Grammar Uncountable Nouns (Mass Nouns)   Uncountable Nouns can´t be measured in numbers and they have no plural. They are expressed in undetermined quantity since they can´t be counted (that´s the reason they are called uncountable). They are also known as Mass Nouns.   It is common to use a piece of, some or a lot of with some of these nouns as the examples below:   Nouns Examples Advice The doctor gave a piece of advice to his patient Air Mike and James needed to breathe some fresh air Baggage James will take all his baggage to his new house by truck Bread The woman is buying five loaves of bread for breakfast Butter She´s also buying some butter because her house is out of it Cash Will you need some cash to pay your little expenses? Cheese Jeena went to the supermarket and bought four pieces of cheese Coffee I would like to have a cup of coffee before we leave Dust The maid had to remove all the dust from the furniture Equipment The businessman will need to buy new pieces of equipment for his new plant Fog Jonas almost crashed his car due to the fog in the road as he couldn´t see where he was going to Furniture The couple has to buy a new piece of furniture for their living room Garbage What do we have to do with all these pieces of  garbage? Can we do away with it? Gas I can smell a lot of gas in the air. I think there are several types of gases Happiness Roger´s happiness is to spend his life with those he loves around him Information Are you lost? Do you need any information? Yes, please. I need a piece of information Ketchup Gabrielle loves plenty of ketchup on her fries. She consumes two tubes a month Love They feel much love for each other. They are so in love, that´s pretty Luggage Can I help you carrying two pieces of your luggage, Sir? Mayonnaise When you go to the supermarket, please don´t forget to buy some bottles of mayonnaise Meat The housewife goes to the butchery and buys five pounds of meat. She likes different meats Milk The little boy is thirsty for some milk. His mother is picking up two bottles of milk from the shelf Money Jane´s husband needs to make a bank loan because he wants some money to buy a new house Music Classical pieces of music are amazing. Do you like them? Mustard Besides plenty of ketckup, she likes a little mustard sometimes, but not often News Do you have good news for us? Yes, I have a piece of good news for you Oil The cook needs some oil to fry the chicken and the fish. She will need to buy six bottles of oil Pasta The waiter brought two plates of pasta to the couple. They were huge servings Powder The young parents have to buy some baby powder for their baby because they are out of it Rain We need some rain because the air is very dry today and the air pollution is terrible Research In order to compose this project, we gotta do a piece of research (gotta = got to) (got to = have to) Rice Brazilian people eat a lot of rice and beans daily. The farms produce tons of rice grains each year Salt Don´t oversalt your food, it is not good for your health. You only need a little salt Sand The desert is a very dry place with no water. There is plenty of sand in the desert Sugar The housewife has to go the supermarket again. She needs some sugar. She will buy four packs of sugar Water Would you like some water? Yes, please, I am thirsty. I want two glasses of water Wine I would like to have some wine after dinner, is it possible? I want a bottle of wine   Globalized English School English in English   2009 - 2010 Globalized English School  - All rights reserved