Noun - irregular plurals

Collective nouns for animal groups

Collective Nouns for things - video

List of Collective Nouns for Things

 A deck of cards  An item/A piece of furniture  A pane of glass  A blade of grass  A bale of hay  A glimmer of hope  A piece of jewellery  A bolt/A flash of Lightning  A stroke of luck  A pile of money  A bit/A piece/An item of news  A drop of rain  A ray of sunshine  A pinch of salt  A bar of soap  A tube of toothpaste  A ball of wool  A bar of soap  A battery of tests  A bolt of lightning  A bunch of books  A bunch of keys  A bunch of keys  A chest of drawers  A clump of reeds  A deck of cards  A fleet of ships  A fleet of vehicles  A flight of stairs  A gallon of gasoline  A group of friends  A group of islands  A grove of trees  A hedge of bushes  A library of books  A pack of cards  A pair of shoes  A piece of furniture  A piece of paper  A quiver of arrows  A ream of paper  A roll of film/cloth  A series of events  A set of books  A set of tools  A sheaf of notes/papers/arrows/corn  A shelf of books  A stack of chairs  A string of beads  A suite of furniture  A suite of rooms  A tube of toothpaste  A wad of notes  An agenda of tasks  An album of stamps/autographs/photographs

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List of Collective Nouns for Birds

 A cloud of seafowls  A colony/A flock/A raft of auks  A colony of avocets  A colony of gulls  A colony of ibises  A colony/A parcel/A rookery of penguins  A covey/A brace/A brood/A flight/A pack of grouse  A covey/A bevy/A clutch/A warren of partridges  A covey of ptarmigans  A crowd of redwings  A descent of woodpeckers  A desert/A deceit of lapwings  A fall/A covey/A flight/A plump of woodcocks  A flight of birds  A flight/A gulp of cormorants  A flight of goshawks  A flight/A flock/A kit/A passel of pigeons  A flight/A gulp of swallows  A fling of dunlins  A fling of sandpipers  A flock of birds  A flock of bustards  A flock of swifts  A flock of turkeys  A flush of ducks  A head/A herd of curlews  A herd/A flock of wrens  A hill of ruffs  A host/A quarrel/A tribe/A ubiquity of sparrows  A murder/A hover/A muster/A parcel of crows  A chattering/A cloud/A congregation/A clutter of starlings  A muse of capons  A muster/An ostentation/A pride of peacocks  A mustering/A flight/A phalanx of storks  A mutation of thrushes  A bouquet/A head/A warren of pheasants  A parcel of linnets  A parliament/A stare of owls  A pitying of turtledoves  A plump of moorhens  A plump/A bunch/A knob/A raft of waterfowls  A pod/A scoop of pelicans  A prattle of parrots  A pride/A flock of ostriches  A rafter of turkeys  A run of poultry  A sedge/A siege of bitterns  A sedge/A herd/A sedge/A siege of cranes  A sedge/A flight/A hedge/A rookery/A siege of herons  A flush/A puddling of mallards  A spring/A bunch/A coil/A knob/A raft of teals  A squabble of seagulls  A stand of flamingos  A trip of dotterels  A trip/A bunch/A knob/A lute/A skein of wildfowls  A wake of buzzards  A walk/A wisp of snipes  …

List of Collective Nouns for Mammals

 A glaring/A cluster/A clutter of cats  A cluster/A herd/A tribe of antelopes  A coalition of cheetahs  A cohort/A herd/A zeal of zebras  A colony/A family/A lodge of beavers  A colony of chinchillas  A colony/A horde/A mischief/A swarm of rats  A colony of voles  A congress/A flange/A troop of baboons  A coterie/A town of prairie dogs  A couple of impalas  A cowardice of curs  A crash/A herd/A stubbornness of rhinoceroses  A destruction of (wild) cats  A destruction of wildcats  A drift/A trip of (tame) swine  A dray/A colony of squirrels  A drift/A drove/A parcel of hogs  A drove of bullocks  A drove/A drift/A flock/A herd of pigs  A drove/A herd of swine  A fall of lambs  A family/A bevy/A raft/A romp of otters  A farrow/A litter of piglets  A field/A string of racehorses  A gang/A herb/An obstinacy of buffalos  A gang/A herd of elks  A grind of bottle-nosed whales  A group of guinea pigs  A herd/A gang of bisons  A herd/A leash of bucks  A herd of caribous  A herd/A drift/A drove/A mob of cattle  A herd of chamois  A herd/A drove of donkeys  A herd of elands  A herd/A parade of elephants  A herd/An implausibility of gnus  A herd of hartebeests  A herd of harts  A herd of ibexes  A herd of llamas  A herd of moose  A herd of wildebeests  A herd of yaks  A horde of gerbils  A horde of hamsters  A huddle/A herd/An ugly of walruses  A husk of jackrabbits  A journey/A group/A herd/A tower of giraffes  A kindle/A litter of kittens  A kindle of leverets  A labor/A company/A movement of moles  A leap of leopards

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Countable and Uncountable Nouns - Videos with Subtiltes

Uncountable nouns often used wrongly

Accommodation, advice, feedback, clothing, equipment, information, luggage, news, progress and software are uncountable nouns often used wrongly. These words are not used in the plural form and are not used with indefinite article (a, an) and a number.

Accommodation (accommodations in American English)

Definition: a place provided for someone to live, stay or work in

✓ We are looking for overnight accommodation for a couple.

✗ We are looking for an overnight accommodation for a couple.

✓ Accommodation in this city is cheap

✗ Accommodations in this city are cheap

Advice

Definition: an opinion on how to do something appropriately 

✓ The dietitian gave me a lot of advice on healthy eating.

✗ The dietitian gave me a lot of advices …

✓ Can I offer you advice on which car to buy?

✗ Can I offer you an advice on …?

We use a piece of/a word of to make advice countable

Uncountable	Countable
advice	a piece of advice
	two pieces of advice

Difference between advice and advise

Advice (with c)	noun	The consultant gave me professional advice.
Advise (with s)	verb	I strongly advise you to change your hairstyle.

Feedback

Definitions: constructive [=useful and helpful] criticism, advice or comments that are used to improve the product, performance or situation.

✓ There is a lot of feedback about the new website.

✗ There are a lot of feedbacks about …

✓ I got positive feedback from my boss.

✗ I got a positive feedback  from …

Furniture

Definitions: objects typically made of wood, that are used in a room for sleeping, sitting or storing dishes, food or clothes

✓ We decided to buy some new furniture for the living room.

✗ We decided a new furniture…

✗ We decided some new furnitures…

We use a piece of/an item of to make furniture countable

Uncountable	Countable
furniture	a piece of furniture
	two pieces of furniture

Clothing

Definition: things that you wear on your body

✓ You must wear protective clothing.

✗ You must wear a protective clothing.

✓ She will buy two items of clothing.

 ✗She will buy two clothings.

We use a piece of/an item of/an article of to make clothing countable

Uncountable	Countable
clothing	a piece of clothing
	two pieces of clothing

Equipment

Definition: all the necessary things for a specific [particular] purpose or activity

✓ We have to buy new kitchen equipment for the restaurant

✗ We have to buy new kitchen equipments…

✗ We have to buy a new kitchen equipment …

We use a piece of to make equipment countable

Uncountable	Countable
equipment	a piece of equipment
	two pieces of equipment

Information

Definition: facts that are received or known about something

✓ This diary gives a lot of information about my childhood.

✗ This diary gives a lot of informations…

✓ I found a piece of information about my hometown on this website.

✗ I found an information…

We use a piece of/a bit of to make information countable

Uncountable	Countable
information	a piece of information
	two pieces of information

Luggage

Definition: bags and cases that are carried by someone who is travelling

✓ Where can I leave my luggage at the station?

✗ Where can I leave my luggages…?

✓ You can put a piece of luggage on the rack

✗ You can put a luggage…

We use a piece of/an item of to make luggage countable

Uncountable	Countable
luggage	a piece of luggage
	two pieces of luggage

News

Definition: new, important or unusual information about events

✓ The good news is that my wife’s expecting a baby.

✗ The good news are that…

✓ I have some good news for my family.

✗ I have a good news…

We use a piece of/an item of to make news countable

Uncountable	Countable
news	a piece of news
	two pieces of news

Progress

Definition: the process of improving (or developing) something gradually

✓ I think he’s making great progress in English.

✗ I think he’s making a great progress…

✓ The government has made a lot of progress in stimulating the economy.

✗ The government has made a lot of progresses…

Software

Definition: computer programs

✓ I want to buy antivirus software.

✗ I want to buy an antivirus software.

✓ What is the essential software for PC?

✗ What are the essential softwares…?

We use a piece of to make software countable

Uncountable	Countable
software	a piece of software
	two pieces of software

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Collective nouns for animal groups - infographic

Nouns: countable and uncountable / regular and irregular plurals

Countable Nouns

Some words take an ‘s’ when you talk about more than one. These words are called count or countable nouns.
Example

1 apple  
2 apples 

Uncountable Nouns

Other words do not take an ‘s’ when you talk about more than one. These words are called non-count or uncountable nouns.
Example

1 piece of cheese   
2 pieces of cheese 

The word “food” is a non-count noun.
Example

I like food.
I like some food for breakfast.
I like a lot of food for dinner.



Most nouns in English have both singular and plural forms, and the plural is usually formed by adding "-s" to the singular. Most nouns in English have both singular and plural forms, and the plural is usually formed by adding “-s” to the singular. How to form the plural :

Noun ending	Forming the plural	Example
s, x, ch or sh	Add -es	boss bosses tax taxes bush bushes
consonant + y	Change y to i then add -es	baby babies candy candies curry curries
most others	Add -s	cat cats face faces day days

Although most nouns have plurals formed according to regular rules, some nouns have unusual, or irregular plurals. This page will introduce the most common ones, so that you can learn them.

Types of irregular plural

There are many types of irregular plural, but these are the most common:

Noun type	Forming the plural	Example
Ends with -fe	Change f to v then Add -s	knife knives life lives wife wives
Ends with -f	Change f to v then Add -es	half halves wolf wolves loaf loaves
Ends with -o	Add -es	potato potatoes tomato tomatoes volcano volcanoes
ends with -us	Change -us to -i	cactus cacti nucleus nuclei focus foci
ends with -is	Change -is to -es	analysis analyses crisis crises thesis theses
ends with -on	Change -on to -a	phenomenon phenomena criterion criteria
ALL KINDS	Change the vowel or Change the word or Add a different ending	man men foot feet child children person people tooth teeth mouse mice
Unchanging	Singular and plural are the same	sheep deer fish (sometimes)