{"id":61073,"date":"2022-03-02T22:08:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T22:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/?p=61073"},"modified":"2023-04-25T15:58:59","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T15:58:59","slug":"ielts-energy-1152-3-ways-uncountable-nouns-ruin-ielts-grammar-scores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/ielts-energy-1152-3-ways-uncountable-nouns-ruin-ielts-grammar-scores\/","title":{"rendered":"IELTS Energy 1152: 3 Ways Uncountable Nouns Ruin IELTS Grammar Scores"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Today you&#8217;ll learn about one of the most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/ielts-energy-grammar-used-to-past-tense\/\">common grammar mistakes<\/a> students make.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When providing feedback on IELTS essays, we often see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/aee-1236-dont-make-these-english-mistakes-with-countable-and-uncountable-nouns\/\">errors with uncountable nouns<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These nouns are extremely tricky!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They don&#8217;t follow regular rules for articles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, rules for making them plural are different.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today you&#8217;ll learn how to recognize these nouns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For all the grammar strategies you need for IELTS, <a href=\"http:\/\/allearsenglish.com\/keys\">sign up for our online course<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:46px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"3 Ways Uncountable Nouns Ruin IELTS Grammar Scores - IELTS Energy Podcast 1152\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kFyAFLZjGm4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:46px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What are uncountable nouns?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>There are many labels for these nouns<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Uncountable nouns<\/li><li>Non-count nouns<\/li><li>Mass nouns<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In general, you can recognize them because they can&#8217;t be counted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are not individual grains, pieces or parts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They include substances, emotions and ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:46px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Strategies Created by a Former IELTS Examiner<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/3-Keys-IELTS-Score-Increase-Guarantee-logo-image-compressed.jpg\" alt=\"3 Keys IELTS Online Course logo\" class=\"wp-image-27881\" width=\"465\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/3-Keys-IELTS-Score-Increase-Guarantee-logo-image-compressed.jpg 825w, https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/3-Keys-IELTS-Score-Increase-Guarantee-logo-image-compressed-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/3-Keys-IELTS-Score-Increase-Guarantee-logo-image-compressed-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 465px) 100vw, 465px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong><em>100% Score Increase Guarantee with our Insider Method<\/em><\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Are you ready to move past IELTS and move forward with your life vision?<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Find out why our strategies are the most powerful in the IELTS world.<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>When you use our Insider Method you avoid the BIGGEST MISTAKES that most students make on IELTS<\/strong>.<\/p><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/keys\">Click here to get a score increase on IELTS. 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