李國(guó)勤
名詞的概念在不同的語(yǔ)法教科書中有不同的解釋和分類方法,但就實(shí)際應(yīng)用來(lái)講還是不要過(guò)分地追求其理論概念,而更多的要把注意力放在其應(yīng)用上來(lái)。我們不妨把它分為兩大類:專有名詞與普通名詞。顧名思義,專有名詞是指:個(gè)人、事物、機(jī)關(guān)等所專有的名稱,如,the Great Wall, America等,它們是不能隨意變動(dòng)的。而普通名詞中則包括個(gè)體名詞,如pen, worker等,它表示單一的個(gè)體人或事物;集體名詞,如:family, class, team等,它表示的是由若干個(gè)個(gè)體組成的集合體;物質(zhì)名詞,如:water, paper等,它表示的是一種物質(zhì),原材料;而后一種是抽象名詞,如:work, time等,它表示著一種在實(shí)際生活中看不見(jiàn)、摸不到,但卻與實(shí)際生活緊密相關(guān)的某些動(dòng)作、狀態(tài)、品質(zhì)的抽象概念。
一、名詞種類
專有名詞:London, John, the Communist Party of China…
普通名詞: nurse, boy, worker, pencil, dog, table…
集體名詞: class, family, army, police, team, people…
物質(zhì)名詞: water, steel, glass, cotton, wood, sand…
抽象名詞: happiness, love, work, life, courage, honest…
二、名詞功用
作主語(yǔ): My family are now in New York.
作表語(yǔ): His father is a scientist.
作賓語(yǔ): We love our great motherland.
作賓語(yǔ)補(bǔ)足語(yǔ): He made London the base for his work.
作定語(yǔ): The girls are making paper flowers.
作狀語(yǔ): The car cost him 1000 dollars.
作同位語(yǔ): Mr. Brown, a famous scientist, will come here.
名詞在使用中的難點(diǎn)在于名詞的數(shù),即可數(shù)名詞與不可數(shù)名詞的實(shí)際應(yīng)用。不可數(shù)名詞不能用數(shù)字計(jì)算,所以它通常只有單數(shù)形式。它包含有專有名詞、物質(zhì)名詞、抽象名詞等,如:English, air, water, cotton, work……可數(shù)名詞是可以用數(shù)量加以計(jì)算的名詞,所以它具有單數(shù)形式和復(fù)數(shù)形式兩種。
可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)形式的構(gòu)成規(guī)律是:
1. 一般情況加s,如:pen—pens, doctor—doctors, boy—boys,其讀音規(guī)則是在清輔音后讀[s],在元音和濁輔音后讀[z]。如:map—maps, boy—boys。
2. 在以s, sh, ch, x結(jié)尾的名詞后面加es,如:bus—buses, class—classes,其讀音為[iz]。
3. 以ce, se, ze, (d)ge結(jié)尾的名詞加s,其讀音為[iz]。如:piece—pieces, sneeze—sneezes, college—colleges。
4. 以輔音字母加y結(jié)尾的名詞,要將y變?yōu)閕再加es,讀作[z],如:factory—factories, country—countries, family—families。但要注意的是以元音字母加y結(jié)尾的名詞的復(fù)數(shù)形式只加s,如:boy—boys, day—days。
5. 以o結(jié)尾的名詞的復(fù)數(shù)形式一般要加es,但如果o前面是元音字母或外來(lái)詞,縮寫詞以o結(jié)尾的則只加s,如:tomato—tomatoes, hero—heroes; photo—photos, radio—radios, piano—pianos。
6. 以f或fe結(jié)尾的名詞的復(fù)數(shù)形式要將f或fe變?yōu)関再加es,如:knife—knives, leaf—leaves, 但有些例外的詞如roof的復(fù)數(shù)形式是roofs。
7. 不規(guī)則名詞的復(fù)數(shù)形式是要單個(gè)記憶的,它沒(méi)有規(guī)律可循,如:man—men, woman—women, child—children, foot—feet, tooth—teeth, mouse—mice。
8. 單復(fù)數(shù)同形的名詞有:fish, sheep, deer…
9. 單數(shù)形式但其意義為復(fù)數(shù)的名詞有:people, police等。
名詞還有格的變化,其主格可作主語(yǔ),賓格可作賓語(yǔ)。還有所有格,用來(lái)表示人或物的所有,以及所屬關(guān)系。表示有生命的名詞的所有格其單數(shù)形式是加s,其復(fù)數(shù)形式是s,如其結(jié)尾不是s的復(fù)數(shù)形式仍加s,如:a students room, students rooms, Childrens Day。在表示時(shí)間、距離、世界、國(guó)家……名詞的所有格要用s,如:a twenty minutes walk。但無(wú)生命名詞的所有格則必須用of結(jié)構(gòu),如:the capital of our country, the colour of the flowers。
【小試牛刀】
1. Lucy and Lily ____ in the same class.
A. am B. is C. are D. be
2. Which is the ___(dá)_ to the bus stop, please?
A. road B. way C. street D. address
3. Hurry up! There is ____ time left.
A. little B. a little C. few D. a few
4. How many ____(dá) can you see in the picture?
A. tomatos B. tomatoes C. tomato D. the tomato
5. “____(dá) is the meat, please?” “Ten yuan a kilo.”
A. How much B. How many C. How old D. How long
6. The boys name is James Allen Green. So his given name is ____.
A. James Allen B. Allen Green C. James Green D. Mr. Green
7. Shanghai is one of the biggest ____(dá) in our country.
A. city B. citys C. citys D. cities
8. Would you please pass me ____?
A. two paper B. two papers C. two pieces of paper D. two pieces of papers
9. I only have ____ bread for lunch today.
A. a bit B. a bit of C. little D. few
10. “What would you like, Ann?” “Id like two ____.”
A. glass of milk B. glasses of milk C. glass of milks D. glasses of milks
11. There isnt __(dá)__ paper in the box. Will you go and get ____ for me?
A. any; some B. any; any C. some; some D. some; any
12. These foreign friends are ____.
A. German B. Germen C. Germany D. Germans
13. All the students are busy, so ____ of them will go to the cinema.
A. many B. little C. a few D. few
14. There are three ____(dá) and seven __(dá)__ in the picture.
A. deers; sheeps B. deers; sheep C. deer; sheep D. deer; sheeps
15. “Whose room is this?” “Its ____.”
A. my B. Kikes and Johns C. our D. Kike and Johns
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