Uncountable nouns
Learning English Vocabulary
BBC
4.5 • 523 Ratings
🗓️ 21 July 2025
⏱️ 7 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Want to improve your English conversation skills? |
| 0:03.1 | We have a podcast for that. |
| 0:05.2 | Learning English Conversations is our home for authentic English. |
| 0:09.6 | Every week, learn a new phrase or idiom with the English we speak. |
| 0:14.0 | And across the year, listen to our special documentaries designed to improve your spoken English. |
| 0:20.6 | Search for Learning English Conversations in your podcast app or visit BBC learning |
| 0:25.3 | English.com. |
| 0:27.7 | Six-minute vocabulary. |
| 0:30.3 | From BBC learning English.com. |
| 0:33.4 | Hello and welcome to six-minute vocabulary. |
| 0:36.4 | I'm Neil. |
| 0:36.9 | And I'm Catherine. |
| 0:38.8 | And in this show, we're talking about uncountable nouns. |
| 0:42.5 | Yes, we are. So that's nouns that you can't count, like water, money and research. |
| 0:50.3 | We'll show you plenty of examples. |
| 0:52.1 | And we'll also bring you a top tip for recognising uncountable nouns. |
| 0:57.3 | But let's start by listening to Colin. |
| 1:00.3 | He's a travel agent. |
| 1:01.8 | While you listen, think about this question. |
| 1:04.4 | What might you need from your bank before you go abroad? |
| 1:08.1 | Here's Colin. |
| 1:09.5 | It's time to start planning your summer travel. Do some research before you go abroad. Here's Colin. It's time to start planning your summer travel. |
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