dish → dishes box → boxes
3. 以"辅音字母+y"结尾的名词,要先将y改为i再加-es。如: city → cities body → bodies factory → factories
4. 以f 或fe 结尾的名词,要将f或fe改为v再加-es。如: leaf → leaves knife → knives wife → wives
5. 特例 [悄悄话:特例常常考,要记住。]
① child → children
② man → men woman → women
policeman → policemen
(规律:man → men)
③ tomato → tomatoes potato → potatoes
[悄悄话: 初中英语以o 结尾的名词变复数时只有这两个词加-es,其余的当然加-s喽!如:photo → photos ]
④ foot → feet tooth → teeth [悄悄话: oo变成ee。]
⑤ sheep, Chinese, Japanese单、复数同形 [悄悄话:变复数时词形不变。]
⑥ people单数形式表示复数意义,要求谓语动词用复数; people的复数形式peoples通常指"多个民族"。
(3)不可数名词
1. 不可数名词没有复数,当它作句子的主语时,谓语动词要用单数形式。
如:The food is very fresh. 食品很新鲜。
2. 有的不可数名词也可以作可数名词,有复数形式,但他们的意义往往发生变化。
如:water (水) → waters (水域) orange (橘汁) → oranges (橘子)
3. 很多的不可数名词表示泛指时为不可数,表示种类时就可数,但意义大多不发生变化。
如:fruit → fruits food → foods fish → fishes hair → hairs
用括号中所给词的正确形式填空
1.There are some ________(tomato)in the basket(篮子).
2.Do you like French ________(fry)?
3.The little(小) girl likes ________(strawberry)a lot.
4. Some __________(photo) are on the table.
5. Sandra Clark eats_________(egg) and __________ (bread) every day.
从各选项中选出最佳答案
1. Look! Some broccoli ____ on the plate(盘子), and the vegetables _____ in the basket(篮子).
A. are; is B. are; are C. is; are
2. Please take some ______ to your parents.