1. 常考的不可數名詞
furniture luggage clothing equipment poetry jewelry machinery weaponry scenery information knowledge homework
evidence foliage advertising health
A : 流體 air water
B: 顆粒狀物體 rice salt
C: 抽象名詞 information
D: 總稱名詞 poetry machinery
E: 疾病不可數 diabetes糖尿病 measles麻疹
F: 自然現象 rain drops
G:學科不可數 mathematics economics statistics physics politics mechanics genetics geology geography chemistry
philosophy biology history
2.常考的不規則單複數
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.常考的單複數同型的名詞
aircraft spacecraft series species means sheep deer bison salmon trout carp
4. 常考的可數名詞
discovery cloud mineral metal substance population effort effect animal plant mammal insect tree herb shrub
element function feature picture result clue star reason audience device structure human human being
system fashion resource source origin pioneer automobile purpose style response number amount
variety quantity type kind influence emotion change
5. 即可數又不可數的名詞
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(砂巖) rocks(塊巖) work(工作,作品) works(著作) paper(紙) papers(論文,報告,文件)
area(面積) areas(地區,區域) time(時間) times(次數) room(空間) rooms(房間) water(水) waters(水域)
collections由同一種物品構成,可數 his three collections of short stories
collection 由不同種物品構成,不可數 his art collection
※當一個不可數名詞表種類時,可數.
可數/不可數 :①有無數的概念②抽象/具體 advertisment 廣告 可數 advertising 廣告業 不可數