1. 常考的不可数名词
furniture, luggage(行李, 皮箱), clothing, equipment, poetry, jewelry, machinery, weaponry(武器, 军备), scenery(景色), information, knowledge, homework, evidence, foliage (树叶, 植物), advertising, 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([总称] 机器, 机械)
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(统计学), physics, politics,
               mechanics(机械学), genetics, geology(地质学), geography,
               chemistry, philosophy(哲学), biology, history
　　

2. 常考的不规则单复数
man/men, woman/women, tooth/teeth, foot/feet, goose/geese, basis/bases主要成分(或要素), (认识论中的)基本原则或原理, 　analysis/analysesanalyse分析, crisis/crises, hypothesis/hypotheses, axis/axes, alga/algae(藻类,海藻), 　larva/larvae(幼虫),　fungus/fungi, stimulus/stimuli, datum/data, bacterium/bacteria, medium/media, spectrum/spectra(频谱), mouse/mice, child/children phenomenon/phenomena(现象),　radius/radii(半径, 范围)
　　

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

4. 常考的可数名词
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。