LISTA DE PALAVRAS EM INGLÊS SEM PLURAL

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 Knowledge information, furniture and jewellery, não possuem plural. 

I have no knowledge or information whatsoever about antique furniture and jewellery.

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Muitas das palavras que não possuem plural são suibtantivos incontáveis, mas infelizmente, esse conceito de contável ou incontável varia muito dependendo do idioma. 

Por exemplo, a palavra  PÃO  em português é contável, mas em inglês não. BREAD é incontável. 

Você não pode dizer: ‘My son had three breads for breakfast.’ The correct from is: ‘My son had three loaves of bread for breakfast.’ 

Segue abaixo algumas das palavras incontáveis mais comuns no inglês:

FOOD AND DRINKS

WATER

WINE

MILK

RICE

PASTA

BREAD

BEEF

PORK

FRUIT

SUGAR

SALT

FLOUR

CHEESE

BUTTER

TEA

HONEY

JAM

• Could you get my imaginary friend some water?
• Do you think vampires like wine?
• My cat hates milk.
• I’ve found a grain of rice in my pocket.
• Let’s have some pasta for breakfast!
• I’m not allowed to eat bread, but I’ve just had a slice with my soup.
• How much beef do you eat?
• I never eat beef. I always have pork instead.
• Did dinasours like fruit?
• Yes, they loved strawberries with sugar on top.
• Just add a pinch of salt and it’s ready.
• My daughter’s making flowers out of flour.
• I want to jump into a pool of cheese.
• Butter won’t melt in his mouth.
• Mrs Lipton takes her tea with honey.
• I love scones with jam.

Substantivos abstratos, sentimentos:
LOVE
FUN
WISDOM
KNOWLEDGE
INFORMATION
ADVICE
HELP
ASSISTANCE
COURAGE
BRAVERY
SATISFACTION
CURIOSITY
AGGRESSION
BEAUTY
FREEDOM
FAITH
GRIEF
GUILT
HUMOUR

• Love is in the air.
• Have fun and don’t do anything I wouldn’t do.
• Wisdom is when you learn not to feel regret ever again.
• To the best of my knowledge, Barbie and Ken have split up.
• Could you give me some information about your Learn English in Two Days program?
• Just call my mother-in-law if you need any advice.
• I don’t need any help, thanks. I can tie my shoelaces on my own now.
• Hulk got so upset, we had to call for assistance.
• I need to pluck up my courage and see a dentist.
• Nelson Mandela’s bravery was inspiring to millions of people.
• I can get no satisfaction.
• Curiosity killed the cat.
• Aggression is the most common behavioural problem among superheroes.
• Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
• Freedom is a basic human right.
• I have no faith in our system anymore.
• Grief has turned the Beast bitter.
• Guilt is what you feel when you take the last piece of chocolate from the box without asking anyone whether they’d like to have it.
• Dracula wasn’t well-known for his good sense of humour.

Palavras utilizadas para lazer, férias, viagens:
ACCOMMODATION
BAGGAGE/ LUGGAGE
TRAVEL
TRAFFIC
TRANSPORTATION
NATURE
CURRENCY
ART
POETRY
LITERATURE
CHESS
JUDO/ YOGA
ENTERTAINMENT
APPLAUSE
GRASS

• Have you found accommodation yet or are you planning to spend the night in the car?
• What shall we do with our luggage while we’re chasing butterflies in the park?
• After the space travel, all I needed was a bath.
• She didn’t have transportation, so she decided to hitch-hike.
• Let nature take its course.
• I don’t believe in the single European currency.
• That’s not art. It’s just a dot on a blank canvas.
• They recited dark poetry in the moonlight every night.
• Literature is not about writing random words one after the other.
• We’ll play chess later, but now I’d like to watch The Simpsons.
• Yoga is not only about meditation, it’s also hard physical exercise.
• The only entertainment in our village was when some drunkards got into a fight.
• We always gave the winner a round of applause when they finished fighting.
• We can’t have a picnic here. I want green grass and hopping hares.

Outras no geral:
TIME
AIR
HEAT
HOUSEWORK
HOMEWORK
EDUCATION
EQUIPMENT
BUSINESS
ATTENTION
GARBAGE/ RUBBISH/ LITTER
OIL
PAPER
DIRT
DUST
FURNITURE
GAS/ PETROL
LAND
MUD
LIGHTNING
RAIN
SUNSHINE
UNDERWEAR
MAIL

• Batman and Robin were running out of time.
• They were also running out of air quickly.
• The heat was inbearable in the coffin.
• Alfred, the butler, was doing housework in the meantime.
• He was reminiscing about the days he was helping Master Bruce with his homework.
• Bruce Wayne received good education.
• But he had no idea how household equipment worked.
• He was more concerned about his business with Catwoman.
• Batman was secretly craving for her attention.
• Alfred lifted the bin liner carefully and took out the rubbish. It was collection day.
• He hoped that Batman had checked the oil in the Batmobile before he left.
• He made a quick note on a piece of paper he’d found in his pocket.
• He wondered where the dirt in his pocket came from.
• Alfred considered household dust his worst enemy.
• The furniture appreciated the gentle care.
• Did the Batmobile run on petrol?
• One day this land will be free of villains.
• It had been raining for days in Gothem City. Their garden became a huge pile of mud.
• And lightning kept flashing. It even struck twice in the same place.
• Everybody was waiting for the rain to stop.
• ‘I’ll be dancing in my underwear at the first ray of sunshine’ Alfred was thinking to himself.
• He sighed and went to the letterbox to check the mail.

Palavras relativas ao nosso corpo:
HEALTH
HAIR
HEIGHT
WEIGHT
STRENGTH
HUNGER
THIRST
LAUGHTER
NUTRITION
OBESITY
VISION

• I’m concerned about my parrot’s health.
• He used to have such shiny hair. Wait a minute. Parrots don’t have hair.
• It’s hard to tell my parrot’s height. He keeps dancing.
• He definitely has no weight problems.
• Whose strength is greater? Harry Potter’s or Voldemort’s?
• Hunger for material goods is destroying our planet.
• Voldemort quenched his thirst with a glass of iced lemonade.
• I think I can hear laughter coming from below.
• Blood doesn’t provide enough nutrition, so vampires like to go to fast food restaurants every now and then.
• Former WWE champions tend to suffer from obesity.
• Catwoman’s vision was blurred by unshed tears.

Entretanto, existem alguns substantivos contáveis quie não tem formas no plural, ou melhor dizendo, eles tem forma no plural, porém, o plural é igual ao singular. Mesmo eles sendo contáveis. Exemplo:
SHEEP
FISH
SALMON
DEER
SWINE
OFFSPRING
AIRCRAFT

• When I can’t sleep, I count sheep. One sheep, two sheep, three sheep, one hundred sheep.
• Master Bruce kept five fish in the pond. He named them after his favourite superheroes.
• Yogi bear caught three salmon for breakfast.
• My two deer follow me everywhere.
• Look! There are some swine in the mud.
• I want to have ten offspring (children).
• I think Ironman needs two more aircraft.

E existem alguns outros substantivos que parecem que são plural, pois terminam com S mas na verdade são singulares:
NEWS
BILLIARDS
MATHEMATICS
PHYSICS
MEASLES

• The news is worrying.
• Billiards is my favourite game.
• Mathematics is not my forte.
• Physics is difficult too.
• Measles is a really nasty respiratory disease.

Finalmente, vamos ver alguns casos em que incontáveis podem ser usados na forma plural: 

• Hannibal Lecter drinks only the best of wines.
• I don’t know much about local cheeses.

Nas frases acima WINES significa tipos variados de vinhos, assim como CHEESES significa variados tipos de queijos.

Bom, por hoje basta. Se ainda tiver alguma dúvida, escreva abaixo que te responderei o mais rápido possível.

Thanks everyone!