Here are 10 uncountable nouns for elementary and pre-intermediate learners. The theme is types of material.
Nouns are either countable or uncountable:
- if a noun is countable we can count it;
- if a noun is uncountable we can’t count it.
Uncountable nouns can’t have a number before them. We cannot say: one wood, two cottons, three leathers.
10 uncountable nouns: types of material
| 1. wood
2. metal 3. paper 4. stone 5. rubber |
6. glass
7. cotton 8. leather 9. wool 10. plastic |
Before uncountable nouns we often use some:
- some plastic
- some wood
- some leather.
It is also possible to make these nouns countable by saying:
- a piece of wood
- two pieces of plastic.
Or we can be more specific:
- three blocks of wood
- four sheets of paper
- two balls of wool
- five sheets of glass.
See also: 10 uncountable nouns – types of food
