1. 常考的不可数名词
furniture luggage clothing equipment poetry jewelry¹ machinery² weaponry scenery information knowledge homework
evidence foliage³ advertising⁴ health
A : 流体 air water
B: 颗粒状物体 rice salt
C: 抽象名词 information
D: 总称名词 poetry machinery
E: 疾病不可数 diabetes糖尿病 measles麻疹
F: 自然现象 rain drops
G:学科不可数 mathematics economics statistics physics politics mechanics genetics geology geography chemistry
philosophy biology history

2.常考的不规则单复数
man/men woman/women tooth/teeth foot/feet goose/geese basis/bases analysis/analyses crisis/crises
hypothesis/hypotheses axis/axes alga/algae larva/larvae fungus/fungi stimulus/stimuli datum/data bacterium/bacteria
medium/media spectrum/spectra mouse/mice child/children phenomenon/phenomena radius/radii

3.常考的单复数同型的名词
aircraft spacecraft series species means sheep deer bison salmon⁷ trout⁸ carp

4. 常考的可数名词
discovery cloud mineral metal substance population effort effect animal plant mammal insect tree herb shrub⁹ element function feature picture result clue star reason audience device structure human human being system fashion resource source origin pioneer automobile¹⁰ purpose style response number amount variety quantity type kind influence emotion change

5. 既可数又不可数的名词
sugar , cloth , water , detail , paper ,work , light , science ,form , interest , art , area ,color , disease , illness , rock , stone ,matter , food , culture ,noise , liquid , solid , gas , climate , film ,material , population , temperature , experience ,speech ,use，time , life , action , activity , study，rock(砂岩) rocks(块岩) work(工作,作品) works(著作) paper(纸) papers(论文,报告,文件)area(面积) areas(地区,区域) time(时间) times(次数) room(空间) rooms(房间) water(水) waters(水域)
collections由同一种物品构成,可数 his three collections of short stories
collection 由不同种物品构成,不可数 his art collection
※当一个不可数名词表种类时,可数.
可数/不可数 :①有无数的概念②抽象/具体 advertisment 广告 可数 advertising 广告业 不可数