grammar课件1.ppt

English Grammar;1. Countable Uncountable Nouns;c. individual noun(C.) abstract noun(U.) laugh laughter job work letter correspondence photo photography permit permission song music d. Uncountable→countable 1) 物质名词若表示具体事物可作可数名词 Paper is made of wood. What do the papers say? Ice floats. Would you like an ice? Her hair is gray. She has gray hairs. Glass feels smooth. I’d like a glass of milk. Strike while the iron is hot. We supply electric irons, not flat irons. ;2) 一些不可数物质名词若表示不同种类，可有复数形式 A store selling many different teas Various soaps 3) 一些不可数的抽象名词表示“某一种”“某一方面”“个体”含义时，可作可数名词 He had a good knowledge of politics. There is a certain honesty about this man which forces me admire him. She was a beauty in her youth. His room, at sixteen dollars a day, was a disappointment. Countable→Uncountable 可数名词表示抽象或物质意义时，作不可数用 He ate a whole chicken! Would you like some chicken? I reserved a single room in this hotel. Sure, there’s much room for improvement. ;2. Noun as modifier;3. Number of nouns;其余都加s Beliefs chiefs cliffs safes 极少数有两种形式 Dwarf-dwarfs/dwarves handkerchief scarf Hoof wharf 8) Irregular plural forms ---foot feet man men mouse mice tooth teeth goose-geese child children ox oxen ---外来词 From Latin: bacterium-bacteria curriculum-curricula um a datum-data medium-dedia ;Antenna---antennae Formula---formulae a ae nucleus---nuclei radius---radii us i Stimulus---stimuli Appendix---appendices Index---indices ix/ex ices;From Greek Analysis---analyses Basis---bases Crisis-crises is es Diagnosis---diagnoses Hypothesis---hypotheses Thesis-theses Axi