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beer rum
brandy sherry
coffee sugar
Coke vodka
gin whisky
lager yoghurt
Some of these words are used in restaurants and cafes but not in people's homes. For example, you
might ask for "two teas" in a cafe, but someone in their own home would probably say, "Would you like
some tea:" or "Would you like a cup of tea:" rather than Would you like tea? "
Uncountable nouns can also be converted into countable nouns when "a type of" or "a variety of is
meant
a local cheese, a very fine jam
beer metal
brandy paint
cheese perfume
coffee sauce
detergent soup
jam tea
lager whisky
meat wine
medicine wood
To express measure of the substance expressed by an uncountable noun the following is used:
a piece of cake
a slice of bread, cake, meat
a loaf of bread
a bar of chocolate
a lump of sugar
a carton of milk
a tin of lemonade
a tube of toothpaste
a bottle of milk
a jar of jam
a grain of rice, barley, wheat
a pinch of salt
a piece/stick of chalk
five pounds of sugar
a blade of grass
a bag of flour
a packet of tea, sugar
a spoonful of sugar, flour, etc.
an amount of leasure
a stroke of luck
a fit of temper
a means of transport
an item of news
a sheet of paper
a yard of cloth
a state of health, disorder, uncertainty
Proper nouns being uncountable by nature can convert into countable nouns and be used in the plural
number. There are a number of predictable ways in which proper nouns are used as countable.
1. When we want to suggest that someone or something is similar to someone or something famous:
All his children are Einsteins.
2. When we are talking about a copy or instance of something, especially a newspaper or magazine: