Uncountable nouns
English learners of all levels sometimes struggle with countable and uncountable nouns. Although most people understand that 'water' and 'bread' are uncountable, how about 'advice', 'equipment', 'luggage'...? We challenge Edward from France to play teacher and spot William's mistakes!

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Uncountable nouns

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Nouns are usually countable or uncountable. Numbers, plurals and the articles 'a' and 'an' are NOT normally used with uncountable nouns.

accommodation	equipment	information	patience	rubbish
advice	furniture	luggage	pollution	weather

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Now it's your turn to practise uncountable nouns. Go to our quiz page on this subject here.

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