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COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS maxresdefault (1) - Coggle Diagram
COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS 
Nouns in English can be divided into countable nouns and uncountable nouns.
COUNTABLE NOUNS
Can use a, an, or a number before the noun.
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Nouns we can count.
For example we can count trees: one tree, two trees, three trees, etc. So tree is a countable noun.
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UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS
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Cannot use a, an or a number.
Nouns we cannot count
For example, we cannot count rain. We cannot say: one rain, two rains.
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Abstract nouns
Have no physical existence. It refers to ideas, emotions and concepts that we cannot see or touch.
Some examples are: love, freedom, education, luck, help, beauty, music.
Liquids and gases
Some examples are: water, milk, wine, oil, coffee, soup, blood, juice.
Things that are made of smaller parts, although considered as a whole. Some examples of these types of nouns are:
sugar, rice, salt, sand, flour.
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You should be careful with the following uncountable nouns
since they can be considered countable in other languages.
For example: advice, work, news, information, luggage and money.