1、语法:,可数、不可数名词的用法,1.可数名词有单数、复数之分,如:mapmaps 不可数名词没有复数形式,只有单数形式。some water;a lot of bread 2.单数可数名词表示泛指时,前面要用不定冠词a(an);而不可数名词不能用a(an)。Li Hong is a driver. I am a teacher. We cant see milk on the table. 我们看不见桌上有牛奶。,友情提醒,在表示特指时,不可数名词和可数名词前都要用定冠词the, 如:Pass me the ball,please. 请把球传给我。 The chicken on the pla
2、te is yours.盘子里的鸡肉是你的。,3,可数名词表示复数意义时可用many, a few, few等词修饰。 many apples; a few pens 不可数名词则要用much、a little, little等词修饰。如:much meat ,a little bread注意:这两类名词都可以被 some、any、a lot of等修饰。如: some eggs / paper(纸) a lot of (lots of) knives / orange juice,4.可数名词前通常可用具体的数词来修饰。 ten babies, three women 不可数名词表示数量的多
3、少时,必须与表示数量的名词连用,即“数词+表示数量的名词+of+不可数名词”。 如:two glasses of milk 两杯牛奶 five pieces of bread 五片面包,5.可数名词作主语时,谓语动词的单、复数与主语的单、复数须保持一致。不可数名词作主语时,谓语动词只能用单数形式。There is some rice in the bowl.碗里有些米饭。 All the students are in the classroom.所有的学生都在教室里。 注意:如果不可数名词前有复数名词短语修饰时,谓语动词须用复数形式。如:There are two bags of rice
4、in the room.,6.对可数名词的数量提问用how many;对不可数名词的数量提问要用how much,但对不可数名词前表示数量名词中的修饰语提问时要用how many。 例: I can see two pictures on the wall. How many pictures can you see on the wall? There is a lot of pork in the basket. How much pork is there in the basket? I want three glasses of water. How many glasses of
5、water do you want?,7.有些名词有时是可数,有时是不可数 如:fish表示条数或数量时,可数,表示鱼肉时,不可数 There are three fish in the bowl. 鱼缸里有三条鱼。 There are three fishes in the bowl. 鱼缸里有三种鱼。 I like fish. 我喜欢鱼肉。(不可数n) Fish还可以做动词,表示钓鱼 Would you like go fishing with me? 你想和我去钓鱼吗?,8.有些集合名词也是可数名词,但不同的是,它们以单数形式出现,表示复数概念,如people,police,family等; 而有些可数名词本身就以复数形式出现,如clothes,glasses(眼镜)等; 有的可数名词单、复数形式相同,如Japanese,sheep,Chinese等。 eg:The Chinese people are hardworking and brave. I have one sheep. He has two sheep. 我有一只羊,他有两只羊,