Countable/Uncountable Nouns

Contáveis

Some words take an ‘s’ when you talk about more than one. These words are called count or countable nouns.

Example

1 apple

2 apples


Uncountable Nouns

Other words do not take an ‘s’ when you talk about more than one. These words are called non-count or uncountable nouns.

Example

1 piece of cheese

2 pieces of cheese

The word “food” is a non-count noun.

Example

I like food.

I like some food for breakfast.

I like a lot of food for dinne