名词的数易错题集锦

名词的数易错题集锦

1 当一个名词作定语修饰另一个名词时，作定语的名词通常用单数形式。如：shoe factory (鞋厂),post office(邮局),evening paper (晚报),night school (夜校),head master (校长),a law school (法律学院)。但是woman, man 除外。

［误］What are the woman teachers doing?

［正］What are the women teachers doing?

2 people是复数名词，不可用作单数，如要用来讲一个人时应用a person, a man, a woman。同样的词有police.要讲一个警察时则要用a policeman, a policewoman。

［误］There is a people in the room.

［正］There is a person in the room.

［正］There is a man in the room.

3 表示不可数名词的数量时，当数目超过1时，量词要变复数。误：I want to buy two bottle of milk for my son.

正：I want to buy two bottles of milk for my son.

4 英语中glasses—眼镜，shoes—鞋，trousers—裤子等由两部分组成的名词一般要用复数形式。如果要表示一副眼镜应用a pair of glasses 而这时的谓语动词应与量词相一致。如：This pair of glasses is very good.

［误］My glasses is broken.

［正］My glasses are broken.

［误］I want to buy two shoes.

［正］I want to buy two pairs of shoes.

5 以o结尾的名词大都是用加es来表示其复数形式，但如果o前面是一个元音字母或外来语时则只加s就可以了。这样的词有zoo—zoos, piano—pianos.

［误］May I borrow two radioes?

［正］May I borrow two radios?

6 集合名词如果指某个集合的整体，则应视为单数，如指某个集合体中的个体则应视为复数。如:My family is a big family. When I came in, Tom's family were watching TV. 即汤姆一家人正在看电视。这样的集合名词有：family class, team等。

［误］Thank you very much. Y our family is very kind to me.

［正］Thank you very much. Y our family are very kind to me.

［误］Tom's and Mary's family are waiting for us.

［正］Tom's and Mary's families are waiting for us.

［误］I'm sorry. I have to go. Tom's families are waiting for me.

［正］I'm sorry. I have to go. Tom's family are waiting for me.

7 英语中有些名词单复同形，如：fish, deer, sheep, Chinese (中国人), means (方法)。所以应讲one fish, two fish, one Chinese, two Chinese. 如果讲There are five fishes in the pool.应译为池中有五种鱼而不是五条鱼。

［误］My mother bought two fishes for supper this morning.

［正］My mother bought two fish for supper this morning.

8 英语中有些名词只有复数形式，如：thanks, greens，而有些词单数形式与复数形式有不同的词意。如:clothes 为衣服，而cloth则是布，sand沙子，而sands是沙滩。

［误］Mary expressed her thank to her boy friend.

［正］Mary expressed her thanks to her boy friend.

9 虽以s结尾但只能用作单数名词有：科学、学科名字：Physics. Mathematics politics游戏名称：bowls 专有名称：Niagara Falls(尼亚加拉瀑布) 其他名词：news(消息，新闻)

［误］Physics are very difficult to learn.

［正］Physics is very difficult to learn.