单元测试卷丨学科知识同步丨期中期末卷等
1. 我们是法国人,他们是德国人。
误:We are Frenchmen, and they are Germen.
正:We are Frenchmen, and they are Germans.
析:Frenchman(法国人)其复数形式是Frenchmen,而German(德国人)的复数形式是Germans。
2.王教授给我提了一些好建议。
误:Professor Wang gave me some good advices.
正:Professor Wang gave me some good advice.
析:advice是不可数名词,不可在其后加s变为复数,也不可在其前面用不定冠词an。如说“一项建议”,可说a piece of advice.
注意:help虽然无复数形式,但常见有不定冠词。如:Computer is a great help in research.
3. 我们学校有九百多孩子。
误:There are more than nine hundreds students in our school.
正:There are more than nine hundred students in our school.
析:dozen,hundred, thousand等词前面有数词表示明确具体的数目时,后面不管有没有of都不用复数形式。如:
I have collected over three hundred Chinese stamps since I came here.
4. 昨天她买了几十个鸡蛋。
误:She bought dozen of eggs yesterday.
正:She bought dozens of eggs yesterday.
析:当dozen, hundred, thousand等词的前面没有数词,表示笼统的数目时,则用复数形式,后面接of,如:
Thousands of years ago, the kings of Egypt built strong tombs for themselves.
5. 她长着棕色头发,蓝眼睛。
误:She has brown hairs and blue eyes.
正:She has brown hair and blue eyes.
析:hair作“毛发”总称,是集体名词,用作单数。但是,当hair被看成是“毛发”总体的每一根的个体时,则是可数名词,有单数复数之分。比较:
My mother has grey hair
我母亲满头白发。(头上全是白发,没有黑发)
My mother has grey hairs.
我母亲有些白发。(头发绝大多数是黑的,只有少数白发)