10 examples of countable noun in English grammar
Nouns are the naming words for persons, places, things, ideas, feelings and materials. Nouns are commonly used as subject or object in a sentence. There are total five types of nouns which are proper noun, common noun, material noun, collective noun and abstract noun. All of these different nouns are used in various contexts and purposes. Nouns are categorised by based on one more factor which is number. As per singular and plural number noun is divided into countable and uncountable noun. Countable nouns are those nouns which can be counted. We can identify countable nouns from its number or quantity. Countable nouns can take both singular and plural verbs as per requirements.
Students can identify countable nouns easily by asking questions with ‘how many’. Countable noun can be both singular and plural as there can be one or more of it. in the plural forms, countable nouns end with s or es. In singular forms, countable nouns come after determiners like a, an, this, such, a lot of etc. countable nouns are used with numerals like such, few, many, more etc. the easiest way to identify countable noun is checking both of its singular and plural forms. Students will know more about it from examples.
Examples:
- I have a pet dog named rimo.
- My mother served me a plate full of pakoras.
- I would like to have a cup of coffee now.
- Can you send me your details by an e-mail?
- Can you give the book to read you took from library?
- I bought a beautiful coffee mug from the nearby market.
- Please pass me the chalk from the table.
- I have gifted him an imported
- I have a box full of colour pencils.
- Let’s go to the shop to have a cup of tea.
All the highlighted words from the sentences are examples of countable nouns.