Countable nouns are for things you can count using numbers. They have singular and plural forms.
Singular | plural |
a man | two men |
a dog | three dogs |
a pen | four pens |
a room | five rooms |
a foot | two feet |
Words that you should use only with countable nouns
“a/an, few, a few, fewer, many, several, a number of” (e.g., a boy, a few days, many children, several books)
Words that you can use with countable and uncountable nouns
“Some, any, enough, a lot of” (e.g., some books – some milk, any spoons – any information, enough apples – grape juice)