Uncountable Noun with Examples

Uncountable Noun

Uncountable nouns are substances or concepts that we cannot count.

For example, we cannot count "water". We can count "bottles of water" or "liters of water", but we cannot count "water" itself. 

Here are some more uncountable nouns:

tea, milk, coffee, money, currency, love, happiness, fear, anger, beauty, music, art, rice, sugar, butter, knowledge, advice, information, news, electricity, power, gas etc…

 

We do not usually use the indefinite article a/an with uncountable nouns. We cannot say "an information" or "a music". But we can say a "something" of:

• a piece of news

• a grain of rice

• a bottle of water

We can use some, a little, any and much with uncountable nouns:

• I've got some money.

• I've got a little money.

• Have you got any rice?

• I haven't got much rice.

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