名  词：

普通名词：

个体名词：tree, city, teacher

集体名词：class, family, society

物质名词：paper, bread, light

抽象名词：truth, health, music

 

专有名词：English, the United Nations, Zhongshan Park

 

物质名词量的表示法： a piece of news,  two sheets of paper,  two sets of furniture

c.f. three boxes of eggs, two bunches of flowers

 

名词所有格:

Alice’s paintings

New Year’s Day

at the barber’s

five minutes’ talk  c.f. a five-minute talk

the window of the room （无生命东西的名词）

the death of Dr. Norman Bethune ( 名词本身较长)

What’s the name of the student sitting near the window?（名词的定语较长）

 

名词双重所有格：

当a， an, this, that，these, those, some, any, several, no, every, such, another, which, what等与名词所有格共同修饰一个名词时， 两者不能同时都放在该名词前面，而要用双重所有格表示。

 

He is a friend of my father’s

This is no fault of John’s

 

c.f. a picture of his brother’s

a picture of his brother

 

 

名词的单复数：

Which of the following that you often get confused?

 可数名词的复数形式： 

desk---- desks

class---- classes

factory---- factories

hero---- heroes   c.f  photo--- photos

leaf--- leaves  knife--- knives   c.f. roof--- roofs   chief---- chiefs

 

不规则形式：

foot---feet  woman--- women  tooth--- teeth 

a sheep ---- two sheep

an aircraft--- three aircraft

a Chinese--- many Chinese

a Frenchman--- two Frenchmen

a German--- five Germans

 

looker-on---- lookers-on

father-in-law --- fathers-in-law

grown –up  ----- grown ups

man doctor ---- men doctors

 

名词的用法：

1．            主语：The children are playing under the tree.

2．            宾语: a) She opens the window at five every morning.

            b) He looks after the child.

3．            表语  Her daughter is a singer.

4．            宾补  They name the boy Tom.

5．            主补  He is considered an excellent writer.

6．            定语 That is a bicycle factory.

 

名词的主谓一致：

The class is for the plan.

The class are waiting for her.

 

The savings are for your future use.

 

The scissors are very sharp.

A pair of scissors is in the drawer.

 

The cattle are gazing at the foot of the hill.

The police are gathering in the street.

( A policeman is asking him several questions.)

 

A deer is over there in the bush.

Three deer are appearing over there in the bush.

 

Five hundred dollars a month is not much.

 

Mr. Smith, together with his wife and two sons, is to arrive on the evening flight.

 

The manager as well as his colleagues was present at the meeting.

 

The owner and editor of the newspaper is a friend of mine.

 

The old lead a happy life.

 

就近原则：

Fans or an air-conditioner is necessary for the laboratory.

Neither the students nor the teacher knows anything about it.

Not only the workers but the manager objects to the change.

There’s a book, two pencils and some paper on the desk.

 

 

Exercise 1  Nouns

Multiple choices:

1. There are ______ on her mother’s head.

A. a little grey hairs         B. a few grey hairs

C. a lot of grey hair         D. some grey hair

2. ________ has been tried to finish the work in time.

A. Every possible means   B.  Every possible mean

C. All means possible     D.  All mean possible

3.     These shoes are too small, please bring me a bigger ______.

A. one  B. pair   C. set   D. shoes

4.     Every new ______ has the possibility of making or losing money.

A. event  B. venture   C. adventure    D. expectation

5. Let’s read _________.

A. the paragraph six       B. the six paragraph

C. the paragraph sixth      D. paragraph six

6.  ________ is a computer engineer.

A. This Tom’s old friend    B. That’s Tom’s old friend

C. This old friend of Tom    D. This old friend of Tom’s

7. Those three old men each have two ______.

A. son-in-law   B. sons-in-law

C. sons-in-laws   D. son-in-law

8. He raised a lot of ______ on the farm.

A. sheeps and goats   B. sheep and goats 

C. sheep and goat    D. sheeps and goat

9. He bought two _____ and cut each into two ______.

A. loafs of breads; halves   B.  loaf of bread; halfs

C. loaves of breads; halfs    D. loaves of bread; halves

10.  His office is in a big building in ______ .

A. the city of Nanjing    B. Nanjing city

C. the Nanjing          D. the City Nanjing

11. His father gave him a _______.

A. five dollars bill       B. five-dollars bill

C. five-dollar bill        D. five dollars’bill

12. _______ and _______ do not look alike.

A. Englishman; German     B. Englishmen; Germans

C. Englishman; Germans    D. Englishmen; German

13.______ are searching for a tall dark man.

A. The policeman       B. Police

C. The police            D. Polices

14. Jane did a very good _____. The manager was satisfied with her _______.

A. work; job          B. job; work   

C. work; business     D. business; works

15. The police asked him for ______ on the accident

A. information        B. informations

C. an information     D. some informations

16. Peter carried one of the ________ for the teacher.

A. box of books       B. boxes of books 

C. boxes of book      D. books’ boxes

17. These ______ are very expensive.

A. women handbags         B. woman’s handbags

C. woman handbags        D. women’s handbags

18. The country’s wealth comes chiefly from its many _______.

A. herd of cattle         B. herd of cattles

C. herds of cattle        D. herds of cattles

19. I went to the market and bought some ______ and ______.

A. potatoes; tomatoes     B. potatos; tomatos

C. potatoes; tomatos      D. potatos; tomatoes

20.What _____ it is  to jump into the water to swim in the hot weather!

A. a fun   B. funs    C. the funs    D. fun

21. What ______ we have today!

A. a fine weather   B. fine weathers   

C. fine weather     D. the fine weather

22. Before we moved into the new house, we bought many _______.

A. a furniture              B. furnitures  

C. pieces of furniture      D. furniture pieces

23. Our ______ protect  us from the cold.

A. dress   B. clothing    C. clothes   D. cloth

24. This is a _______ report.

A. three-thousand-word      B. three-thousand- words

C. three-thousands-words     D. three-thousands-word

25.Did you ask for _______ leave?

A. two days’   B. two-day  C. two days     D. two-day’s

 

 

Keys:

1-5 babbd 6-10dbbda   11-15 cbcba   16-20 bacAD  21-25 CCCAA

 

 

 

Tests about Nouns from NMET

 

1.     _______ work has been done to improve the people’s living standard.

A. Many                   B. A great many

C. A large number of      D. A great deal of

2.     ________ turn green in spring.

A. Leaf    B. Leafs

C. Leave      D. Leaves

3.     Father went to his doctor for ______ about his heart trouble.

A. an advice       B. advice      C. advices    D. the advices

4.     It is impossible for so ______ workers to do so _____ work in a single day.

A. few; much        B. few; many   

C. little; much       D. little; many

5.     He dropped the ______ and broke it.

A. cup of coffee     B. coffee’s cup

C. cup for coffee    D. coffee cup

6.     We’ve missed the last bus. I’m afraid we have no ______ but to take a taxi.

A. way    B. choice    C. possibility    D. selection

7.     Here’s my card. Let’s keep in ______.

A. touch     B. relation    C. connection    D. friendship

8.     He gained his _______ by printing ______ of famous writers.

A. wealth; work    B. wealths; works   

C. wealths; work   D. wealth; works

9.-I’d like _____ information about the management of your hotel, please.

 - Well, you could have _____ word with the manager. He might be helpful.

A. some; a   B. an; some   C. some; some   D. an; a

10. We waited _____ for the bus.

A. long time         B. a long time   

C. the long time     D. some long time

11. I’ll look into the matter as soon as possible. Just have a little _____.

A. wait    B. time   C. patience    D. rest

12. Many countries are increasing their use for natural gas, wind and other forms of ______

A. energy   B. source    C. power   D. material

13. ______ friends Betty had made there were all invited to her birthday party.

A. Few of    B. Few   C. The few   D. A few

14. If by chance someone comes to see me, ask them to leave a ______.

A. message   B. letter    C. sentence    D. notice

15. These football players had no strict ______ until they joined our club.

A. practice   B. education    C. exercise    D. training

16. We have worked out the plan and now we must put it into ______.

A. fact   B. reality   C. practice   D. deed

17. – Who did you spend last week with?

-         ______.

A. Palmer’s    B. The Palmers’   C. The Palmers    D. the Palmer’s

18. You’ll find this map of great ______ in helping you to get round London.

A. price  B. cost   C. value   D. usefulness

19. My parents always let me have my own _____ of living.

A. way   B. method   C. manner   C. fashion

20. The new law will come into _____ on the day it is passed.

A. effect   B. use    C. service   D. existence

21. We all know that _____ speak louder than words.

A. movements   B. performances   C. operations   D. actions

22. –Can you shoot that bird at the top of the tree?

-No, it’s out of _____.

A. range   B. reach   C. control   D. distance

 

 

Keys

1-5 ddbad  6-10 badab   11-15. cacad   16-20 cccaa   21-22. da