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wheatmilksunlighta grai n of wheata glass of milka patch of sunlightThe countable nouns may, of course, be put into the plural. For example:Singularone piece of informationone grain of wheatone glass of milkone patch of sunlightPluraltwo pieces of informationthree grains of wheatfour glasses of milkfive patches of sunlightIn sentences such as the following, it is the countable noun which is the subject of theverb.e.g. Fifty grains of wheat are required.Two glasses of milk are enough.In the above examples, the plural countable nouns grains and glasses each take theplural verb are.In English, the names of games are usually uncountable nouns.e.g. He plays hockey.Chess is a challenging game.When it is desired to refer to individual games, the word game must usually be used.For example:Uncountable NounchesshockeyReferring to an Individual Thinga game of chessa game of hockey or a hockey gameSee Exercise 3.4. Nouns which can be either countable or uncountableMany English nouns are used sometimes as countable nouns and sometimes asuncountable nouns. Nouns which can be either countable or uncountable include nounswhich may have different shades of meaning; normally uncountable nouns which areused to refer to types of things; and a few nouns which refer to places used for specificactivities.a. Differences in meaningMany nouns are uncountable when they refer to somethi ng as a substance or a concept,but are countable when they refer to an individual thing related to the substance orconcept. For instance, cake is used as an uncountable noun when referring to cake as asubstance, but is used as a countable noun when referring to individual cakes.e.g. Cake and ice cream is my favorite dessert.