This document discusses countable and uncountable nouns in English. Countable nouns can take the indefinite articles "a" or "an" for singular nouns or "some" for plural nouns. Uncountable nouns take "some" to indicate quantity. Some nouns like "cake" can be both countable and uncountable depending on whether you refer to a single piece or the food item in general. Common uncountable nouns include bread, weather, information, advice, hair, furniture, paper, and news.
2. COUNTABLEa/an + singular countable nouns (car/apple/shoe...) - I need a new car. - Do you want an apple?some + plural countable nouns (cars/apples/shoes...)- I need some new shoes. - Do you want some apples?
4. Countable / UncountableSome nouns are sometimes countable or uncountable:a cakesome cakeora piece of cakesome cakes
5. Some uncountable words IN ENGLISH!BREAD Im going to buy some bread (or a loaf of bread). (NOT a bread)WEATHER Its nice weather today. (NOT Its a nice weather)INFORMATION I need some information about hotels in London.ADVICE Can you give me some advice?HAIR Shes got long hair.FURNITURE They have some very nice furniture in their house.PAPER Can you give me some paper? (or a piece of paper).NEWS Ive got some news about Helen. (NOT a new about Helen)