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名词的数 可数名词: 英语名词单数变复数主要有以下规则: 一、绝大多数的可数名词的复数形式,是在该词末尾加上后辍-s。 读音变化:结尾是清辅音读[s],结尾是浊辅音或元音读[z]。 例:friend→friends; cat→cats; style→styles; sport→sports; piece→pieces 二、凡是以s、z、x、ch、sh结尾的词,在该词末尾加上后辍-es构成复数。 读音变化:统一加读[iz]。 例:bus→buses; quiz→quizzes; fox→foxes; match→matches; flash→flashes box →boxes; watch →watches; actress →actresses; class →classes; coach(长途车) →coaches; dress →dresses; sandwich →sandwiches; toothbrush →toothbrushes; waitress(女侍者) →waitresses 三、以辅音字母+y结尾的名词,将y改变为i,再加-es。 读音变化:加读[z]。 例:candy→candies; daisy(雏菊)→daisies; fairy→fairies; lady→ladies; story→stories strawberry →strawberries; baby →babies; puppy →puppies; library →libraries; dictionary →dictionaries; cherry →cherries; activity →activities 四、以-o结尾的名词,如果不是外来词或缩写,就加-es,否则加-s构成复数。( 有生命的加es,无生命的加s) 读音变化:加读[z]。 例:tomato→tomatoes; potato→potatoes;hero—heroes 反例:; piano→pianos(外来词); photo→photos; radio—radios zoo—zoos Kangaroo—kangaroos(袋鼠) 五、以-f或-fe结尾的名词,多为将-f或-fe改变为-ves,但有例外。 读音变化:尾音[f]改读[vz]。 例:leaf→leaves ,half---halves,self—selves,wife—wives ,knife→knives; wolf—wolves,shelf—shelves,thief—thieves,life→lives; (staff(员工)→staves; scarf(围巾)→scarves ) 目前搜集的直接加s:roof-roofs, belief-beliefs,gulf(海湾)-gulfs, serf(农奴)-serfs, safe-safes,chief(负责人)-chiefs 这几个可变可不变: scarf-scarfs,handkerchief- handkerchiefs 部分单词的复数形式不变。 读音变化:保持原音。 例:fish→fish; sheep→sheep; deer→deer; Chinese—Chinese, Japanese—Japanese 六、极少数单词,其复数形式没有任何规律。 名词变复数不规则的有: 例:man→men; woman→women; child→children; foot →feet; foot--feet ,mouse →mice; tooth →teeth, goose →geese; 七、compound nouns,这类复数词是以主要的名词来表示 例:daughter-in-law→daughters-in-law 媳妇; father-in-law→fathers-in-law岳父 tep-son→step-sons继子; son-in-law→sons-in-law 女婿 八、以man或woman为前缀的名词变复数时,前后两个名词都变成复数。例如:woman doctor→women doctors, man waiter→men waiters. 练习题: 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? 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 5. Most of ______ live in _______. A. Germans, German B. German, Germen C. Germen, Germany D. Germans, Germany 6. There are some ______ in these _______. A.knifes…pencil-boxes B.knives…pencils-box C.knives…pencil-box D.knives…pencils-boxes 7. ______ like ______ by air. A. Greens, travelling B. The Green, traveling C. The Greens, travel D. The Greens, traveling 8. I wonder why ______ are interested in action films(武打片). A. the people B. people C. peoples D. the peoples 9. There is no ______ in the plate. A. apples B. oranges C. rice D. eggs 10. – would you like something to drink, Tara? -Yes, I’d like some A. sandwiches B. hot dogs C. water D. bread 11.The little baby has two already. A.tooth B. tooths C. teeth D. teeths 12.Help yourself to . A. some chickens B. a chicken C. some chicken D. any chicken 本文来源:https://www.dywdw.cn/33ecee454835eefdc8d376eeaeaad1f3469311cc.html