How much } uncountable nouns
- How much water do you drink every day?
- How many glasses of water do you drink every day?
We can make uncountable nouns countable when we want to express quantity. For this reason we use a unit of quantity (such as: piece, bottle, bit, cup, glass, tin, grain, drop, slice, blade, item, length, speck, sheet, stick, bar, suit, lump, loaf, game, packet, bowl, plate, spoonful, jar, bag) + OF
A grain
- a grain of sand / salt /
- a grain of truth
- a grain of corn / rice
A length
- a length of material
- a length of stay
- a length of time
A lump
- a lump of sugar
- a lump of coal
A sheet
- a sheet of paper
- a sheet of metal
- a sheet of plastic
A suit
- a suit of clothes
- a suit of armour
A block
- a block of stone
- a block of ice
- a block of marble
- a block of data
A carton
- a carton of milk / orange juice
- a carton of eggs
- a carton of yoghurt
A spoonful
- a spoonful of sugar / coffee
- a spoonful of medicine
- a spoonful of ice cream / honey
A cup / A mug
- a cup of coffee
- a cup of tea
A sack
- a sack of potatoes
- a sack of corn / rice / flour
- a sack of coffee
A tin
- a tin of soup
- a tin of tomato sauce
- a tin of beans
A kilo / pound / gram / litre
- a kilo of flour
- three kilos of meat
- one pound of flour
- 300 grams of sugar
- two litres of milk
