Material Nouns in English (Examples, Words List a-z, Worksheet)

Material Nouns in English

The material, elements, or substances from which different kinds of things are made are called material nouns. For example, plastic, diamond, gypsum, and iron.

Materials nouns are tangible and uncountable. These are the raw elements found in nature, animals, or plants. Mainly, there are three sources of material nouns i.e. nature (rock, iron, gold, gypsum), animals (milk, wool, leather), and plants (tree, jute, cotton).

Rules of Material Nouns

• Articles (a, an, the) are not used with the material nouns. For example, I drink milk daily.
• The material nouns are uncountable but in case the material noun is countable, you can use, “a or an”. For example, I bought a silver watch.
• Words like “some” can be used in few cases. For example, I need some water.

Examples

1. The bottle is made of plastic.
2. Aluminum is the most white spread metal on the earth.
3. The notebook is made of paper.
4. Coal is an important primary fossil fuel.
5. Tom has some unique utensils made of bronze.
6. There are numerous health benefits of milk.
7. Jute is widely used to make sacks and coarse cloth.
8. The sweaters are made of fine wool.
9. Bamboo storage baskets and bins are eco-friendly.
10. I am fond of buying leather products.

Words List a-z

1. Acrylic (plastic)
2. Alcohol
3. Aluminum
4. Bamboo
5. Brass
6. Brick
7. Bronze
8. Butter
9. Calcium
10. Cement
11. Chalk
12. Charcoal
13. Cheese
14. Chemical
15. Coal
16. Coffee
17. Copper
18. Corn
19. Cotton
20. Cream
21. Diamond
22. Diesel
23. Enamel
24. Fiber
25. Flour
26. Food
27. Gelatin
28. Gem
29. Glass
30. Gold
31. Grass
32. Honey
33. Ink
34. Iron
35. Jewelry
36. Jute
37. Kerosene
38. Leather
39. Marble
40. Meat
41. Milk
42. Paraffin
43. Plastic
44. Platinum
45. Plywood
46. Polyester
47. Powder
48. Rexine (sheet)
49. Rock
50. Rubber
51. Salt
52. Sand
53. Silk
54. Silver
55. Steel
56. Stone
57. Sugar
58. Synthetic
59. Tar
60. Tea
61. Tree
62. Wheat
63. Wood
64. Wool

Worksheet

Solve the worksheet by pointing out the material nouns in each sentence.

1. A 100g of yogurt bowl contains 110 mg calcium in it. ( yogurt, calcium )
2. The table is made of thin glass. ( ____________ )
3. The farmer has planted hundred trees in his field. ( ____________ )
4. This chair is made of pure pine wood. ( ____________ )
5. Bob is fond of collecting precious gems. ( ____________ )
6. She bought some gold ornaments for her wedding. ( ____________ )
7. Gypsum is largely used in making cement, wallboard and plaster of paris. ( ____________ )
8. The jug is full of creamy milk. ( ____________ )
9. I bought rexine sheets from the market. ( ____________ )
10. Sagano Bamboo Forest in Japan is a great attraction for tourists. ( __________ )

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Answers

1. yogurt, calcium
2. glass
3. trees
4. wood
5. gems
6. gold
7. gypsum, cement, wallboard,
8. jug, milk
9. rexine
10. bamboo

Further Reading

• 8 Parts of Speech with Examples
• 11 Types of Nouns Explained with Examples
• Material Nouns Definition