哪些名词常用复数.
哪些名词常用复数?
黎平县中潮中学胡承永
总的来说,表示那些经常以成双成对或者是以多数形式出现的事物名称的词,常用复数形式。它们又可分为两种:
1、总是用复数而几乎不用单数形式的名词。女口:clothes(衣服),trousers , pants
(裤子)、scissors (剪刀)‘glasses(眼镜),compasses (圆规),lungs (肺),thanks (谢意)等。这些名词如果用代词代替它们时也用复数形式,如:
A、Forest is the lungs of the earth..森林是地球之肺。
B、--- W here are my trousers?我的裤子在哪儿?
------ T hey are on the chair. 在椅子上。
C、T he scissors are sharp, you should use them carefully.剪刀很锋利,你得小心使用。
2、在多数情况下使用其复数形式的名词有:parents (父母),twins (孪生),eyes (眼
睛),ears (耳朵),shoes (鞋),boots (靴子),socks (短袜),stock in gs (长袜),shorts
(短裤)gloves (手套),works (工厂)等。如:
A、We see with the eyes, we hear with the ears.
B、Please show me your new shoes. How nice they are!
但是,这些名词如果表示商店、工厂等的名称时,却只用其单数形式,女如: shoe factory (鞋厂)、sock store (袜店)等。
要注意,并不是表示复数意义的名词全部都要用其复数形式,那些单复数形式相同
的名词,女口people, Chinese, Japanese , deer, fish, sheep等,表示单复数或复数意义时都用相同的形式。如:
A、There are three people in my family, father, mother and I .
B、-- H ow many sheep do you have? ------------ Over one hun dred .
C、T he chemical works has been moved away so as to protect the environment . 为了保护环M境,那家化工厂被迁走了。
练习:改正下列句子中的错误
1、I bought a pair of shoe in the new shoes shop yesterday.
2、Whose trousers is this ? It 'LiLei '
3、He drove the sheeps out of the wheat field.
4、You can draw a circle with a compass.
5、LiLy ' pare nt likes her very much.
6、We should protect our eye carefully.
答案:1、s hoe T shoes; shoes shop^ shoe shop
2、is this T are these; ItThey are / They 're
3、s heeps^ sheep
4、a compass T a pair of compasses
5、pare nt T pare nts; likes T like
6、e ye T eyes