可數(shù)名詞變復(fù)數(shù) - 四級語法

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??1)單數(shù)名詞加s: students, apples, bags, trees, books, brothers.?
    ??2)以s、x、sh、ch結(jié)尾的名詞加es: glasses, boxes, brushes, matches.?
    ??3)以輔音字母加y結(jié)尾的名詞,變y為i加es: cities, babies, enemies.?4)以f或fe結(jié)尾的名詞,
    多數(shù)變f為v加es: wives, knives.但有些詞只加s: roofs, proof s, chiefs.?
    ??5)以o結(jié)尾的名詞,有些加es: Negroes, heroes, tomatoes, potatoes.其它加s: radio s,
    zoos, pianos, photos.?
    ??6)不規(guī)則名詞:foot→feet, goose→geese, tooth→teeth, child→children, man→me n,
    woman→women, sheep→sheep, deer→deer, mouse→mice.
    ??7)某些外來詞變復(fù)數(shù):datum→data, medium→media, bacterium→bacteria, curriculum→
    curricula, criterion→criteria, phenomenon→phenomena. (?um/?on→a)?analysis→
    analyses, basis→bases, crisis→crises, diagnosis→diagnoses.(?is→es )?
    ??8)復(fù)合名詞變復(fù)數(shù):以不可數(shù)名詞結(jié)尾的復(fù)合名詞無復(fù)數(shù)形式,如:homework.?
    ??以man或woman為前綴的復(fù)合名詞變復(fù)數(shù),前后兩個(gè)名詞都變復(fù)數(shù),如:manservant→
    menservants, woman student women students.?
    ??其它復(fù)合名詞變復(fù)數(shù):grown?up→grown?ups, brother?in?law→brothers?in?law, stand
    ?by→stands?by.?
    ??9)復(fù)合形容詞做定語時(shí),其中的名詞保持單數(shù):a six?year?old boy,a two?hundred?page
    book
    ??【例句】?A second doctor must confirm that these criteria ______ and the death must
    be re ported to the police department.?
    ??A) has been met
    ??B) have been met?
    ??C) was met
    ??D) was being met?
    criteria是復(fù)數(shù)形式,故A,C,D都為錯(cuò)誤選項(xiàng)。正確答案為B。
    ??1) The university authorities are seriously considering abandoning the
    traditional______class.?
    ??A) fifth minutes
    ??B) fifty?minutes?
    ??C) fifty?minute
    ??D) fifty minute's?
    ??復(fù)合形容詞用作定語時(shí),其中的名詞不變復(fù)數(shù),故B不對。A不能做定語,D應(yīng)為fifty minutes',
    正確答案為C。