A boy, a boy, three boys, three boys and some boys.
One table, one table, forty tables, forty tables, many tables, many tables.
A movie, a movie, several movies, several movies.
One story, one story, two stories, two stories.
A song, a song, some songs.
An apple, an apple, nine apples and some apples.
People (Complex) People (Police) Police Officer China (Single Complex) People of China.
Material nouns or abstract nouns are generally uncountable. There is no difference between singular and plural uncountable nouns, for example:
Shui shui bing bing cha rou milk bread
Time helps luck get better and work.
News news information
There are also some collective noun that cannot be counted, such as:
Poetry poetry furniture equipment
A few material nouns also have plural forms, but their meanings are different, for example:
Glass uncountable noun glass countable noun glass
Water uncountable noun water waters countable noun river or lake water.
By the way, some material nouns are countable nouns, but their meanings are different. For example:
Material nouns are countable nouns.
Glass glass glass glass.
Paper newspaper; thesis
Timber forest
Gold medal
Countable nouns and uncountable nouns seem not difficult to learn, but it is not easy to learn well. There are many words that can only be made clear by looking them up in a good dictionary. In addition, read more books and study more. Only by accumulating more can we learn well.