1、集体名词,表示一群人或物的名词叫集体(或集合)名词为便于弄清其特点，我们不妨把它们分为: 表示无生命的物的“类”和 表示主要是由人（有少数是低等动物）构成的“群”的集体名词,表示“类”的集体名词，常见的有 clothing furniture baggage/luggage jewelry traffic infomation produce scenery,它们指同一类的许多东西，其用法与不可数名词相当： 形式上总是单数，没有复数形式，作主语时，谓语用单数不可直接与a（n）或数词连用。表数量时用much，little，some，a piece of，an article of等。 如： Ea
2、ch room has five pieces of furniture. 每个房间有五件家具。Do you want to see my jewelry?It is in the box. 你想看我的珠宝吗？它在我的箱子里。,表示“群”的集体名词常见的有,people police crew 全体成员 cattle ktl 牛，牲口 poultry pultri 家禽 vermin v:min 害虫 （牲口家禽被害虫围攻，人们警察全员出动）上述词作主语时，谓语动词通常用复数。 如： The police are looking for him. 警察当局正在找他。,family class
3、team government crowd couple board group gang enemy audience public mankind humanity youth 上述部分的词把集体当作一个整体时，用作单数；若考虑构成这些集体的各个成员时，看作复数。 如： My family is a large one. 我家是个大家庭。 My family are all workers. 我的家人都是工人。,Nearly every family has a child. (家庭) All his family come to the party. （家人）Old people nee
4、ds more care. (老人这个群体) There are some old people in the park.,What will you do if you win a lot of money? If I win a lot of money Iwill buy you a mink coat.If we win a lot of money we will see the world.But if we spend all that money well be poor again.If we spend all the money we will try and win the football pools again.,
