1、 英语名词变复数的规则 一、名词：名词是所有事物的名称，包括人、物及抽象概念。名词分为普通名词和专有名词两大类。名词在句子中作主语，宾语或表语等。1普通名词 普通名词是某类人、事件、物体和抽象概念的名称。根据所指代物体的特征，普通名词又可分为以下四类：个体名词: 表示人或物体中可以数清的单个体。如：student（学生） 、pen（钢笔） 、 bird（鸟）等。B集体名词: （即集合名词）表示由个体组成的集合体。如：people（人民） 、police（警察） 、family（家庭）等C物质名词: 表示构成物体物质的不可数名词，或表示无法分为个体的物质的名词。如：water（水） 、air（空
2、气） 、wood（木头）等。D抽象名词 : 表示动作、状态、品质、情感等非具体化的抽象概念。如：work（工作） 、peace（和平） 、love（爱）等。2. 专有名词 : 专有名词是某些人、事物、机构、组织等特有的名称。主要包括：人名、地名、国名、党派名称等。如：Churchill（丘吉尔） 、Tokyo（东京） 、China（中国）等。二、可数名词和不可数名词。1) 可数名词: 一般来说个体名词和集体名词可以用数目来计算，称为可数名词。可数名词有单数和复数两种形式。例如: a book, two books, a student, three students, a family, ma
3、ny families。名词单数变复数变化如下：1词尾直接加 S 如： cat-cats bag-bags day-days2以 S, SH, CH, X 结尾的词加 ES 如：class-classes match-matches box- boxes dish - dishes3以辅音加 Y 结尾的词变 Y 为 I, 加 ES. 元音加 Y 结尾的词直接加 S,如: party-parties city-cities story-storiesboy- toys monkey- monkeys key- keys 等.4以 F 或 FE 结尾的词 , 变 F 或 FE 为 V, 加 ES,
4、如: wife - wives half- halves 注意特殊情况直接加“S” ，要逐个记 chiefs,handkerchiefs, roofs.5以辅音加 O 结尾的词常加 ES, 如: tomatoes, potatoes, heroes. 元音加 O 结尾直接加 S. 如:radios, zoos, pianos.特殊情况: photos6名词单数变复数特殊变化也要逐个记得如: man-men, woman-women, tooth-teeth, goose-geese, foot-feet, child-children, mouse-mice2) 不可数名词不可数名词不能用数字
5、计算包括物质名词( air, water 等)及抽象名词(advice, hate)等。所以它通常只有单数形式。如：English, air, water, cotton, work.不可数名词表示数量时，可以用量词来表达(量词有复数形式)其结构是数词+量词 +OF+名词。如：a bottle of water,two cups of tea,three pieces of paper注意事项：1不可数名词没有复数变化，不能用 A，AN，但可用 THE，或不用冠词，如：bread is the usual breakfast. 2虽然不可数名词没有复数变化，但量词超过一时要加复数。如：thre
6、e cups of coffee, five bottles of water3有量词修饰时注意名词是否可数，不可数时用单数，可数时用复数，如：ten bags of rice- ten baskets of eggs英语名词变复数的练习题1.He was eager to make some extra money, since during these years he could hardly live on his_. a little wage b. few wage c. wage d. wages2.Most of the houses in the village were b
7、urnt to _ during the war.a. an ash b. the ash c. ash d. ashes3.The students at colleges or universities are making _ for the coming New Year.a. many preparations b. much preparation c. preparations d. preparation4.Painting in _ is one of their spare-time activities.a. oil b. an oil c. oils d. the oi
8、l5.In the view of the foreign experts, there wasnt _ oil here.a. much b. lots of c. a great deal of d. many6.The large houses are being painted, but _.a. of great expense b. at a great expense c. in a lot of expenses d. by high expense7.The room was small and contained far too _.a.much new furniture
9、 c. much new furnituresb.many new furniture d. many new furnitures8.Jim was late for two classes this morning. He said that he forgot both of the _.a. rooms number b. room number c. rooms numbers d. room numbers9.Computers can do _ work in a short time, but a man can not do _ by himself.a great many
10、many c. mucha great dealb. a great deal ofmuch d. manya great many10.She didnt know _ he had been given.a. how many information c. how many informationsb. the number of information d. how much information11.He invited all of his _ to join his wedding party.a. comrade-in-arms c. comrades-in-armb. com
11、rades-in-arms d. comrade-in-arm12.All the _ in the hospital got a rise last month.a. women doctors c. woman doctorsb. women doctor d. woman doctor13.After ten years, all these youngsters became_.a. growns-ups c. growns-upb. grown-up d. grown-ups14.The police investigated those _ about the accident.a
12、. stander-by c. standers-byb. stander-bys d. standers-bys15.The Nazi kept those _ in their concentration camp.a.prisoner-of-wars c. prisoners-of-warb.prisoners-of-wars d. prisoner-of-war16.The manager was greatly appreciate that _ made by Linda lately.a. new reel b. news reel c. new-reels d. news re
13、els17.Marys dress is similar in appearance to her _.a. elder sister b. elder sisters c. elder sisters d. elder sisters dress18.All the people at the conference are _.a. mathematic teachers c. mathematics teacherb.mathematics teachers d. mathematics teachers19.Professor Mackay told us that _ of lead
14、are its softness and its resistance.a. some property c. propertiesb. some properties d. property20.Physics _ with matter and motion.a. deal b. deals c. dealing d. are21.He has written several books, but his last works _ well known among his friends.a. have b. have been c. is d. are22.After he checke
15、d up my _ heart, the doctor advised him to rest for a few days.a. father-in-laws c. fathers-in-lawb. father-in-law d. fathers-in-laws23.He told me _ would come to his birthday party.a. many Jack friends c. many Jacks friendb. Jacks many friends d. many friends of Jacks24.I had my hair cut at the _ a
16、round the corner.a.barber b. barbers c. barbers d. barbers25.Yesterday evening we had a lovely evening at _.a. Peter and Helens c. Peter and Helenb. Peter and Helens d. Peters and Helens26._ receives only a small portion of the total amount of the suns energy.a. The earths surface c. The surface of
17、earthb. The surface earth d. The earth surface27.Numerous materials are available to _.a. today of designers c. todays of designersb. todays designers d. today designers28.Why did you speak to Peter that way? Dont you know he is an old friend of _?a. my brother b. my brothers c. my brothers d. my br
18、others friend29._ is a well-informed man. He can tell you anything you want to know.a. This Johns old friend c. Thats Jahns old friendb. This old friend of John d. This old friend of Johns30._ is too much for a little boy to carry.a.A bikes weight c. The weight of a bikeb.The weights of a bike d. Bi
19、les weight31.Generally there are _ television programs for children on Saturday.a. little b. much c. a large number of d. a large amount of32.When they got to the lecture-room, there were _ left.a. only few seats b. a very few seats c. only a few seats d. so a few seats33._ travels faster when the z
20、ip code is indicated on the envelope.a. A little mail b. A piece of mail c. A mail d. A small mail34.The Department purchased _ to improve the working conditions there.a. a new equipment c. new equipmentsb. a new piece of equipment d. new pieces of equipments35.The boy tried hard but there has been
21、_ in his work.a. little improvement c. many improvementsb. a little improvement d. few improvements36.Todays modern TV cameras require _ light as compared with the earlier models.a. only a few b. only few c. only a little d. only little37.No country can afford to neglect _.a. an education b. educati
22、ons c. education d. the education 38.Please write the answers to the questions at the end of _.a. eighth chapter b. chapter eight c. eight chapter d. chapter the eight39._ is only surpassed by that of monkeys and apes.a. The intelligent dog c. The intelligence of dogsb. The dogs whose intelligence d
23、. The dogs being intelligent40.All _ must take the graduate Management Admission Test.a. business student b. businesss students c. business students d. businesss student41._ anywhere in the United States costs less than a dollar when you dial it yourself.a. Three minutes call c. A three-minutes call
24、b. Three-minute call d. A three-minute call42.The _ about nuclear energy revolves around the waste problem.a. publics chief concern c. chief public concernb. public chief concern d. chief concern of publics43._ the first and largest ethnic group to work on the construction of the transcontinental ra
25、ilroad.a. Chinese were b. The Chinese was c. Chinese was d. The Chinese were44._ can get a better view of the game than the participants.a. Looker-on b. Lookers-on c. Looker-ons c. Lookers-ons45.A group of spectators was dispersed by the police who _ at the scene of the accidents within minutes.a. w
26、ere b. have been c. was d. has been46.Our livestock _ not as numerous as they used to be.a. is b. are c. be d. been47.One of the most surprising things is that _ may come from petroleum.a. much of tomorrow food c. many of tomorrows foodb. much of the food of tomorrow d. much of tomorrows food48.Scot
27、t is an orphan but he received _.a. very good education c. a very good educationb. very good educations d. many good educations49.After several days hardworking, we have made _ on the design.a. much improvement c. many improvementb. several improvements d. some improvement50.The boy was very happy t
28、hat his mother bought him a new pair of shoes at a _ yesterday.a. shoes shop b. shoe shop c. shoess shop d. shoes51.Eggs, though nourishing, have _ of fat content.a. large number b. a large number c. a high amount d. the high amount52.He has done some _ on that subject from various angles over the p
29、ast ten years.a. research b. a research c. researches d. the researches53.Recently, he has lost all his _.a. wage and saving at card c. wages and saving at cardb. wages and savings at card d. wages and savings at cards54.The countrys wealth comes chiefly from its many _.a. herd of cattle b. heard of
30、 cattles c. herds of cattle d. herds of cattles55.In Britain the _ are all painted red.a. letter boxes b. letters box c. letters boxes d. letterss box56.Ten years had passed. I found she had _.a. a little white hair c. a few white hairb. some white hair d. much white hair57.All his _ far from satisf
31、actiona. conduct is b. conduct are c. conducts is d. conducts will be58.Although the town had been attacked by the storm several times, _ was done.a. a few damages b. few damages c. little damage d. a little damage59.He was _ what to do.a. at his wit end b. at his wits end c. at his wits end d. at h
32、is witss end60.Would you like to have a cup of tea and _ with me?a two toasts b. two pieces of toast c. two piece of toasts d. tow pieces of toasts61.Accurate _ covering the fact are not obtainable.a. datum b. datums c. data d. datas62.On Monday morning some teachers exchanged a few _.a. how-are-you
33、s c. how-are-yousb. of how-are-yous d. of how are you63.Albert said he met the girl _a. at his uncles Smith room c. at his uncle Smiths roomb. at Smiths his uncles room d. at the room of his uncles Smiths64.It is four months since I last saw Keats _.a. at Mrt Smiths ,the book seller c. at my aunts,
34、a book sellerb. at my aunts, Mrs Palmers d. at Mrs Palmers, the book sellers65.This room is _.a. the editors-in-chiefs office c. the editor-in-chiefs officeb. the editor-in-chief office d. the editors-in-chief office66.My old classmate, Comrade Sun ,works at _.a. a teacher college c. a teachers coll
35、egeb. a teacherss college d. a college of a teachers67.The policemen put the criminal _.a. in a iron b. into a iron c. in irons d. into a pair of iron68.Our teacher gave me _.a. an advice b. the advice c. many advice d. much advice69.My mother cut the cloth with _ scissors.a. a b. two c. a couple of
36、 d. a pair of70.My house is within _ from the railway station.a. a stones throw b. a throw of a stone c. stones throw d. the stones throwII.找出不可数名词，在横线上打勾，并将可数名词变成复数形式：homework _half _advice_money _knowledge _boot _blood _music _chicken _heat _mouth _bread _information _milk _cow _tear _III. 选择填空：1T
37、he deer has four _.A. foot B. feet C. feets D. foots2Her two brothers are both _.A. policeman B. policemans C. policemen D. policemens3There are four _ and two _ in the group.A. Japanese, Germen B. Japaneses, Germen C. Japanese, Germans4Two _ would come to the village.A. woman-doctors B. women docto
38、r C. women doctors D. woman doctors5Can you see nine _ in the picture?A. sheep B. dog C. pig D. horse6The _ has two _.A. boys, watches B. boy, watch C. boy, watches D. boys, watch7The boy often brushes his _ before he goes to bed.A. tooth B. tooths C. teeth D. teeths8The Japanese _ will not leave China until she finishes her study.A. woman B. women C. man D. men9There are lots of _ in the basket on the table.A. tomatos B. tomato C. tomatoes D. tomatoss10. The cat caught two _ last night.A. mouses B. mice C. mouse D. mices
