【不可數(shù)名詞】
1、最常見的不可數(shù)名詞有：advice, baggage, change(零錢), furniture, hair, homework, information, knowledge, luggage, money, news, progress, traffic
2、其它不可數(shù)名詞還有：absence, age, anger, courage, energy, equipment, experience, failure, fear, food, fun, health, ice, industry, kindness, labour, luck, marriage, music, nature, paper, peace, pleasure, power, pride, rain, research, respect, safety, salt, sand, silence, sleep, strength, snow, technology, time, trade, transport, travel, trust, truth, waste, water, wealth, weather, wind, work（工作）
【集合名詞】
有些集合名詞，ommittee,council,crew,crowd,family,gang,government,group,mob,staff,team, union等，在意義上是復(fù)數(shù)，但在語法形式上是單數(shù)，這類名詞作主語的主謂一致問題往往遵循“語法一致”或“意義一致”原則。
例如：
The committee has/have decided to dismiss him.
A council of elders governs the tribe.
The present government is trying to control inflation.
The school staff are expected to supervise school meals.
（一）通常作復(fù)數(shù)的集體名詞
包括police,people, cattle, militia, vermin等，這些集體名詞通常用作復(fù)數(shù)。
例如：
The British police have only very limited powers.
The militia were called out to guard the borderland.
It seems the cattle on the sides of the dikes were the only living creatures in these desolate surroundings.
（二）通常作不可數(shù)名詞的集體名詞
通常作不可數(shù)名詞的集體名詞，包括poultry,foliage，machinery, equipment,furniture, merchandise等,這類名詞后的動(dòng)詞用單數(shù)形式。
例如：
Poultry is expensive at this time of year.
That green foliage was restful.
The merchandise has arrived undamaged.
All the machinery in the factory is made in
The suite of furniture he bought was of contemporary style.
The equipment of the photographic studio was expensive.
（三）可作單數(shù)也可作復(fù)數(shù)的集體名詞
可作單數(shù)也可作復(fù)數(shù)的集體名詞,包括audience, committee, crew, family, government,jury等。
例如：
The audience was/were enthusiastic on the opening night of the play.
The committee has/have decided to dismiss him.
The jury is/are about to announce the winners.
The government has/have discussed the matter for a long time.
【不規(guī)則名詞】
名詞復(fù)數(shù)的不規(guī)則變化
1）child---children foot---feet tooth---teeth mouse---mice man---men woman---women 注意：與 man 和 woman構(gòu)成的合成詞，其復(fù)數(shù)形式也是 -men 和-women。 如： an Englishman，two Englishmen. 但German不是合成詞，故復(fù)數(shù)形式為Germans；Bowman是姓，其復(fù)數(shù)是the Bowmans。
2）單復(fù)同形 如： deer，sheep，fish，Chinese，Japanese li，jin，yuan，two li，three mu，four jin 但除人民幣元、角、分外，美元、英鎊、法郎等都有復(fù)數(shù)形式。如: a dollar, two dollars; a meter, two meters 3）集體名詞，以單數(shù)形式出現(xiàn)，但實(shí)為復(fù)數(shù)。 如： people police cattle 等本身就是復(fù)數(shù)，不能說 a people，a police，a cattle，但可以說 a pers on，a policeman，a head of cattle,the English，the British，the French，the Chinese，the Japanese，the Swiss 等名詞，表示國民總稱時(shí)，作復(fù)數(shù)用。 如： The Chinese are industries and brave. 中國人民是勤勞勇敢的。
4）以s結(jié)尾，仍為單數(shù)的名詞，如： a. maths，politics，physics等學(xué)科名詞，為不可數(shù)名詞，是單數(shù)。 b. news 是不可數(shù)名詞。 c. the United States，the United Nations 應(yīng)視為單數(shù)。 The United Nations was organized in 1945. 聯(lián)合國是1945年組建起來的。 d. 以復(fù)數(shù)形式出現(xiàn)的書名，劇名，報(bào)紙，雜志名，也可視為單數(shù)。 The Arabian Nights is a very interesting story-book. >是一本非常有趣的故事書。
5) 表示由兩部分構(gòu)成的東西，如：glasses (眼鏡) trousers, clothes 若表達(dá)具體數(shù)目，要借助數(shù)量詞 pair(對，雙); suit(套); a pair of glasses; two pairs of trousers
6）另外還有一些名詞，其復(fù)數(shù)形式有時(shí)可表示特別意思，如：goods貨物,waters水域,fishes（各種）魚
在不特殊的情況下，當(dāng)原形最后一個(gè)音節(jié)為重讀閉音節(jié)時(shí)，需要雙寫。比如：swim——swimming
run——running
put——putting
begin——begging
想不起來都是雙寫的.
不一定都只有一個(gè)元音字母
除了最后一個(gè)雙寫比較有規(guī)律之外，都沒有規(guī)律，要多讀多練，慢慢就都記住了。不要花太多時(shí)間在找規(guī)律上，遇見一個(gè)記一個(gè)。
