Level A2 (approx. band 3-4) · Academic and General Training Many IELTS candidates write "informations", "advices" or "researches". Each one is a small grammar error, and many small errors pull down your Grammatical Range and Accuracy score. Today you learn which nouns we can count, which we cannot, and which small words go with each. In this episode: • What is countable? • The five ielts traps • How to count the uncountable • Much, many and a lot of • A few and a little • Reading lab • Language bridge • Practice • Self-check questions with answers Key points: • Countable nouns have a plural and take a or an. Uncountable nouns have no plural and never take a or an. • information, advice, research, equipment and furniture have no -s. Ever. • Use a piece of to count an uncountable noun, and use a singular verb with it. • many for countable, much for uncountable, a lot of for both. • a few for countable, a little for uncountable. Without a, both sound negative. IELTS Complete Course: a self-study podcast from A1 to C2 for Academic and General Training. Listen, pause and answer, then take the 52-question quiz. Audio voiced with AI from an original script by Dr. Rashmi R Nair. Independent course, not affiliated with the IELTS test owners.