Is 'bread' countable or uncountable?

Of all the uncountable nouns this one is one of the hardest.

Chocolate has the following countable forms:

• whole (chocolate)

• piece

• bar

• chunk

Cake has the following countable forms:

• whole (cake)

• slice

• piece

So you can say:

I made cakes.

I made chocolates.

She baked ten cakes.

He eat four chocolates.

Bread does not have 'bread' as a countable form. Some countable forms are:

• loaf

• roll

• baguette

• bloomer

• bap

• (there are many)

but 'bread' is not one of them.

You can say: "I baked bread" but you are using it in its uncountable form. If you add a picture, you may get it wrong.

There are some real examples from English language learners:

"I just baked the bread."

Bread is being used in its uncountable form and so you can't use 'the' as the determiner. Correction:

"I just baked this bread"

"I want to make a bread."

Bread is being used in its uncountable form and so you can't use 'a' as the determiner. Correction:

"I want to make bread."

"I'm good at baking cakes and breads. I really like the breads I baked."

This one is a great example. 'Cakes' is correct because there is a countable form called 'cakes'. There is not of countable form called 'bread' so it must have no 's'. The second sentences has a determiner but it is correctly used. Why? The 'the' is referring specifically to the bread that the writer made. It still can not have the 's'. Correction:

"I'm good at baking cakes and bread. I really like the bread I baked."

Here are some sentences with countable forms of bread:

I baked two loaves of brown bread today. They were delicious.

The burger I bought came in the softest bun.

I had two rolls with my soup.

In France they love baguettes.