
A list of Partitives
The Uncountable Nouns are the Nouns that cannot be counted. But these Nouns can be made countable by the use of partitives.
For example:
Gold is an Uncountable Noun. But we can measure or count it by the use of a bar of / a gram of gold.
Here is a list of partitives examples for your ready reference.
A bag of | flour | rice | sugar | sand | cement |
A bar of | soap | gold | chocolate | iron | candy |
A bit of | work | a headache | luck | salt | fun |
A bale of | hay | cotton | fibre | wastepaper | |
A blade of | grass | wheat | metal | ||
A bottle of | wine | whiskey | coke | water | milk |
A bowl of | rice | curd | soup | dal | seeds |
A box of | matches | crayons | sweets | candies | cookies |
A breath of | fresh air | wind | freedom | life | |
A carton of | books | cigarettes | ice-cream | milk | |
A can of | food | oil | meat | juice | soda |
A cup of | coffee | soup | tea | camomile | chocolate |
A drop of | blood | rain | ink | water | oil |
A fit of | anger | temper | coughing | jealousy | sneezing |
A game of | politics | chance | chess | tennis | golf |
A glass of | milk | whisky | beer | water | wine |
A glimmer of | hope | light | a smile | lighting | |
A grain of | salt | rice | sand | truth | |
An item of | clothing | news | business | jewellery | |
A jar of | jam | butter | honey | pickle | |
A morsel of | information | toast | consolation | loyalty | food |
A pair of | glasses | gloves | scissors | trousers | jeans |
A pang of | hunger | guilt | nostalgia | regret | sadness |
A pat of | butter | cheese | flamingoes | ||
A piece of | advice | information | art | luggage | poetry |
A roll of | paper | tape | newsprint | bills | film |
A scrap of | work | paper | truth | evidence | difference |
A slice of | bread | meat | cake | lemon | cheese |
A speck of | sugar | milk | truth | soot | dust |
A spot of | bother | lunch | light | oil | |
A spoonful of | Sugar | syrup | whiskey | honey | |
A torrent of | abuse | lava | angry words | criticism | insults |
A tube of | toothpaste | glue | lipstick | lotion |
- Types of Nouns
- Proper Nouns
- Common Nouns
- Collective Nouns
- Nouns of Multitude
- Material Nouns
- Abstract Nouns
- Compound Nouns
- The Noun – Case
- Gender of the Noun
- Singular and Plural Nouns
- Possessive Nouns
- A list of Partitives
- Appositive
- List of Countable and Uncountable Nouns
- Countable and Uncountable Nouns
A list of partitives with example sentences PDF