2011年成考高起點英語名詞復習二

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B、可數(shù)名詞的復數(shù)形式
    1、直接在詞尾加-s:如desks,maps,cats,pens cars,farms
    2、以-s,-x,-ch,sh結(jié)尾的詞加-es :glasses,classes,buses,boxes,foxes,watches,matches,brushes,dishes(例外:stomachs胃)
    3、以-O結(jié)尾的詞:
    Negroes,heres,potatoes,tomatoes(有生命的名詞加-es);
    photos,pianos,kilos,radios,zoos studios(無生命的名詞加-es)。
    4、輔音字母+y結(jié)尾的,把y變?yōu)閕再加es :
    city-cities,story-stories,baby-babies,dictionary-dictionaries,
    factory-factories,fly- flies,diary-diaries
    但是,元音字母+y——直接+s toy——toys
    5、以-f,-fe結(jié)尾的單詞,去掉f,-fe 再加ves:
    knife-knives,wife-wives,life-lives,wolf-wolves,
    thief-thieves,leaf-leaves
    例外:roof-roofs屋頂,belief-beliefs信仰,gulf-gulfs海灣
    safe-safes,handkerchief-handker chiefs手帕
    6、特殊變化:
    man-men,woman→woman,
    child→children,tooth→teeth,
    goose→geese鵝 foot→feet,
    mouse→mice,looker-on→lookers-on 旁觀者,
    passer-by→passers-by過路人,
    editor-in-chief→editors-in-chief總編輯,
    man-doctor→men doctors,
    woman-doctor→women doctors,
    fish,deer,Chinese,sheep單復數(shù)同形。