In many languages you can count advice, information, furniture and news. In English you cannot. These are uncountable nouns. In this episode: • Nouns learners count by mistake • How to count them • Much, many, a few, a little, loads of • Nouns that change meaning • Listening lab • Practice • Self-check questions with answers Key phrases from this episode: advice (ud-VICE) — Can I give you some advice? information (in-fuh-MAY-shun) — I need some information about the school trip. furniture (FUR-ni-chuh) — We've bought some new furniture. luggage (LUG-ij) — How much luggage have you got? homework — I've got loads of homework. news — The news is on at six. News looks plural, but it takes is. toast — I'll have some toast. bread — Can you get some bread? rice — How much rice shall I cook? rubbish — I'll take the rubbish out. weather — What lovely weather! a piece of advice — one bit of advice a piece of furniture — This chair is a lovely piece of furniture. three pieces of homework — three tasks a bit of — a small amount (casual): Can I have a bit of cake? a slice of toast, two slices of toast — not two toasts a loaf of bread — the whole thing, before slicing a carton of milk — milk in a box a tin of beans — British; American English says a can a packet of crisps — British crisps are American chips a jar of jam — a glass pot many — with plural countable nouns: How many eggs have we got? much — with uncountable nouns: How much milk is left? a few — with plural countable nouns: We've got a few tins in the cupboard. a little — with uncountable nouns: Add a little salt. Real British English: the complete spoken course for learners worldwide — modern British accent, everyday grammar, phrasal verbs, idioms, slang, he/she/it for things, and real conversations at home. Listen, repeat out loud, then take the 52-question quiz. Audio voiced with AI from an original script by Dr. Rashmi R Nair.