Exclamations with what...! What a beautiful day! What a nice surprise! What *** nice shoes! What *** good friends they are! What *** awful weather! What *** delicious food!
Always uncountable Behaviour, traffic, weather, accommodation, health, progress, scenery, rubbish, work, politics, athletics, economics These nouns don’t have a plural form Always use a singular verb Never use a/an
Always uncountable Furniture, information, advice, homework, research, news, luck, bread, toast, luggage, equipment Rules 1, 2 and 3 apply, and Use a piece of to talk about an individual item
Always plural Arms, belongings, clothes, manners, outskirts, scissors, trousers, shorts These nouns don’t have a singular form Always use a plural verb Never use a/an If they consist of two parts, you can refer to an item using a pair of or some
Collective nouns Police, crew, staff, Brazil (= the Brazilian team) These nouns refer to a group of people Always use a plural verb
Iron, glass, chocolate, business, paper, light, time, space, coffee These nouns change from countable to uncountable, with different meanings.