountable Nouns (Common examples: water, rice, information, music)

Grammar: Uncountable Nouns A2 Lesson 18: Nouns You Can't Count What you will learn: By the end of this lesson, you will be able to identify uncountable nouns and use them correctly with singular verbs and special 'counting' words. What are Uncountable Nouns? Uncountable nouns (or mass nouns ) are words for things that we cannot count with numbers. We see them as a whole 'mass' or concept. For example, you can count bottles of water, but you cannot count 'water' itself. The two most important rules are: They do not have a plural form (we never add '-s'). They always use a singular verb (like is , was , has ). Example: "The rice is hot." Common Categories 💧 Liquids & Powders water, coffee, milk, rice, sugar, salt, flour... 💡 Abstract Ideas information, advice, music, happiness, fun, knowledge... Making Uncountable Nouns Countable To count these nouns, we use special "counter" words called partitives . These words measure or hold the uncoun…