英语“许多”用法及表达

8. The number of people invited __fifty, but a number of them __ absent for different reasons. A. were; was B. was; was C. were; were D. was; were 9. As a result of destroying the forests,a large __________ of desert __________ covered the land. A. quantity; have B. quantity; has C. number; have D. number; has 10. There is __________ coal in this area. A. a great deal B. a lots of C. quite a few D. a large amount of
可数不可数皆可（谓语动词随修饰的名词）：a (large) quantity of/quantities of(注：quantities of是个例外。无论其修饰可数不可数，谓语动词一 律用复数）；a lot of/lots of；plenty of; masses of;a pile of/piles of
修饰可数：a(good/large/many/great)number of/numbers of;many(注：a great many=a number of)
修饰不可数：much;a (great) deal of(+ 名词)(a great deal后加形容词）;a bit of（+名词）（a bit 后加形容词）;(an)(large)amount of/amounts of
5. a large quantity of和large quantities of后 既可接可数名词复数形式,也可接不可数名词, 谓语动词的单复数形式要根据quantity的单复 数形式来决定｡如: A large quantity of flowers has been planted in our school. 我们学校种了许多花｡(quantity是单数,故动词 用单数has) Large quantities of food were sent to the flooded areas. 大量的食物被送往了洪涝灾区｡(quantity是复 数,故动词用复数were)
• 注意 many/most与many of/most of的区别｡ many/most后直接接名词的复数形式,意义为“许 多……”;而many of/most of后要接定冠词the+名 词的复数形式,意义为“……中的许多”｡如: (1)There are 35 boys in our class. Most boys are from the countryside. 我们班共有35个男孩子,许多的男孩子都来自农村｡ (2)There are 35 boys in our class. Most of the boys are from the countryside. 我们班共有35个男孩子,这些男孩子中的许多都来 自农村｡
2. 只能修饰可数名词单数形式的有:many a,more than one,其后的谓语动词用单数形式｡ 如: Many a student likes watching basketball games. 许多学生都喜欢观看篮球比赛｡ 试对比: Many students like watching basketball games. (汉语意思一样,名词student与动词like 的形式不一样) More than one student in our class likes collecting stamps. 我们班不止一个(许多)学生喜欢集邮｡
英语许多英语许多英语许多英语许多2020423英语中的许多英语中许多的表达法有很多其中有的只能修饰可数名词有的只能修饰不可数名词有的既可修饰可数名词又可修饰不可数名词?2020423修饰可数
英语“许多”
英语中的“许多”
英语中“许多”的表达法有很多,其中有 的只能修饰可数名词,有的只能修饰不可 数名词,有的既可修饰可数名词,又可修饰 不可数名词｡
1. 只能修饰可数名词复数形式的有:many,a great/good many,quite a few,a(large)number of,large numbers of,most等,其后的谓语动词要用 复数形式｡如: A large number of houses were destroyed in the earthquake. 在地震中许多的房屋被摧毁了｡ A great many people lost their lives in the accident. 许多人在车祸中丧身｡
• 注意 a number of 与the number of的区别｡ a number of后接名词的复数形式,其后接动词的复 数形式,意义为“许多……,一些……”; the number of后接名词的复数形式,其后接动词的 单数形式,意义为“……的数量”｡如: A number of the passengers are from the USA. 许多旅客都来自美国｡ The number of the passengers is 20. 旅客的数量是20｡
• 4. 既可修饰可数名词,又可修饰不可数名词的 有:plenty of,a lot of,lots of,a mass of,masses of等,谓语动词的单复数形式根据它 们后面所own down last night. Plenty of food was left for the next two weeks. 未来两个星期的食物足够了｡
5. After the new technique was introduced,the factory produced _____tractors in 2007 as the year before. A. as twice many B. as many twice C. twice as many D. twice many as 6. _____people can write with the left hand. A. Not many a B. Many not C. Not many D. Not more than one 7. It is impossible for so ___workers to do so ___work in a single day. A. few; much B. few; many C. little; much D. little; many
3. 只能修饰不可数名词的有:much, quite a little, a great deal of, a large amount of, amounts of等,其 后的谓语动词用单数形式｡如: Every day my daughter has quite a little homework to do. 我女儿每天都有许多家庭作业要做｡ ★注意 a great deal of和a great deal的区别｡ a great deal of后接不可数名词,其意义为“许多”; a great deal是副词短语,修饰动词,其意义为“十分, 非常”｡如: A great deal of work was done by the children in the park. Thanks a great deal.
●巩固练习● 1.__________student failed in the test. A. Many B. Many a C. Quite a little D. A large quantity of 2.__________ money has been spent on the environmental protection. A. A great deal B. A great deal of C. A lot D. Quite a few 3. A large quantity of patients __________ sent to the hospital at once. A. have been B. has C. were D. was 4. __________ the people are against going to Sydney,so they have to give it up. A. Most of B. A large number of C. The number of D. Many