Uncountable Nouns List
It's rather easy to remember a few uncountable nouns. Some of them may also be uncountable in your language, so learning them will be easy for you.
But what about the others? How to remember the most tricky ones? It seems the only solution is to memorize all of them. To make the task easier for you, I've prepared a list of uncountable nouns:
a) substances: water, air, iron, paper, plastic,
b) abstract ideas: life, progress, happiness, joy, fun, freedom, health
c) activities: work, travel, sleep, football, help,
d) feelings: love, hope, anger, hate, respect
These are the most tricky ones:
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Uncountable only in the plural form
There is a group of nouns that have their meanings only in the plural form.
For example:
- clothes
- contents
- goods
- means
- tidings
- outskirts
- jeans
- surroundings
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Please take into account that business can also be countable if you are talking about a particular business. For example in this case: My father set up several businesses in the UK.