名詞是表示人、事物、地點、現象及其他抽象概念等名稱的詞。英語中的名詞有可數名詞和不可數名詞之分;有其所有格形式;在句子中通常作主語、賓語、賓語補足語、表語、定語等。
1.只修飾可數名詞的詞
①few很少;幾乎沒有。I have few friends here.我這兒幾乎沒有朋友。
②a few一些;有幾個。After a few tries they gave up.試過幾次之后他們就放棄了。
③quite a few相當多。Quite a few of the students were late。不少學生遲到了。
④several幾個;數個;至少三個。My brother has several toys at home.我哥哥有幾個玩具在家里。
⑤many許多;很多。There are many people in the park.公園里有許多人。
⑥a number of很多;若干。They found a number of wild animals in the forest.他們在森林里發(fā)現了很多野生動物。
2.只修飾不可數名詞的詞
①little很少;幾乎沒有。Hurry up.There is little time left.快點,幾乎沒有時間了。
②a little一些;少量。She can speak a little French.她會說一些法語。
③much許多。I have much housework to do on weekends.周末我有許多家務要做。
④a bit of一點兒;有點兒。He knows a bit of Russian.他懂點兒俄語。
⑤a great deal of很多。He has given me a great deal of help.他給了我很多幫助。
⑥a large/small amount of大量的/少量的。He has spent a large amount of money on his new house.他在新房子上花費了許多錢。
3.既可修飾可數名詞,又可修飾不可數名詞的詞
①some/any一些。I have some questions to ask you.我有一些問題要問你,
Is there any water in the river?河里有水嗎?
②a lot of/lots of很多。There are a lot of/lots of people in that room.那個房間里有許多人。
There's a lot of/lots of rice in the bag.那只口袋里有許多大米。
③plenty of充足的。There are plenty of eggs in the fridge.冰箱里有足夠的雞蛋。
He has plenty of money to buy the house.他有足夠的錢買那套房子。
④enough足夠的。There are enough glasses for all of us.有足夠的杯子供我們大家使用。
We have enough time to finish the work.我們有足夠的時間來完成這項工作。
⑤most多數;大部分。Most students have seen the TV play.多數學生看過那部電視劇。
Most rice was eaten by the man.大部分米飯被那個人吃了。
4.名詞的其他修飾語
名詞、形容詞、副詞、介詞短語、句子等都可以用作定語修飾名詞。
(1)名詞作定語修飾名詞。
a stone table一張石桌;a shoe factory一家鞋廠;a girl student一個女學生
注意:
名詞作定語修飾名詞通常用單數形式,man,woman作定語修飾單數名詞用單數,修飾復數名詞要用復數形式;sport作定語總是用復數形式。如:
a man teacher一位男教師;a woman singer一名女歌手;sports field運動場;sports shoes運動鞋;sports meeting運動會
They are women doctors.她們是女醫(yī)生。
(2)形容詞作定語修飾名詞。形容詞作定語修飾名詞位于名詞之前。
a beautiful park一個美麗的公園;an old man一位老人;a good film一部好電影
注意:
一些名詞由特定的形容詞修飾,不可張冠李戴。
①population人口。表示人口多用形容詞large修飾,表示人口少用形容詞small修飾,而不用many表示人口多,或little表示人口少。如:
Ten thousand years ago,the world's population was very small.一萬年前,世界上人口很少。
②people人;人們。表示人多用many,人少用few。如:
Many people took part in the sports meeting.許多人參加了運動會。
③wind風。形容風大用strong。如:
The strong wind blew away their most things.大風刮走了他們的大部分東西。
④rain雨;snow雪。形容雨、雪大用heavy。如:
It seems as if there will be a heavy rain soon.看來要下大雨了。
We couldn't see the road clearly because of the heavy snow.由于大雪我們看不清道路。
(3)副詞作定語修飾名詞。副詞作定語修飾名詞時,常將副詞置于名詞后。
the weather here這兒的天氣;the girls there那兒的那些女孩;the pictures below下面的圖畫;the questions above上面的問題
(4)介詞短語作定語修飾名詞。介詞短語作定語修飾名詞放在名詞之后。
the books on the desk課桌上的書;a man with thick glasses戴深度眼鏡的男子
(5)句子作定語修飾名詞。用一個句子作定語修飾名詞,這個句子被稱為定語從句,定語從句位于它所修飾的名詞之后。(詳見定語從句一章)
The person who is standing there is my uncle.站在那兒的那個人是我的叔叔。
【中考速遞】
1.[海南中考考題] There's little _____ left at home.Go and buy some,dear.
A.carrots B.potatoes C.rice
2.[黑龍江綏化中考考題] We can see many _____ on the hill in the picture.
A.sheeps B.sheep C.horse
3.[山東菏澤中考考題] My teacher gave me much _____ on how to study English well when I had some trouble.
A.advice B.question C.suggestion D.problem
【答案點撥】
1.答案:C 句意:家里沒有大米了,去買一些吧,親愛的。由空前的little可知這里用不可數名詞,故選C。
2.答案:B 句意:在畫中,我們能看到山上有許多綿羊。由空前的many可知這里用可數名詞復數形式,sheep單復數同形,故選B。
3.答案:A 句意:當我有困難時,我的老師給了我許多怎樣學好英語的建議。由空前的much可知這里用不可數名詞,四個選項只有advice是不可數名詞,故選A。
【語法專練 體驗中考】
1.[云南昆明考題] Each couple in China can have two _____ from January 1st ,2016.
A.boy B.girl C.children D.child
2.[黑龍江綏化考題] Our school has fifty-six _____ teachers.
A.woman B.women C.woman's
3.[廣西來賓考題] — There are many _____ about this farm.
— Yes,lots of _____ are planted on it.
A.photo;potato B.photos;potatos
C.photos;potatoes D.photoes;potatoes
4.[甘肅天水考題] There are many websites on the Internet and there _____ a lot of useful _____ on the websites.
A.are;informations B.are;information
C.is;information D.is;informations
5.[四川綿陽考題] He was born in Germany,but he has made China his _____.
A.family B.address C.house D.home
6.[重慶考題] It's sports time.Most _____ students in Class 1 are playing football on the playground.
A.boy B.boys C.boy's D.boys'
7.[新疆考題] This is _____ bedroom.It's tidy and nice.
A.Lily's and Lucy's B.Lily and Lucy's
C.Lily's and Lucy D.Lily and Lucy
8.[山東臨沂考題] I live near the station.It's only about five _____ walk.
A.minute's B.minute C.minutes' D.minutes
9.[甘肅武威考題] We have a _____ holiday every National Day.
A.3 days B.3-days
C.3-day D.3 day's
10.[甘肅蘭州考題] You paid ¥10 for _____ this morning.
A.4 bottle milks B.4 bottles of milk
C.4 bottles of milks D.4 milk
11.[湖南郴州考題] — _____ is coming.What can I get for my mother?
— What about a scarf?
A.Women's Day B.Woman's Day
C.Womens' Day
12.[湖南婁底考題] — Would you like some _____ for dinner?
— OK.
A.tomatos B.tomato C.tomatoes
13.[湖北黃石考題] — I'm told your class has 3 new comers.
— Yes.One is a _____,the other two are _____ .
A.Japan;Germany B.Japanese;German
C.Japanese;Germans D.Japanese;Germen
14.[貴州遵義考題] — Can I help you,madam?
— I want _____.
A.two boxes of apple B.two glass of water
C.two bowls of porridge
15.[寧夏考題] — Listen!Who is singing?
— It's Betty.She has a sweet _____.
A.sound B.voice C.noise D.speech
【答案速遞】
1.C 2.B 3.C 4.C 5.D 6.A 7.B 8.C 9.C 10.B 11.A 12.C 13.C 14.C 15.B