
一、名词的数
名词单数变复数具体规则如下:
1).规则变化
①一般在名词后加.
如boy→pen→等。
②以s, x, sh,ch结尾的,在后面加.
如class→,但stomach的复数为.
③"以辅音字母+y"结尾的,y变为,然后再加.
如baby→
④以f或fe结尾的名词把f或fe改为, 再加es.
如knife leaf wolf
⑤以o结尾的名词,有生命在后面加es,无生命是在后面直接加s.
如photo zoo radio piano
tomato potato hero
2).不规则变化
①a-e man woman
child mouse
②单复数相同鱼鹿绵羊fish deer sheep Japanese Chinese
③oo-ee 鹅的脚和牙齿 goose foot tooth
有些名词形式上是单数,实为复数,称为复数名词,如:people, police
④表示某国人中日不变英法变,其余加s
由-man和-woman构成的合成词
如:policeman Englishman Englishwoman但German不是合成词,故复数形式为
另外被man 或woman 修饰的名词变复数时,两个名词都要变。
a man doctor →two men doctors a woman teacher→some women teachers
但: apple tree→a pple trees
二、名词的格
1)表示有生命的东西(人或动物)的名词所有格一般在名词后加.
如:my father's study
以s或es结尾的复数名词的所有格只在名词后加
如:the teachers' reading room
不以s结尾的复数名词的所有格要加's.
如:the women's shoes
如果一样东西为两人共有,则只在后一个名词的后面加's。
如果不是共有的,则两个名词之后都要加's .
如:Jane and Helen's roomBill's and Tom's radios
2)表示无生命的东西,一般用of+名词的结构。如: a map of China
3)双重所有格: a friend of my father’s
a friend of mine
练习
一、写出下列名词的复数形式。
.watch _________ strawberry ________ child _________thief _____________photo _______
girl ________student________ diary ________ man ________doctor________ day__________ woman nurse________ foot________ pear tree__________ book_________ peach________ dress __________ box____________tooth_________ baby__________deer_________ German__________
二、按要求改写下列句子。
1. There is an orange tree in the garden.(改为复数句)
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2. She is a good teacher. (改为复数句)
___________________________________________________
3. I have some interesting story books. (改为单数句)
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4. There are some women teachers over there. (改为单数句)
____________________________________________________
5. -What is it? -It's a box. (改为复数句)
_____________________________________________________
三、单项选择。
( ) 1. Mr. Smith is _______father. They are twin sisters.
A. Mary’s and John's
B. Mary's and John
C. Mary and John's
( ) 2. She needs ___________________.
A. a glass water
B. two glasses of water
C. two glasses of waters
( ) 3. There are five______ in our school.
A. woman teacher B woman teachers C. women teachers
( ) 4. There are many _______ in the fridge. A. food B. bread C. vegetables ( ) 5. I'm thirsty. I think I'll buy some______. A. water B. eggs C. cakes ( ) 6.John bought ___ for himself yesterday. A. two pairs of shoes B. two pair of shoe
C. two pair of shoes
D. two pairs shoe
( )7. -What would you like to have for lunch, sir? -I'd like____. !
A. chicken
B. a chicken
C. chickens
D. the chicken
( ) 8. There are five ___in our factory.
A. woman driver
B. women driver
C. woman drivers
D. women drivers( )9. The post office is a bit far from here. It's about_____.
A. thirty minutes's walk
B. thirty minute's walk
C. thirty minutes' walk
D. thirty minutes walk ( ) 10. _____ turn yellow in autumn.
A. Leaf
B. Leaves
C. Leave
D. Leafs
( ) 11. Will you please show me the way to the _____ shop?
A. shoe
B. shoes'
C. shoes
D. shoe's
( ) 12.There _____ some water in the cup. A am B is C are D be
( )13. His family _____ a happy one. A. be B. are C. is D. was
( ) 14. I met two _____ in the street yesterday morning.
A. German
B. Australian
C. American
D. Japanese
( )15 She is a friend of _________.
A my mother’s
B my mother
C mother
D my mothers’
( ) 16There is going to ______ a football match. A is B are C be D have
( )17 There _____ a pen and two books on the table. A is B are C be D have ( ) 18 I have ______ good friends. A much B many C a D an
( ) 19 She has too _______ coffee. A much B many C a D an
( ) 20 I have ______ English books. I like them very much.
A a little
B little
C a few
D few
( ) 21 They have _______ money, so they can’t go to school.
A a little
B little
C a few
D few
四、用所给单词的正确形式填空。
1. How many________(sheep) are there on the hill?
2. There is some________(food) in the basket.
3. The baby has only two________(tooth) now.
4. There is a lot of________(water) in the bottle.
5. There are five________(people ) in his family.
6. Let's take________(photo), OK?
7. I have lots of________(tomato) here.
8. The________(leaf) on the tree turn yellow.
9. Their________(dictionary) look new.
11. There are many________(fox) in the picture.
12. They have five big ________(fish).
13.Would you like some ________(tomato)?
14. Jim has some ____________(knife).
15. The girl under the tree is a friend of _______(Lucy).
