1.

Countable Noun
Pengertian countable noun adalah “ kata benda yang dapat dihitung”, dan kata benda dalam
bahasa Inggris memang lebih banyak yang bisa dihitung seperti orang, hewan, buah dan apa
pun yang dapat dihitung. Entah itu satu benda seperti a book, atau banyak seperti a few
windows. Inilah beberapa contoh countable noun :
a. Bag — one bag, two bags, three bags, …..
b. Teacher —- one teacher, two teachers, three teachers, …..
c. Dog —- one dog, two dogs, three dogs, —-
1. Contoh kalimat:
I bought four story books yesterday. (saya membeli empat buku cerita kemarin)
There are two teachers in this class. (Ada two orang guru di kelas ini)
She is feeding three dogs in front of the house. (dia sedang memberi makan tiga ekor anjing di
depan rumah)

Uncountable noun
Bertolak dengan countable noun, pengertian uncountable noun adalah “kata benda yang tidak
dapat dihitung”. Meskipun subjek yang ada di dalam kalimat merupakan kata benda tunggal,
namun ada beberapa benda yang memang tidak bisa dihitung dalam bahasa Inggris seperti air,
udara, dan yang lainnya. Uncountable noun biasanya selalu berkaitan dengan bagaimana cara
seseorang berpikir mengenai kata benda tersebut, sehingga sering bertemu dengan bentuk
uncountable noun yang merupakan satu benda besar dan sulit bahkan tidak dapat dibagi. Pada
umumnya bentuk jamak dalam uncountable noun tidak digunakan, dan maka dari itu kebanyakan
dari bentuk uncountable noun bukanlah kata yang memiliki akhiran “s”. Jadi sebaiknya Anda
tidak terlalu bingung dengan bentuk kata benda yang satu ini, untuk lebih jelasnya
perhatikan contoh uncountable noun berikut ini :
1. Susi gives great advice to Marni. (Susi memberi nasehat yang bagus untuk Marni) à
uncountable noun / tidak dapat dihitung
2. Gilang drinks a lot of (Gilang minum banyak susu)
3. Bayu enjoys (Bayu menikmati dunia politik) à meskipun diakhiri oleh “s” kata ini termasuk
uncountable noun
4. Give me a bowl of (berikan aku semangkuk nasi)
5. I need two cups of (saya butuh dua cangkir teh)
Contoh lainnya yang bisa Anda jadikan pembanding untuk bisa membedakan antara countable
noun dan uncountable noun adalah bahwa liquid atau benda yang berbentuk cair
seperti water, milk, oil tidak dapat dihitung jumlahnya. Serta abstract noun yang mana
merupakan benda yang tidak dapat dilihat bentuknya seperti kebahagiaan (happiness),
kesedihan (sadness), harapan (hope) dan yang lainnya juga tidak dapat dihitung. Tentu saja
Anda tidak bisa mengatakan one oil, two oil atau one sadness dan two sadness.
Ada satu lagi hal yang dapat membedakan antara countable dengan uncountable noun,
perhatikan tabel berikut ini :
3. Countable And Uncountable Nouns List
Untuk menambah perbendaharaan vocab (kosa kata) Anda mengenai noun atau kata benda,
Anda bisa melihat list word of noun berikut ini :
4. Contoh kalimat countable noun
Ketika countabe noun telah diterapkan dalam sebuah kalimat, maka harus diterapkan dalam
susunan kalimat yang baik dan dapat dipahami, seperti berikut ini :
1. Waiters, please give two sandwiches for me !
2. How many animals are there?
3. How many eggs for breakfast ?
4. How many games shall we play ?
5. How many toys do you have ?
6. I have two sisters, their name is Clara and Sinta
7. I’ve got problem with the motorcycle
 8. Do you like these car?
9. There are two hair in my food
10. Look at there, you can see a man?
11. Our house has three bathroom
12. Thank you so much, i have a great time at the party
13. My mother wearing four rings and a neckalce
14. We build two hotel and a restaurant in this town
15. Last year i have three babies
16. Let’s take a photo with me
17. My wife still love me
18. in the corner you can see many children
19. My family’s plan is go to beach in this holiday
5. Contoh kalimat uncountable noun
1. How much effort does it take?
2. How much milk is in the refrigerator?
3. How much sauce do you need?
4. How much soup in the bowl?
5. How much water should I drink for one day?
6. I have cancer and its caused not much hair in my head
7. It’s difficult to do my homework when there is too much noise
8. I want to draw picture, so i need some paper
9. Sorry, I can’t go with you because I don’t have time
10. How much money do you have ma?
11. I love music, so my hobby is singing
12. In our school, we sit on the grass
13. You see a lot of surveillance cameras in the strets in Korea
14. Can I have some water please?
15. The money is much better in my new job
16. Would you like some tea?
17. Do you like ice cream?
18. A barrel of oil
19. My childhood is not too good
20. You have to competitive in this competition
21. I have friendship in my school
22. I’m sorry i can’t pay you, because I don’t have much money in this time
23. Can you call me later? Idon’t have time now !
24. There is a little water in this bottle

1. Much dan many

Many digunakan untuk countable nouns, sedangkan much digunakan untuk uncountable nouns.
Kedua kata ini sama-sama berarti banyak. Contoh :

• How many years have you lived in Jakarta?

• I have so much homework

2. Number dan amount

Number digunakan untuk countable nouns, sedangkan amount untuk uncountable nouns. Keduanya
sama-sama memiliki arti sejumlah. Contoh kalimat :
• We have been friends for a number of years

• They are taking huge amounts of our money

3. Few dan little

Keduanya memilik arti yang sama yaitu sedikit. Few digunakan untuk countable nouns dan little
sebaliknya.

Contoh :

• There is a few men in the party

• I need a little help now

4. Fewer dan less

Fewer digunakan untuk countable nouns, sedangkan less digunakan untuk uncountable nouns dan
mempunyai arti yang sama yakni sedikit. Contoh :

• A secretary makes a less money than a manager

• Fewer birds came this year

5. Some dan any

Some dan any mempunyai arti yang sama yaitu beberapa, biasa digunakan untuk menyatakan
jumlah tak tentu pada countable nouns jamak atau uncountable nouns.

Contoh :

• She has some questions

• I owe any money

Soal Bahasa Inggris tentang Countable & Uncountable Noun

I. Look at the underlined parts of these sentences, which one is right? Scratch
the wrong one.

Example:

Camilla was very helpful. She gave me some good advice / advices.
(‘advice’ is right)

1. Mary has got very long black hair / hairs.

2. They had a very good weather / very good weather when they were on
holiday.
3. Sorry I am late. I had trouble / troubles with the motocycle this afternoon.
4. She wants something to read. She is going to buy a / some paper.
5. My brother wants to write some letters. He needs a / some writing paper.
6. It is very difficult to find a work / job at this time.
7. Bad news don’t / doesn’t make people happy.
8. Their travel / journey from Paris to Oslo by train was very interesting.
9. The flat is empty. They have not got any furnitures / furniture yet.
10. When fire alarm rang in a building, there was a complete chaos / complete
chaos.
11. My mother had to buy a / some bread because she wanted to make some
sandwiches.
12. After spending most of her life travelling round the world, she is now
writing a book about his experience / experinces.

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II. What are these things? Try and find out if you don’t know.

Examples:

• An ant? It is an insect.
• Ants? Bees? They are insects.

1. A cauliflower? It is ……………………………… .
2. A pigeon? It ………………………………………. .
3. A dandelion? …………………………………….. .
4. A skycraper? ………………………………………. .
5. Earth? Mars? Venus? Jupiter? They
……………………………………………. .
6. The Rhine? The Nile? The Mississippi?
……………………………………………….. .

And who are / were these people?

Example:
• Beethoven? He was a composer.
• Beethoven? Bach? They were composers.

7. Christiano Ronaldo? He is ………………………………………. .

8. Leonardo Da Vinci? He ……………………………… .
9. Einstein? ……………………………………… .
10. Jackie Chan? …………………………………. .
11. Barrack Obama? Joko Widodo? ……………………………………… .
12. Ariana Grande? John Legend? ……………………………….. .