7093 uncoutable nouns
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Grammar
Uncountable nouns
We do not use a or one, two, three, etc. before uncountable nouns, but we
can use the, some/any, much, more, and my/your, etc.
We need to buy flour and sugar.
Add the butter and stir. Serve with some bread.
(not a butter)
(not three breads)
Note that some nouns can be countable or uncountable:
Her hair is red. (uncountable)
There’s a hair in my rice. (countable)
I drink too much coffee. (uncountable)
Two coffees, please. (countable)
A lot of and lots of
A lot of / lots of + singular noun takes a singular verb:
A lot of his poetry is funny.
Lots of his poetry is funny. (not Lots of his poetry are funny.)
A lot of / lots of + plural noun takes a plural verb:
A lot of his poems are funny. (not A lot of his poems is funny.)
Lots of his poems are funny.
Uncountable nouns
We do not use a or one, two, three, etc. before uncountable nouns, but we
can use the, some/any, much, more, and my/your, etc.
We need to buy flour and sugar.
Add the butter and stir. Serve with some bread.
(not a butter)
(not three breads)
Note that some nouns can be countable or uncountable:
Her hair is red. (uncountable)
There’s a hair in my rice. (countable)
I drink too much coffee. (uncountable)
Two coffees, please. (countable)
A lot of and lots of
A lot of / lots of + singular noun takes a singular verb:
A lot of his poetry is funny.
Lots of his poetry is funny. (not Lots of his poetry are funny.)
A lot of / lots of + plural noun takes a plural verb:
A lot of his poems are funny. (not A lot of his poems is funny.)
Lots of his poems are funny.
