名词的数
一.定义
1. 普通名词所表示的人或事物是可以按个数计算的,这类名词叫可数名词 。
可数名词分为个体名词(表示某类人或事物中的个体,如worker, farmer, desk, factory 等)和集体名词(表示作 为一个整体来看的一群人或一些事物,如people, family 等) 。
2. 如果普通名词所表示的事物是不能按个数来计算的,这类名词就叫不可数名词 。
不可数名词分为物质名词(表示无法分为个体的物质,如meat, rice, water, milk, orange 等)和抽象名词(表示劢作、状态、情况、品质等 抽象概念,如 work, homework, time, health, friendship
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二、可数名词名词的数
1.可数名词是表示能够计算的人或物的名称,他们通常有单数和复数的形式 。
单数通常用a,an 戒者是one 来表示 。an 用在元音字母的前面 。如:a desk, apple,one boy.
2名词单数变复数变化规则
1)一般情况下,直接加-s.如:
photo---photos book---books egg---eggs student---students pen---pens village---villages building---buildings cloud---clouds lower---flowers
2)如果单词以s,x,ch,sh结尾,通常要在单词后面加-es. 如:bus---buses class---classes box---box dress---dresses peach---peaches watch---watches fish---fishes
3)以“辅音字母+y”结尾,变y为i 再加-es,.如果y 的前面是元音字母,则直接加上-s.如:
4) family---families story---stories baby---babies day---days toy---toys boy---boys
5)以f,fe结尾的单词,要把f ,fe 变为v,再加-es. 如:
knife---knives wolf---wolves shelf---shelves
6)以o结尾的单词有生命的加-es构成复数,无生命的加-s.如:
radio---radios photo---photos piano---pianos zoo---zoos studio---studios potato---potatoes tomato---tomatoes hero---heroes
7)一些特殊的不规则名词的复数 。如:
A:单复数同形
sheep---sheep fish---fish deer---deer people---people
Chinese-Chinese,Japanese-Japanese
B:a变e
woman---women man---men policeman-policemen policewoman-policewomen
C:oo变ee
goose---geese foot---feet tooth---teeth
D. 特殊情况
child---children ox---oxen mouse---mice
E.be动词和指示代词的复数
is---are am---are this---these that---those
注意:有些名词是通常以复数形式出现的,如:shoes,pants, boots, glasses 有的不可数名词也可以作可数名词,有复数形式,但他们的意义往往发生变化 。如:water-- waters(水域)
orange (橘汁)--- oranges(橘子)
很多的不可数名词表示泛指时为不可数,表示种类时就可数,但意义大多不发生变化 。如:fruit food
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英语专项测试名词复数
一、请写出下列词的复数形式
city _____ zoo ______country _____ tooth ____ car ____
mouse __ boy_____ broom _____ tree ____horse ______ bus____ fox _____ branch ____ baby _____ family _____
dish _____ radio _____ photo _____ piano _____ knife _____
leaf _____ life _____ thief _____ _man _____ woman _____ day___child_____foot_____this_____watch_____diary______ book_____dress_____sheep____tea_____box_____ strawberry_____peach_____sandwich______paper_____
juice_____water_______milk_______rice____ people_____
CD _____ox_____deer______ fish_____
二、单项选择
( )1. The __ in our yard are very beautiful.
A. cloth B. water C. flowers
( )2. Tom is one of the Chinese _____ in our school.
A. boy B. boys C. boies
( )3. A cat has four ____ , doesn't it?
A. foots B. feet C. feets ( )
4. There are three ____ and five _____ in the room.
A. American, Japanese B Americans, Japanese C. American, Japanese
( )5. Can you see nine ____ in the picture?
A. fish B. book C. horse
( )6. The _____ has two______.
A. boy; watch B. boy; watches C. boys; watch
( )7. The _____ are flying back to their country.
A. Germany B. Germanys C. Germans
( )8. The girl brushes her _____ every day before he goes to bed.
A. tooths B. teeth C. teeths
( )9.I saw many _____ in the street.
A. peoples B.people C.people’s
( )10.The green sweater is his _________.
A. brother B.brothers C.brother’s
三、选择填空
( )1. They come from different ______
A. country B. countries C. a country D. countrys
( )2. How many ______ do you see in the picture?
【photo的复数 radio的复数】A. tomatos B. tomatoes C. tomato D. the tomato
( )3. They are______.
A . woman teachers B. women teachers C. women teacher
D. woman teacher
( )4. Would you like _______ ,please?
A. two glass of water B. two glasses of water C. two glass of waters D. two glasses of waters
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