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课件网) Module2： Amazing things Grammar : Countable and uncountable nouns&Using another and (the) other(s) Unit5 Encyclopaedias I have two apples. Find out the rules. I want to drink water. I ate three pears yesterday. I want to eat meat. countable nouns (可数名词) uncountable nouns (可数名词) apples water pears meat C U Countable nouns have plurals. (可数名词有复数形式) Uncountable nouns don’thave plurals. (不可数名词没有复数形式) Find out the rules. I want to buy a cake. I want to drink water. I ate an egg yesterday. Would you like some meat We use ‘a’, ‘the’ or ‘an’ before a singular countable noun. (单数的可数名词前面我们一般会加a/an/the) We don’t use ‘a’ or ‘an’ before uncountable noun. (不可数名词前面我们不加a/an，可以加the或者some等表数量的词) Find out the rules. The toy car is old These butterflies are beautiful. This juice is delicious. We use singular or plural verbs after countable nouns. (可数名词后面的动词可以是单数形式也可以是复数形式) We a singular verb after an uncountable noun. (不可数名词后面的动词只能用单数形式) The jam is too sweet. How can we form the plural form of countable nouns Most nouns + s a cake cakes Nouns ending in a consonant + y - y + ies a story stories Nouns ending in s, sh, ch or x + es a glass glasses a wish wishes a watch watches a box boxes 1 2 3 Nouns ending in f or fe - f or fe + ves a shelf shelves a knife knives radio-radios How about the word ends with ‘o’ zoo-zoos video-videos hero-heroes potato-potatoes tomato-tomatoes If the countable noun ends with a vowel + ‘o’, then we add ‘s’(如果以元音+o结尾，则加s) If the countable noun ends with a consonant + ‘o’, then we add ‘es ’(如果以辅音+o结尾，则加es)’ 几个例外：photo-photos piano-pianos Some other nouns a man men a woman women a foot feet a tooth teeth a sheep sheep a fish fish a Chinese Chinese a person people How can we describe the amount(数量) of uncountable nouns two cups of coffee three bags of rice We can some countable nouns + of before uncountable nouns to show their amounts. (用量词+of表示不可数名词的量) two bottles of milk (sugar) two spoons of sugar other+复数 其他的人/东西 I will give you other books. I don’t like these shoes. Do you have other ones other+复数 =others These books are more interesting than others. (=other books) another+单数 （三者及以上中的另一个） She is too thirsty. So, she needs another glass of water. I do not like this pair of shoes. I am going to get another pair. an extra one (额外的一个) an alternative one (可供替代的一个) another + number + plural (another+数字+复数) I want to stay here for another two days. another可以做代词，来避免重复 The cake is tasty. I think I’ll have another. (=another cake/one) the other+单数 (二者中的另一个) Kate has two dresses. One is red and _____ is blue. the other the other 中的’the’可以用物主代词(my,his…)来代替 Bill is working. My other son is playing. Practice This shirt is dirty. I will wear _____ ... ...
