English Vocabulary

Uncountable nouns are for things you cannot count and are always singular. The glass was full of water. Save money for a rainy day. We use electricity for cooking. I need your advice. Words that you should use only with uncountable nouns. “Much, little, less, least, an amount of” (e.g., …

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 tempest in a teapot (a lot of anger or worry about something that is not important) They are continually quarreling, but it is usually a tempest in a teapot. I think the media are making a tempest in a teapot over this issue.     – English Vocabulary

  a slice of the pie (a share of the available money or benefits) Our company made big profits, and we will get a slice of the pie in the form of an annual bonus. We made little profit this year, so each business partner will get a smaller slice …

as warm as toast (pleasantly warm) It was freezing outside, but I was as warm as toast in front of the fire. I was in a sleeping bag and was warm as toast.     – English Vocabulary