英语不规则名词复数讲解及练习

英语不规则名词复数讲解及练习

一、 分类

1.以f 或 fe 结尾：大多数以 f 或 fe 结尾的名词的复数形式时将其转为 ves， 但个别直接加s：

roof → roofs 屋顶

gulf → gulfs 海湾

grief → griefs 悲伤, 悲痛, 担心

cliff → cliffs 悬崖, 峭壁

beef → beefs 牛肉

chief → chiefs 首长, 首领

proof → proofs 证明

staff → staffs 全体职员

2.元音：有些名称的复数形式是改变它们的元音声：

man → men 男

woman → women 女

fireman → firemen 消防员

foot → feet 脚

goose → geese 鹅

tooth → teeth 牙齿

mouse → mice

louse → lice

老鼠

虱子

3.古代英语：有些是沿用古代英语：

child → children 小孩, 儿童

ox → oxen 牛, 阉牛

4.以 o 结尾：

有的以 o 结尾的单词加“s”：

auto → autos 汽车

kangaroo → kangaroos 袋鼠

kilo → kilos 千克, 公斤

memo → memos [口] 备忘录

photo → photos 照片

piano → pianos 钢琴

pimento → pimentos 多香果 n. 1.蒲桃树的干果制成的香料 2.西班牙甘椒pro

pros 赞成意见

反对意见

→

con → cons

solo → solos, soli 独唱, 独奏

soprano → sopranos 女高音

studio → studios 工作室

tattoo → tattoos 文身

video → videos 视频

zoo → zoos 动物园

英[tæˈtuː] 美[tæˈtu]

bamboo → bamboos 竹子

radio → radios 收音机

mulatto → mulattos 白黑混血儿

有的则加“es”：

echo → echoes 回声, 反响

embargo → embargoes 禁运, 禁运令

hero → heroes 英雄 英['hiərəu] 美['hɪro]

potato → potatoes 土豆

tomato → tomatoes 番茄

torpedo → torpedoes 鱼雷, 水雷

veto → vetoes 否决, 否决权

negro → negroes 黑人

jingo → jingoes 侵略主义,沙文主义

mango → mangoes 芒果

有的两种都可以：

buffalo → buffalos / buffaloes / buffalo 水牛

cargo → cargos / cargoes (船/飞机的)货物

halo → halos / haloes 光环

mosquito → mosquitos / mosquitoes 蚊子

motto → mottos / mottoes 箴言, 格言

no → nos / noes 没有

tornado → tornados / tornadoes 龙卷风

volcano → volcanos / volcanoes 火山

zero → zeros / zeroes 零

commando → commands / commandoes 突击员

5.不变：有的则不变：

cod → cod 鳕鱼

deer → deer 鹿

fish → fish 鱼,鱼类

offspring → offspring 子孙, 后裔, 幼崽

perch → perch 鲈鱼

sheep → sheep 绵羊

trout → trou 鲑鱼

bison → bison 野牛

moose → moose 驼鹿

aircraft → aircraft 飞机, 飞行器

barracks → barracks 兵营 [ˈbærəks]

crossroads → crossroads 十字路口

dice → dice 骰子

gallows → gallows 绞刑架

headquarters → headquarters 总部

means → means 方法, 手段, 途径

series → series 系列

species → species 物种

6.借用单词：英语中有些单词是借用其他语言的。部分借用单词的复数跟

随外语形式，下面每行的第二个单词都是外语形式，第三个为现时英语使用：的转为“ae”：

alga → algae 水藻

a”结尾 以“

amoeba → amoebae, amoebas 变形虫

antenna → antennae, antennas 触角,天线

formula → formulae, formulas 公式

larva → larvae (昆虫的)幼虫

nebula → nebulae, nebulas 星 云

vertebra → vertebrae, vertebras 脊椎骨

alumna → alumnae 女校友

以“u”结尾的转为“ux”：

beau → beaux, beaus 情郎, 纨绔子弟

bureau → bureaux, bureaus 局, 机构

tableau → tableaux, tableaus 舞台造型, 场景

plateau → plateaux, plateaus 高原, 平顶

以“us”结尾的转为“-ora”、“-era”（适用于专业术语）：

corpus → corpora 资料、文集、文献

genus → genera (动植物的)属、类

以“us”结尾的转为“i”：

alumnus → alumni 校友

bacillus → bacilli 杆菌

cactus → cacti, cactuses 仙人球、仙人掌

focus → foci 焦点

fungus → fungi, funguses 真菌

nucleus → nuclei 核心、原子核

octopus → octopi, octopuses 章鱼

radius → radii, radiuses 半径

stimulus → stimuli 刺激物、促进因素

syllabus → syllabi, syllabuses 大纲、提纲

terminus → termini 终点、 目标、界碑

hippopotamus→ hippopotami 河马

genius → genii, geniuses 天才

abacus → abaci, abacuses 算盘

以“um”结尾的转为“a”：

addendum → addenda 附录, 补遗

bacterium → bacteria 细菌

curriculum → curricula, curriculums 总课程

datum → data 数据

erratum → errata写错、排错

medium → media 媒体

memorandum → memoranda, memorandums 备忘

ovum → ova 卵子, 卵细胞

stratum → strata, stratums 岩层、 地层、阶层

symposium → symposia, symposiums 座谈会

agendum → agenda 议程

vacuum → vacua, vacuums 真空、空虚、空白

gymnasium → gymnasia 健身房、体育馆

stadium → stadia, stadiums 体育场

forum → fora, forums 论坛

minimum → minima 最小量

ultimatum → ultimata, ultimatums 最后通牒

以“ex”或“ix”结尾的转为“ices”：

apex → apices, apexes 顶点

appendix → appendices, appendixes 附录

cervix → cervices, cervixes 宫颈

index → indices, indexes 目录, 索引英

matrix → matrices, matrixes 模型, 矩阵

vortex → vortices, vortexes 漩涡

以“is”结尾的转为“es”：

analysis → analyses 分析、解析、纲领

axis → axes轴线、中心线

basis → bases 基础、底座、基点

crisis → crises 危机, 危机时刻

diagnosis → diagnoses 诊断法, 诊断结论

emphasis → emphases 强调, 重点

hypothesis → hypotheses 假设, 猜想

neurosis → neuroses 神经机能病/官能症

oasis → oases 绿洲、乐土

parenthesis → parentheses 插入语、圆括号

synopsis → synopses 摘要、大纲

thesis → theses 论文、论题、论点

ellipsis → ellipses [语]省略、 n. 省略号

synthesis → syntheses 综合、 合成、n. 综合体；综合；

以“on”结尾的转为“a”：

criterion → criteria (批评/判断的)标准、n. 标准；特征

phenomenon → phenomena 现象, 征兆、 n. 现象；奇迹；非凡的人

小学常用可数名词变复数形式的规则：

1一般情况，在词尾加-s.

desk---desks 书桌

girl---girls 女孩

boy---boys 男孩

pen---pens 钢笔

2以 -s,-x,-ch,-sh 结尾的词，在词尾加--es

bus---buses 公共汽车

box--boxes箱子

brush--brushes 刷子

watch--watches 手表

3以辅音字母加-y结尾的词，变y为i，加-es

baby-babies 婴儿

family--families家庭

4以-f或-fe结尾的词，变f或fe为v，再加-es

knife---knives刀

leaf---leaves树叶

5以辅音字母加-o结尾的词：有生命的，在词尾加-es；没有生命的，在词尾加-s

tomato---tomatoes西红柿

potato--potatoes马铃薯

photo---photos 照片

6可数名词变为复数形式的不规则变化如下：

foot---feet脚

mouse---mice老鼠

goose---geese鹅

child---children孩子

ox---oxen公牛

man---men男人

woman---women女人

Chinese--Chinese中国人

deer---deer鹿

fish---fish鱼

sheep---sheep绵羊

练习：

<一>、写出下列名词的复数形式

1、orange oranges

2、class classes

3、text texts

4、monkey monkeys

5、piano pianoes

6、child

8、bed

9、country

11、toy

12、foot

13、Japanese

14、radio

15、photo

16、army

17、tomato

18、fox

19、woman

20、knife

22、sheep

1)、选择填空

1、There（ ） on the wall .They are very beautiful.

photoes B. are photos C. is a photo D. is photos

2. This kind of car（ ）made in Shanghai.

A. is B .are C .were D .has

3. There are four （ ）and two（ ）in the group.

A. Japanese, Germen B Japaneses, Germen

C. Japanese,German se, Germans

4. That’a （ ）art book.

A. an B. a C. the D are

5. The boys have got （ ）already.

A. two bread B. two breads

C. two pieces of bread D. two piece of bread

6. The old man wants（ ） .

A. six boxes of apples B. six boxes of apple

C. six box of apples D. six boxs of apples

7. There （ ）some（ ）in the river.

A. is ,fish B. are, fishs C. is, fishs D. are ,fish

8. There（ ）two（ ）in the box.

A. is watch B. are watches C. are watch D. is watches

9. We should clean（ ）twice a day.

A .our tooth B. our tooths teeth

_____ meeting room is near the reading room.

r r’s rs’ rs

11. In Britain _____ are all painted red.

boxes s boxes box s box

2）选择填空

1. They come from different ______

A. country B. countries C. a country D. countrys

many ______ do you see in the picture?

A. tomatos B. tomatoes C. tomato D. the tomato

3. They are______.

A . woman teachers B. women teachers

teacher D. woman teacher

4. Would you like _______ ,please?

A. two glass of water B. two glasses of water

C.C. two glass of waters glasses of waters

5. Most of ______ live in _______.

s, German B. German, Germen

, Germany D. Germans, Germany

6. There are some ______ in these _______.

pencil-boxes pencils-box

pencil-box pencils-boxes

7. ______ like ______ by air.

A. Greens, travelling B. The Green, traveling

C. The Greens, travel D. The Greens, traveling

8.I wonder why ______ are interested in action films(武打片).

people B. people s D. the peoples

9. There is no ______ in the plate.

B. oranges C. rice D. eggs

3).填入所给名词的正确形式

1.I have two_____ (knife)

are many _____ here. (box)

are many _____ on the road. (bus)

4.A few _____ are drawing on the wall. (boy)

_____ are playing football now. (child)

4)写出下列名词的复数形式。

1．bag _______ 2．orange _______

3．family _______ 4．wish _______

5．shelf _______ 6．knife _______

7．key _______ 8．baby _______

9．tooth _______ 10．foot _______

11．woman _______ 12．sheep _____

名词复数练习题：

一．写出下列单词的复数形式

city _____ _zoo ______country _____ tooth ____

mouse __ boy____________car ____ fox _____

tree ______horse ______ bus______________ knife _____

branch ____ baby _____ family _____ man _____

radio _____ photo _____ piano _____ this _____________

leaf _____ life _____ thief _____ _ book____________

sheep___________woman _____child

watch___________diary____________day____________ foot _____

_____

dress____________ box___________ peach__________sandwich__________

paper_________ people ox___________deer____________

二．选择

( )1. The __ in near our house are very beautiful.

A. cloth B. water C. flowers

( )2. Tom is one of the Chinese _____ in our school.

A. boy B. boys C. boies

( )3. A cat has four ____ , doesn't it?

A. foots B. feet C. feets

( )4. There are three ____ and five _____ in the room.

A. American, Japanese B Americans, Japanese C. American, Japanese

( )5. Can you see nine ____ in the picture?

A. fish B. books C. horse

( )6. The _____ has two______.

A. boy; watch B. boy; watches C. boys; watch

( )7. The _____ are flying back to their country.

A. Germany B. Germanys C. Germans

( )8. The girl brushes her _____ every day before he goes to bed.

A. tooths B. teeth C. teeths

( )9.I saw many _____ in the street.

A. peoples B. people C. people’s

( ) green shirt is his _________.

A. brother B. brothers C. brother’s

三 选择填空

( )1. They come from different ______

A. country B. countries C. a country D. countrys

( )2. How many ______ do you see in the picture?

A. tomatos B. tomatoes C. tomato D. the tomato

( )3. They are______.

A . woman teachers B. women teachers

C. women teacher D. woman teacher

( )4. Would you like _______ ,please?

A. two glass of water B. two glasses of water

C. two glass of waters D. two glasses of waters

( )5. Most of ______ live in _______.

A. Germans, German B. German, Germen

C. Germen, Germany D. Germans, Germany

( )6. There are some ______ in these _______.

A. knifes pencil-boxes B. knives pencils-box

C. knives pencil-box D. knives pencils-boxes

( )7. ______ like ______ by air.

A. Greens, travelling B. The Green, traveling

C. The Greens, travel D. The Greens, traveling

( )8. I wonder why ______ are interested in action films(武打片).

A. the people B. people C. peoples D. the peoples

( )9. There is no ______ in the plate.

A. apples B. oranges C. rice D. eggs

( ) uncle has three _______.

en ens

四. 填入所给名词的正确形式

1. I have two____________ (knife)

2. There are two ___________ in the zoo. (fox)

3. There are many ___________ on the road. (bike)

4. A few ___________ are drawing on the wall. (child)

______________ are playing football now. (student)

take two _______________ for me. (photo)

7.I like the red ________________.(tomato)

you please clean your _____________ now? (tooth)

you want some _________? (milk)

are ten __________ _________in our school. ( English teacher)