高中英语“许多、大量“用法的总结归纳

高中英语“许多、大量“用法的总结归纳
英语中“许多、大量”的总结归纳
在初高中英语中经常出现的“许多、大量”，主要有如下若干：
一.修饰可数名词：
1)修饰可数名词复数，作主语时，谓语动词用复数
many，a great／good many，a great／large／small number of，scores of，dozens of，quite a few。

eg: A number of students are planting trees on the hill.
She bought dozens of eggs yesterday morning．
2)Many a／an,也表“很/许多的”+可名单，谓动用单数。

Many a young man wants to speak English．
3) the number of…，表示“…的数目”’，谓动用单数。

The number of books missing from the school library is large．
二、修饰不可数名词：
1)much，a great／good deal of，a large／small amount of。

作主语，谓语动词用单数。

There is a great deal of snow on the ground．
A million dollars is a large amount of money to me．
2) the amount of．．．“……的数量”作主语，谓动用单。

The amount of money spent on the bridge was large．
1arge amounts of．．．“许多，大量”作主语，谓动复。

Large amounts of money were spent on the bridge．
三、修饰可/不可数名词均可：
1)a lot of，lots of，plenty of，a great／1arge／small quantity of，作主语时，谓语动词的数要和名词的数相一致。

A lot of／Lots of people可数went swimming yesterday．
A lot of／Lots of work不可数is to be done this week．
There is plenty of time不可数．
Plenty of students可数have come.
2) a lot.
@用作n，表示“很多，多数”。

He knew a lot about it.
@用作adv，修饰adj.和v，表示“非常，相当”。

He is feeling a lot better today．She laughed a lot．她笑得很厉害。

3)注意a quantity of的谓语动词。

+不n,谓动单；+可n复，谓动复。

（即修饰不可数名词，谓语动词用单数；修饰可数名词复数，谓语动词用复数）
A small quantity of water is needed．There are a large quantity of flowers in the garden．
4)great／large quantities of+。

+不n/+可n复，谓动都复。

Large quantities of food were on the table．。