Sentences containing mass and count nouns?

Answer 1

Mass Nouns: Mass nouns are nouns that cannot be counted. These include nouns such as oxygen, advice, happiness.

Count Nouns: Count nouns are nouns that can be counted. These include nouns such as books, chairs, cups.

Answer 2

Mass noun = A noun for a substance or concept is indivisible into countable units.

Mass nouns are expressed amounts or measures:

cups of rice, bowls of rice

teaspoons of sugar, pounds of sugar

tins of tea, glasses of tea

pieces of furniture, suites of furniture

tons of aluminum, rolls of aluminum

volts of electricity, currents of electricity

some information, pieces of information

bits of news, a lot of news

a little advice, pieces of advice

little knowledge, a great deal of knowledge

Plural forms for foods and some substances are reserved for 'kinds of' or 'types of' such as 'a dish of two rices' means two types of rice used, basmati and wild; a selection of teas, for example black tea, green tea, oolong, and jasmine.

Count noun = A noun for people or things that can be counted; having singular and plural forms. For example:

a chair or two chairs

an idea or some ideas

an experience or many experiences

a building or a row of buildings

a child or two children

one foot or two feet

a tree or several trees

a knife or a set of knives

an egg or a dozen eggs

one dog or two dogs

Answer 3

A mass noun is a word for something for a that is indivisible into countable units. Examples of mass nouns are:

• advice
• aluminum
• bravery
• chemistry
• education
• knowledge
• luggage
• milk
• news
• police
• sand
• sugar

A count noun is a word for people or things that can be counted; having singular and plural forms. Examples of count nouns are:

• ability; abilities
• box; boxes
• chemical; chemicals
• child; children
• friend; friends
• grape; grapes
• metal; metals
• paper; papers
• question; questions
• tooth; teeth
• turtle; turtles
• word; words

Answer 4

If you can count it, it is a count noun: "I see 3 cars." "He owns 10 cows."

If you can't count it, it is a mass noun: "I see water." "He owns livestock."

Some nouns are both: "I see light." and "I see two lights in the distance."

Answer 5

A common noun is a general word for any person, place, or thing. Examples:

• teacher
• city
• door

A proper noun is the name of a specific person, place, or thing. Examples:

• Abraham Lincoln
• Sydney, Australia
• Ford Motor Company

An abstract noun is a word for something that can't be experienced by any of the five physical senses; something that can't be seen, heard, smelled, tasted, or touched. An abstract noun is a word for something that is known, learned, thought, understood, or felt emotionally. Examples:

• ability
• education
• panic

A concrete noun is a word for something that can be experienced by any of the five physical senses; something that can be seen, heard, smelled, tasted, or touched. Examples:

• water
• toe
• spoon

A collective noun is a noun used to group people or things taken together as one whole in a descriptive way. Examples:

• a crew of workers
• a flock of geese
• a bouquet of flowers

A count noun is a noun that has a singular and a plural form. Examples:

• apple, apples
• child, children
• sign, signs

A mass noun (uncountable noun) is a noun for something that is indivisible into countable units. Examples:

• oxygen
• news
• knowledge

Answer 6

Mass noun = A noun for a substance or concept is indivisible into countable units.

Mass nouns are expressed amounts or measures:

• cups of rice, bowls of rice
• teaspoons of sugar, pounds of sugar
• tins of tea, glasses of tea
• pieces of furniture, suites of furniture
• tons of aluminum, rolls of aluminum
• volts of electricity, currents of electricity
• some information, pieces of information
• bits of news, a lot of news
• a little advice, pieces of advice
• little knowledge, a great deal of knowledge

Plural forms for substances are reserved for 'kinds of' or 'types of' such as 'a dish of two rices' means two types of rice used, basmatti and wild; a selection of teas, for example black tea, green tea, oolong, and jasmine.

Count noun = A noun for people or things that can be counted; having singular and plural forms. For example:

• a chair or two chairs
• an idea or some ideas
• an experience or many experiences
• a building or a row of buildings
• a child or two children
• one foot or two feet
• a tree or several trees
• a knife or a set of knives
• an egg or a dozen eggs
• one dog or two dogs

Answer 7

liter of gasoline

sack of rice

grain of sand

bag of cement

cup of milk

box of flour