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We cannot count things. These are noncount nouns. (Non- means no or not.) A noncount noun
does not have a plural form and it cannot have a number in front of it.

Air water fruit toast juice
Chalk coffee bread rice homework
Furniture milk butter meat money
Soap tea cheese food weather

We often put an indefinite article (a, an) before a count noun.

A woman an apple

Use an before a word hat begins with a vowel sound.

An apple an Indian an umbrella
An elephant an old house an hour
But: a(y)university

We often put some before a nouncount noun.

Some furniture some coffee some soap.

We often puts some a plural noun count too.

Some chairs some buildings some rooms

Summary

Count Noncount
Singular and plural No plural
Singular: a, an
Plural: numbers, some Some
A banana Some fruit
An orange Some orange juice
Two chairs Some furniture
Five dollars Some money
Some sentences Some homework

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