Count and Non-Count Nouns

Count Nouns: Things or people that you can count. In a question, use “how many.”

Example nouns: cars, people, books, friends.

Example question: How many books do you have?

Non-Count Nouns: Things you cannot count. In a question, use “how much.”

Example nouns: water, tea, air, love.

Example question How much love do you have for your child?

Test your knowledge here.

In the kitchen, there are many items that are non-count nouns. Often a more specific noun will be a count noun and might be easier to use. Here are some examples.

Non-Count Count

meat steaks/ribs/cutlets

chicken chicken breasts/thighs/legs/wings

fish fish filet/steak

bread rolls/biscuits

fruit bananas/oranges/peaches

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