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a meter, two meters 以O結尾的詞,許多加es構成復數(shù),特別是一些常用詞如:heroes,potatoes,tomatoes,echoes,tornadoes,torpedoes,dominoes,vetoes,mosquitoes,Negroes,mangoes,buffaloes,volcanoes但下面幾類詞只加s:“元音+o”或“oo”結尾的詞如:videos,radios,studios,folios,oratorios,embryos,zoos,bamboos,kangaroos,taboos,特別是音樂方面的詞,如:pianos,solos,concertos,tobaccos,mottos,cellos ,如:kilos,photos,memos,micros,Eskimos,Filipnos 有個別詞加兩種詞尾都可以,如:archipelago(e)s,halo(e)s,cargoes(英),cargos(美)名詞由單數(shù)變成復數(shù)的練習寫出下列名詞復數(shù)leaf______ puppy_______ box_______ knife_______ fly______ fox______ bus______ bench_____ brush_____ kiss______ church______ dish_____ ruler______ peach________ glass_____ pencil________ boy______ zoo______ man______ roof_______ sheep_______ knife______ lady______ key______ story______ watch______ bamboo______ city______ family______ day_____ apple_______ eraser______ speech______ thief______ mouse______ fish_____ goose____ people ______ ox_____ Chinese _______ deer _______ foot______ child_______ tooth_______ guy________ hero_______ spy______ boss_____ monkey______ city ______ goat ______ radio ________ horse ______ dog ______ 用所給的單詞的復數(shù)的正確形式填空:1There are so many________(wolf)in the There are three ______(chair)in the These _______(tomato)are ______(hero)are My brother looks after two ______(baby)6There are some ______(deer)eating the My father likes to eat _______(potato).8Chinese ______(people)like to eat I have a lot of ______(toy)in my I help my mother wash ______(dish)in the I have two ______(pencilbox).12There are some ______(bus)in the Peter has eight _____(foot).14Linda has three _______(tooth).15There are some ______(child)in the Michael likes the ______(mouse).17There are some ______(goose)in the My uncle and father are _____(man).19Tom and King are _____(boy).20Linda has three ______(tooth).選出正確形式1.I can see three ________ in the monkeysB monkeysC monkey pig has four two brothers are both are four ___________ in the can see ten _____ in the _____ has , watches, watch, watches an you see _______on the plate? girl often brushes her_____ before she goes to Black often drink some are some _____ on the will learn will show us some new ____ of drank two of orange of orange of oranges cat eats two ______ last need a pen and some 16 Jim was late for two classes this said that he forgot both of the number number ’s number numbers newlybuilt library is a ______ storeys’s storeys’ umbrella is it?It’s else’s else ’s else’s’s else feel terribly hot, What’s the _____? of room’s temperature temperature of room’s will make a trip around the world during the ing Evens Evens’ Evenses Evenses’ girl talking to Mary is a friend of ’s sister sister’s ’s sister’s of Mary’s woman over there is ______ and Shelley’s ’s and Shelley’s and Shelley’s and Shelley is very needs night rest rest night night’s rest rest of night24.Excuse me,where are _______ offices?Over there. A. teacher’s B. teachers’ C. the teacher’s D. the teachers’25. Today is September ’s_____ ’s go and buy some flowers for our ’ Teachers’ ’s。two pairs of trousers二十、另外還有一些名詞,其復數(shù)形式有時可表示特別意思,例:goods貨物,waters水域,fishes(各種)魚二十一、除人民幣元、角、分外,美元、英鎊、法郎等都有復數(shù)形式。suit(套)。maidservant→maidservants stepson→stepsons晚子。wages工資十八、pound nouns,這類復數(shù)詞是以主要的名詞來表示例:daughterinlaw→daughtersinlaw 媳婦。spectacles眼鏡。shorts短褲。clothes。sugar。news。furniture家具。film。trout 鱒魚 十六、一些名詞雖分單數(shù)、復數(shù),但出現(xiàn)次數(shù)多的總是單數(shù)詞例:abscence。sheep。fish。radius→radii 半徑 tooth→teeth。parenthesis→parentheses 圓括號。medium→media/mediums媒介。louse→lice虱子。formula→formulae/formulas公式。datum→data數(shù)據(jù)。brother→brethren 十四、一些單數(shù)詞得改頭換面一番,才能變成復數(shù)詞例:analysis→analyses分析。ox→oxen 十三、一些單數(shù)詞得加en才能變成復數(shù)詞: 例:ox→oxen。child→children。例:man→men。salmon→salmon十二、極少數(shù)單詞,其復數(shù)形式?jīng)]有任何規(guī)律。cattle→cattle。例:fish→fish。hydra→hydrae十一、部分單詞的復數(shù)形式不變。ala→alae。例:larva→larvae。vacuum→vacua十、以a結尾的名詞,在該詞末尾加上后輟e。aquarium→aquaria。例:forum→fora。appendix→appendices 反例:affix→affixes九、以um結尾的名詞,將um改變?yōu)閍。directrix→directrices。讀音變化:尾音[iks]改讀[isi:z]。hypothesis→hypotheses。basis→bases。讀音變化:尾音[is]改讀[i:z]。cactus→cacti。abacus→abaci。讀音變化:尾音[Es]改讀[ai],其中[kEs]要改讀為[sai],[gEs]要改讀為[dVai]。staff→sta