Mass

Mass nouns are also known as uncountable nouns. These are the nouns that you cannot count individually.

• Yes, this is correct.

• No, this is incorrect.

Cottage cheese, known in the Philippines as kesong puti, is great on warm toast.

Cottage cheese is an example of a:

• mass noun/uncountable noun

• count noun/countable noun

Teacher Gemma is making a nice hot bowl of porridge for her breakfast. Porridge is a:

• mass noun

• count noun

Always remember to drink at least eight glasses of water a day, particularly after eating something sweet like a slice of cake. The underlined word is a:

• count / countable noun

• mass / uncountable noun

Ketchup, mayonnaise, and mustard are condiments.

• All three (ketchup, mayo, and mustard) are count/countable nouns.

• All three (ketchup, mayo, and mustard) are mass/uncountable nouns.

Choose the uncountable/mass noun.

• mango

• tree

• tomato

• milk

A sand is an example of a mass noun.

• True

• False

What is the underlined word above?

• count

• mass

What is a mass noun?

• people, places, things that I can count (number)

• abstract ideas, collective nouns, small particles

hair

• Count Noun

• Mass Noun