文档介绍：语法知识点(一)
名词Noun
名词分类
mon noun)与专有名词(proper noun)
普通名词:
个体名词(individual noun):
表示人或物体中可以数清的单个体。如:student, pen, bird, etc.
集体名词(collective noun):
表示一类物的集合体,用法与不可数名词相同。如:
equipment, furniture, poetry, machinery, clothing, weaponry, jewelry (jewellry)
表示一群人/物的集合物。如:
people, police, cattle, poultry, crew, ,谓语动词用复数。如The police are looking for him.
family, class, union, team, youth, staff等等。这些集体名词看作单数或复数,要根据语境来判断。
物质名词(material noun)
就是分到不能再往下分的物质… water, soil, honey, dew….
抽象名词(abstract noun)
表示品质、感情、行为、状态等抽象概念。Love, arrogance, information…
专有名词:
表示个人、国家、地方、机构、组织等所专有的名称,首字母大写。
例:China, Los Angeles, William Shakespeare, the Great Wall…
* 注意的点:
-Family
指家庭,强调整体时,可做单数,谓语动词用单数: He was born in an extended family.
指家庭成员,强调个体时,做复数:All my family enjoy skiing. / My family are early risers.
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实际判断时,集体名词注意前后一致
The team is famous for its long history.
He has joined the football team who are all famous footballers.
His staff were good.
The jet crashed soon after takeoff and all passengers and crew were killed.
可数名词(countable noun)与不可数名词(uncountable noun)
可数名词:
有单复数形式,前面一般加上冠词或者表示数量的词。
不可数名词:
-前面的数量修饰语有限制, 比如much, little..
-六种常见不可数名词
& 流体和气体 air, oil, perfume, smoke, water…
& 集体名词,翻回前面看看
& 抽象概念,information, knowledge..
& 疾病:这类的词,虽然加了s, 但却是不可数的。Diabetes, tuberculosis..
& 学科:也加了s, 常常不可数。Politics, physics, st