Countables and Uncountables

c = countable u = uncountable

popcorn - u
pea - c

onion – c , u
Please chop two unions finely. (c)
I like home-made onion soup. (u)

peach – c and u
- a fruit (c) Peaches grow in warm countries.
- a pale colour between pink and orange.(u)
She had tied back her hair with a peach satin ribbon. (u)

lobster – c, u
- a sea animal (c) I bought two lobsters.
- the meat of lobster (u) I like lobster on a bed of fresh vegetables.

cereal – c, u
I have a bowl of cereal every morning. (u)
Some sugar-coated cereals are 50% sugar. (c)

water - u
bread - u

yogurt – c , u
Most low-fat yogurts are about 40 calories per 100g. (c)
Mix the spices and the yogurt. (u)

salmon – c, u
– a large fish with silver skin and pink (c) (plural: salmon)
– fish eaten as food. (u)
I bought two salmon. (c)
We had smoke salmon for dinner yesterday. (u)

meat – c, u
~ a selection of cold meats (c)
I gave up eating meat last year. (u)

salt - u
spring onions - c

cauliflower – c, u
- two cauliflowers (c)
Do you like cauliflower? (u)

wine – c, u
Some superlative wines are made in this region. (c)
~ a bottle of wine, two glasses of wine. (u)

ketchup - u

lettuce – c, u
Buy a lettuce and some tomatoes. (c)
I like bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich. (u)

cheese – c, u
Many of their cheeses are exclusive to our stores in Britain. (c)
Please give me two chunks of cheese. (u)

mustard - u

cabbage – c, u
I bought two cabbages. (c)
~ a bowl of cabbage. (u)

celery - u

hair - c , u
hair (c) - a single hair (一根頭髮) or or several individual hairs.
hair (u) - all the hair on a person's head.


2011-04-27 05:41:04 補充：
Example:
I found a long black hair in my soup. (c)
She has black hair. (u)

2011-04-27 06:57:07 補充：
If you have to select one: (the more common ones)
onion – c, peach – c, lobster- c, cereal - u, yogurt - u
salmon – c, meat – u, cauliflower – c, wine – u
lettuce – u, cheese – u, cabbage – c, hair - u

2011-04-27 07:27:54 補充：
Salt (u, c)
Epson salts, smelling salts (c)
a grain (pinch) of salt (u)

C = countable U = uncountablePopcorn UPea C Onion C Peach CLobster CCereal UWater UBread UYoghurt USalmon UMeat U Salt Uspring onions Ccauliflower Cwine Uketchup Ulettuce Ccheese Umustard Ucabbage Ccelery Chair UYou can make uncountable nouns countable by putting a countable expression in front of the noun. For example: 2 slices of bread , 5 portions of salmonSome nouns can be both countable and uncountable depending on their meaning. Usually a noun is uncountable when used in abstract meaning (when you don't think of it as a separate object) and countable when used in a particular meaning (when you can think of it as a separate object).For example: 2 glasses of water (here, glass is countable) It’s made of glass (here, glass is uncountable)