(一)名词复数规则
1.一般情况下,直接加-s,如: book-books, bag-bags, cat-cats, bed-beds
2.以s. x. sh. ch结尾,加-es,如: bus-buses, box-boxes, brush-brushes, watch-watches
3. 以“辅音字母+y”结尾,变y为i, 再加-es,如: family-families, strawberry-strawberries
4. 以“f或fe”结尾,变f或fe为v, 再加-es,(但有一个特例:roof→roofs)。
如: knife-knives leaf-leaves wife-wives thief-thieves wolf-wolves
5. 以“o”结尾的单词,如果有生命,加-es;如果没有生命,加-s。
如:①有生命:potato-potatoes tomato-tomatoes mango-mangoes
hero-heroes Negro- Negroes
②没生命:radio-radios piano-pianos photo-photos zoo-zoos
6. 不规则名词的复数变化:
(二)完全不规则:
man-men woman-women policeman-policemen
policewoman-policewomen mouse-mice child-children
foot-feet tooth-teeth
(三)单数复数词形相同:
fish-fish sheep-sheep deer-deer people-people Chinese-Chinese Japanese-Japanese
小练习:写出下列各词的复数
I _________ him _________ this ___________ her ______
watch _______ child _______ photo ________ diary ______
day________ foot________ book_______ dress ________
tooth_______ sheep ______ box_______ strawberry _____
thief _______ yo-yo ______ peach______ sandwich ______
man______ woman_______ paper_______ juice___________
water________ milk________ rice__________ tea__________