Ah, pasta is a wonderful thing, isn't it? It can be both a countable and uncountable noun, depending on how you use it. You can say "I ate three plates of pasta" (countable) or "I love pasta with tomato sauce" (uncountable). Just remember to enjoy the beauty of language and cooking as you explore the world of pasta.
Although many words for food are uncountable nouns, words for substances, some forms of food are made up of units that are countable, like noodles, or berries, or carrots. The substance that noodles are made from is dough, a substance, an uncountable noun; but when the dough is cut up into noodles, the noodles are countable.
The noun 'rice' is an uncountable noun, a word for a food substance. Units of rice are expressed as grains of rice, cups of rice, bags of rice, etc.
Plural forms for some substances are reserved for 'kinds of' or 'types of' such as 'a dish of two rices' means two types of rice used, basmati and wild.
Transport is both countable and uncountable as a noun.
The noun 'steel' is an uncountable (mass) noun, a word for a substance.
Countable
The noun 'animal' is a countable noun. The plural form is animals.
Prawn - prawns is the plural - is a countable noun
Pasta is a countable noun
Transport is both countable and uncountable as a noun.
The noun 'steel' is an uncountable (mass) noun, a word for a substance.
Shark is a countable noun.
countable
Countable
The noun 'daytime' is an uncountable noun.
The noun 'animal' is a countable noun. The plural form is animals.
Prawn - prawns is the plural - is a countable noun
Countable
The word 'violence' is an uncountable noun.
The gerund painting is a countable noun, as in "There are 12 paintings in this room."