名词是指人或事物的名称。学习名词应掌握如下一些内容：

　

1．名词的类别

　

类别			例词
专有名词			Einstein，the Yellow River，China
普 通 名 词	可 数 名 词	个体名词	father，book，bird，tree，radio
		集体名词	family，class，group，team，army
	不 可 数 名 词	物质名词	iron，paper，arrow，air，ink
		抽象名词	life，thought，praise，idea

2．名词类别的转换

　

名词的类别不是一成不变的，它们会根据词义的变化和场合的不同而互相转换。如：

　

School is over at six．六点钟放学。（个体→抽象）

　

Please lend me your iron．请把你的熨斗借给我。（物质→个体）

　

He is a youth of twenty．他是个20岁的年轻人。（抽象→个体）

　

“What are you doing there？”asked Father．“你在那儿干什么？”父亲问道。（个体→专有）

　

Please help yourself to some chicken．请吃鸡肉。（个体→物质）

小练习：

名词专项训练

　

1．Miss Smith is a friend of_____ ．

　

A．Mary's mother's B．Mary's neighbour

　

C．Mother's of Mary D．Mary mother's

　

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．He dropped the_____  and broke it．

　

A．cups of coffee B．coffee's cup C．cup for coffee D．coffee cup

　

5．_____ will make a trip around the world during Christmas．

　

A．The Evens B．The Evens'C．The Evenses D．The Evenses'

　

6．To the sea captain's surprise，he found that_____  travel could also be quite pleasant．

　

A．earth B．land C．ground D．plain

　

7．We've worked out the plan，and now we must put it into _____ ．

　

A．fact B．practice C．reality D．deed

　

8．Here's my card．Let's keep in _____ ．

　

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

　

9．Is there _____ for one more in the car？

　

A．seat B．situation C．position D．room

　

10．There are four _____ in our workshop．

　

A．Li'sB．Lis'C．LisD．Li'

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