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How do you count uncountable nouns? You can't, but you can measure them. You have to use ‘counters’
Noun
sugar
jewellery
cheese
cheese
cheese
bottle
furniture

furniture
bag bag
bag
 bag
Uncountable
Sugar
Jewelry
Cheese
Wine
Furniture
Money
Uncountable Question
How much sugar is there?
How much jewelry is there?
How much cheese is there?
How much wine is there?
How much furniture is there?
How much money is there?
Answer
There's a lot of sugar.
There's some jewelry.
There's a lot of cheese.
There's some wine.
There's some furniture.
There's a lot of money.
Add a word
bowl
piece
round
bottle
piece
bag
Make it Countable
A bowl of sugar.
A piece of jewelry.
A round of cheese.
A bottle of wine.
A piece of furniture.
A bag of money.
Countable Question
How many bowls of sugar are there?
How many pieces of jewelry are there?
How many rounds of cheese are there?
How many bottles of wine are there?
How many pieces of furniture are there?
How many bags of money are there?
Answer
There's one bowl of sugar.
There are two pieces of jewelry.
There are three rounds of cheese.
There's only one bottle of wine. 
There are two pieces of furniture.
There are four bags of money.
Other words you can add to make uncountable nouns countable:-
You can put something into a container to count it, but the thing you're counting doesn't take the plural form. The container takes the plural form:-
bag
A bag of money.
money
barrel
Two barrels of beer.
barrel
bottle
Three bottles of wine. 
bottle
bowl
Four bowls of sugar.
bowl
box
Five boxes of cereal.
cereal
bucket
Six buckets of water.
bucket
can
Seven cans of Coke.
can
carton
Eight cartons of milk.
carton
cup
Nine cups of coffee.
cup
glass
Ten glasses of water.
glass
jar
Eleven jars of honey.
jar
packet
A dozen packets of butter.
packet
a saucepan
Thirteen pans of rice.
pan
tank
Fifteen tanks of petrol.
tank
tin
Sixteen tins of custard.
tin
tub
Seventeen tubs of margarine.
tub
tube
Eighteen tubes of toothpaste.
tube

You can measure something to count it, but it still doesn't take the plural form. The measurement takes the plural form:-
For example:-

liter
1 and a half liters of milk.
jug
pint
Two pints of beer.
pint
pound / ounce / kilo etc...
Two pounds / ounces / kilos of butter.
scales




You can measure uncountable nouns in other ways, using shapes or portions. Again the measurement takes the plural form.


ball
Ten balls of wool.
ball
bar
Three bars of soap.
bar
pinch
Two pinches of salt.
pinch
slice
Five slices of cake.
slice
spoon
Fourteen spoonfuls of sugar.
spoon