Identify the following objects as countable or uncountable.
1. Water (countable / uncountable)
2. Weather (countable / uncountable)
3. Wool (countable / uncountable)
4. Advice (countable / uncountable)
5. Bread (countable / uncountable)
6. Information (countable / uncountable)
7. Chess (countable / uncountable)
8. Grass (countable / uncountable)
9. Knowledge (countable / uncountable)
10. Salt (countable / uncountable)
11. Journey (countable / uncountable)
12. News (countable / uncountable)
13. Grape (countable / uncountable)
14. Fact (countable / uncountable)
15. Cat (countable / uncountable)
16. Cotton (countable / uncountable)
Answers
1. uncountable
2. uncountable
3. uncountable
4. uncountable
5. uncountable
6. uncountable
7. uncountable
8. uncountable
9. uncountable
10. uncountable
11. countable
12. uncountable
13. countable
14. countable
15. countable
16. uncountable
Notes
Travel and journey have very similar meanings, but travel is normally uncountable. It is used to talk about traveling in general. We cannot, for example, say ‘a travel’.
Journey, on the other hand, is a countable noun. We can say a journey.
The nouns beans, peas, grapes, lentils and facts are usually countable.
Foods are usually uncountable. Examples are: rice, spaghetti, sugar, salt, wheat etc.
