Countables and uncountables nouns

In the English language nouns are divided into countables and uncountables according to whether they can be counted or not.

                              Countables :                                      Uncountables :
                               
                                   student                                               butter
                                    dog                                                    love
                                    book                                                  sugar
                                    pancil                                                 bread

Countables and uncountables nouns

As  a rule the indefinite article a/an precedes only countables in the singular.

Examples :

A women wants to see you.
Father gave me an apple.

Numbers are used only before countables.

Examples :

There are five chairs in the room.

Countabeles may be preceded by :many,few, a few, a large number of, a small number of, etc; while the uncountables may be preceded by: much, little, a piece of, an item of,etc.

Examples :

There are many boys and girls running in the park.
She has a few friends.
I have much work to do today.
Mary has three pieces of luggage.