SINGULARIA TANTUM NOUNS (uncountable)

Materials: iron, tin олово, sand, coal, bread, cheese, wine, tea, water, fruit, money, hair, coffee,
butter, furniture, clothing
NB! Some of them may become countable with a change of meaning:
An iron(s) – утюг, a tin(s)-конс.банка , a coal(s)-уголёк, a coffee(s)-порция кофе, a butter –
пачка масла, a hair(s)-волосок,

Fruits, teas, wines, mineral waters – different kinds сорта; the sands of Sahara, the blue skies of
Italy.

-Ways of showing partition:

a bar of chocolate, a block of ice, a heap of earth, a loaf of bread, a lump of coal (sugar), a slice
of bacon(bread), a stick of chalk (dynamite), a sheet of paper, a strip of land, an article of
furniture, a grain of rice, a pile(heap) of rubbish, a blade of grass, a drop of water(blood), a (bit)
piece of …

Abstract Notions: advice, information, knowledge, permission, progress, weather, news,

behaviour.
NB! Some of them may become countable with a change of meaning: a beauty(ies) – красавица,
a youth(s) – юноша.

-Ways of showing partition: a piece of advice(news), an item of news, a word of advice. e.g. He
gave me some pieces of advice.
NB! * Sciences in –ics (physics, mathematics, phonetics, linguistics) are in the singular
* Illnesses: measles, mumps, rickets, shingles IS
* Games : billiards, draughts, dominoes, bowls, darts, cards, fives IS. When used attributively –s
is omitted: a billiard table.

Proper Names: Athens, Naples Неаполь, Wales, the United Nations, the United States,
Brussels, Flanders Фландрия ( средневековое графство, затем одна из провинций
Нидерландов исторических ).

PLURALIA TANTUM NOUNS

Парные предметы одежды и инструменты: binoculars, braces, breeches, shorts, glasses,

knickers, pants, pincers, pliers, pajamas, scales, scissors, spectacles,tweezers, tights, tongs,
trousers, drawers, suspenders [can be used with a pair of … ]

Other nouns: the Middle Ages, arms, ashes, belongings, clothes, credentials мандат, damages
возмещение убытков , dregs осадок, earnings, goods, manners предание, odds неравенство,
outskirts, pains достижение, particulars подробный отчет, premises, quarters, remains,
resources, shortcomings, surroundings, the tropics, valuables, whereabouts, brains, contents,
customs, fireworks, holidays, wages, wits, clergy, folk, people, police, vermin, youth, graffiti,
the rich, the poor, the sick, the Midlands центральные графства Великобритании, the
Highlands Северное нагорье, Северо-шотландское нагорье.

Full Family: The Robinsons are …;