"Can I have some orange juice with my porridge please?"
The fog caused the traffic to slow down.
"The new furniture cost lots of money."
Count nouns
Count nouns, not surprisingly, are nouns that can be counted!
They can be singular:
Or plural:
Singular count nouns
Hi I'm Emily!
When count nouns occur in the singular it means;
There is only one of the noun and
the noun can make up a noun phrase
with
"a" if it begins with a consonant or
"an" if it begins with a vowel.
Here are some examples of singular count nouns...
I go to a school which is close to the park.
I have a nose just like my mum!
David has a sister and a brother.
I had an apple, an orange and a pear today.
Plural count nouns
When count nouns occur in the plural that means;
there is more than one of the noun
and
the noun ending will change, usually by adding an 's'
(but beware there are other ways!)
Here are some examples of plural count nouns...
I like playing with cats and rabbits but not with dogs.
My parents have brown eyes and lots of sparkling white teeth.
It is great having two other children to play with on the swings.
My favourite vegetables are potatoes and carrots.
My two friends had birthdays and I was invited to both parties.
Non-count nouns
Non-count nouns like sugar, water, porridge and music cannot really be counted and it's not surprising then that these nouns cannot take a plural ending and are usually used with quantifiers like "some", "lots of", "a little" or nothing at all and don't make sense with a number in front of them. Here are some examples...