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Countable nouns
Uncountable nouns
Uncountable nouns ending with '-s'
Nouns - plural nouns
Nouns - pronunciation of plural nouns
In English most of nouns belong to the category of countable nouns. Here it is only
a short list including examples of countable nouns.
accide
accoun
actor
addres
adult
nt
t
s
animal
answer
apartm
article
artist
ent
baby
bag
ball
bank
battle
beach
bed
bell
bill
bird
boat
book
bottle
box
boy
bridge
brother
bus
bush
camp
captain
car
card
case
castle
cat
chair
chapter
chest
child
cigarett
city
class
club
coat
e
college
comput
corner
countr
crowd
er
y
cup
daught
day
desk
doctor
er
dog
door
dream
dress
driver
ear
edge
effect
egg
electio
n
engine
eye
face
factory
farm
father
field
film
finger
foot
friend
game
garden
gate
girl
group
gun
hall
hand
handle
hat
head
heart
hill
horse
hospita
hotel
hour
house
husban
l
d
idea
island
issue
job
journey
judge
key
king
kitchen
lady
lake
library
line
list
machin
e
magazi
man
meal
meetin
memb
ne
g
er
messa
metho
minute
mistak
model
ge
d
e
month
motor
mouth
nation
neck
newspa
office
page
park
party
per
path
picture
plan
plane
plant
proble
produc
progra
project
ring
m
t
mme
river
road
room
schem
school
e
ship
shirt
shock
shop
sister
smile
son
spot
star
station
stream
street
student
table
task
teacher
tent
though
tour
town
t
valley
village
walk
wall
week
window
woman
year
Uncountable nouns
In English some nouns belong to the category of uncountable nouns. Not always
the same uncountable nouns in English correspond with uncountable nouns in
other languages. Below you can find a list of the most common uncountable nouns
in English. In bold you can the most troublesome cases.
Uncountable nouns
absence
access
accommodat
adv
age
ion
ice
agriculture
anger
applause
assi
atmosp
stan
here
ce
baggage
beauty
behaviour
bre
busines
ad
s
(=trade
)
capital
cardbo
capacity
cas
chaos
(=money)
ard
h
chess
childh
china
clot
coal
ood
hin
g
comfort
concer
confidence
coo
country
n
kery
side
courage
crocke
cutlery
da
dancing
ry
ma
ge
democracy
depres
design
dirt
duty
sion
earth
educat
electricity
ene
environ
ion
rgy
ment
equipment
eviden
evil
exis
experie
ce
ten
nce
ce
failure
faith
fashion
fear
finance
fire
flesh
flu
foo
freedo
d
m
fruit
fun
furniture
gar
grass
bag
e
ground
growth
hair (= all
hap
harm
the hairs on
pine
the head)
ss
health
help
history
ho
hospital
me
ity
wor
k
housework
ice
independenc
ind
inform
e
ustr
ation
y
insurance
intellig
jealousy
jew
joy
ence
elle
ry
justice
knowl
labour
laug
leisure
lightening
machinery
money
news
peace
edge
lonelin
ess
magic
love
marriage
mud
paper
moonli
ght
nonse
nse
peel
permission
policy
poetry
pride
produc
e
the post (=
letters)
progress
rain
reality
relief
respect
safety
scaffolding
rubbis
h
scener
y
seaside
shopping
sleep
soap
spelling
spite
silenc
e
spagh
etti
status
stuff
teaching
thunder
toast (=bread)
techno
logy
trade
traffic
travel
trust
truth
vocabulary
wealth
weather
hter
luck
me
at
mus
ic
par
king
phil
oso
phy
pov
erty
prot
ecti
on
reli
gion
salt
luggag
e
mercy
nature
patienc
e
pleasur
e
sec
urit
y
smo
king
stre
am
stu
pidi
ty
tim
ber
trai
nin
g
und
erw
ear
wor
k
power
purity
resear
ch
sand
sewing
snow
strengt
h
sunshin
e
time
transpo
rt
violenc
e
writing
In English there is a group of uncountable nouns which end with -'s'. Although one
may think that a plural verb should be used with such nouns, one should remember
that these nouns are followed by a singular verb. Below you can find a list with
examples of such uncountable nouns.
Uncountable nouns
STUDIES
acou
AND
stics
ACTIVITIES
athletics
class
ics
linguistics
logis
tics
physics
politi
cs
GAMES
billia
rds
ILLNESSES
diab
etes
draughts
skittl
es
aerobic
aerodyna
mics
electronic
econo
mics
mathe
matics
statisti
cs
bowls
measle
rickets
aeron
autics
geneti
cs
mechanic
thermody
namics
cards
darts
mumps
rabies
shingles
obstet
rics
regular spelling
consonant + -y
turns into
plural
cat
cats
tub
tubs
dog
dogs
house
potato
potatoes
tomato
tomatoes
houses
-o
-ss
-x
-ch
watch
watches
-sh
bush
bushes
dynamo
-o
ies
-ay
-ey
kimono
boxes
dynamos
kilo
kilos
kimonos
photo
photos
piano
pianos
soprano
sopranos
country
countries
classes
box
class
WARNING
words of foreign
origin take '-s'
singular
baby
fly
babies
flies
lady
ladies
cry
cries
day
key
days
keys
proper nouns
-oy
boy
boys
-uy
guy
guys
Fry
Kennedy
the Frys
the Kennedys
EXCEPTIONS
loaf
loaves
knife
knives
ves
life
calf
calves
leaf
leaves
shelf
shelves
thief
thieves
wife
wives
wolf
wolves
half
halves
wharf
chief
-s
or
-ve
s
cliffs
handkerchiefs
roof
hoof
hoofs / hooves
scarf
scarfs / scarves
dwarf
dwarfs / dwarves
feet
louse
lice
woman
roofs
foot
mouse
mice
women
goose
geese
man
men
tooth
teeth
child
chiefs
cliff
wharves
lives
nouns which
change vowels
handkerchief
children
ox
oxen
regular spelling
pron
unci
atio
n
/z/
/s/
/ iz /
singu
lar
plural
bed
stove
dog
beds
stoves
dogs
room
rooms
clock
cat
clocks
cats
roof
roofs
month
months
gas
glass
nose
brush
watch
judge
gases
glasses
noses
brushes
watches
judges
ies
a vowel + y takes -s
-ay
-ey
-oy
-uy
proper nouns
-ves
-s or
-ves
box
boxes
countries
babies
flies
ladies
days
keys
boys
guys
the Frys
the Kennedys
countr
y
baby
fly
lady
day
key
boy
guy
Fry
Kenne
dy
loaf
wife
wolf
half
hoof
scarf
wharf
loaves
wives
wolves
halves
hoofs / hooves
scarfs /
scarves
wharfs /
wharves
foot
louse
mouse
woma
n
goose
man
tooth
feet
lice
mice
women
geese
men
teeth
In English there is a group of nouns with the same singular and plural forms. Here it is a list
with examples of such nouns.
Singular =
Plural
cro
ssr
bis
oad
on
s
dee
dic
r
e
gre
frui
enfl
y
t
gro
use
mo
ose
rein
dee
r
she
ep
gall
ows
gra
pef
ruit
insi
gni
a
me
ws
cod
fish
gol
dfis
h
hali
but
mul
let
sal
mo
n
she
llfis
h
tro
ut
whi
teb
ait
airc
raft
hov
erc
raft
offs
pri
ng
seri
es
spe
cie
s
bou
rge
ois
cha
ssis
cor
ps
pat
ois
pre
cis
ren
dez
vou
s
me
ans
spa
cec
raft
Singul
ar
analys
is
appen
dix
axis
bacter
ium
basis
cactus
criteri
on
crisis
datum
diagn
osis
focus
formul
a
fungu
s
index
mediu
m
nucleu
s
oasis
octop
us
pheno
meno
n
stimul
us
syllab
us
termin
us
thesis
Plural
analyses
appendixes/
appendices
axes
bacteria
bases
cactuses/ca
cti
criteria
crises
data
diagnoses
focuses/foci
formulae /
formulas
fungi
indexes/indi
ces
mediums/m
edia
nuclei
oases
octopuses/o
ctopi
phenomena
stimuli
syllabuses/s
yllabi
termini /
terminuses
theses
use
rs
scri
sso
rs
pli
ers
sho
rts
jea
ns
go
ods
clo
the
s
BU
T: a
clo
th
gla
sse
s
BU
T: a
gla
ss
spe
cta
cle
s
Collective nouns
In English there is a group of nouns which despite their singular form they stand for
collection. Below you can find a list of examples of such nouns.
No
un
s
cro
wd
cre
w
fa
mil
y
jur
y
flo
ck
tea
m
These nouns can be used with verbs in plural and singular. In the last case we refer
to the collection as a whole.
My family consists of 5 people.
My family are always quarrelling with one another.
The crew of this ship is too numerous.
The crew were all wondering about the deck
Possessive nouns with s
In English possessive form of nouns is created by adding to the noun
apostrophe (') and letter -s.
General rules
Possessives
John's car
James's sister
a dog's life
our neighbours'
dog
women's rights
men's clothing
gentlemen's
agreement
nouns referring
to things
nouns in case of
personification
of the names of
countries, town,
rivers, some
nature
phenomena
in expressions
referring to
time and
measure
concepts
a pound of sugar
a proof of honesty
Poland's economy
England's sons
Warsaw's pride
a day's journey
a four-weeks'
holiday
a three-miles'
walk
a yard's distance