Countable and Uncountable Nouns
可數與不可數名詞的基本條件
Countable and Uncountable Nouns
可數與不可數名詞
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Countable Nouns 可數名詞 |
We can count 可數 |
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Have a singular and plural form 具有單數和復數形式 |
a book two books ten books a box full of books |
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Can use singular verb or a plural verb 可以使用單數動詞或複數動詞 |
The book is new.
The books are
new. |
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Uncountable Nouns 不可數名詞 |
We cannot
count 不可數 |
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Use singular verb 用單數動詞 |
Sugar is
sweet. |
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Cannot use a, an or a number before them 不能在前面使用a, an 或數字 |
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Cannot use with a/an or numbers and are not used in
plural 不能使用a/an或數量和不能用複數 |
We had terrible
weather last week. Not: We’re going to get
new furniture for the living room. Not: |
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Some nouns always have plural form but they are
uncountable because we cannot use numbers with them 有些名詞是複數形式，但它是不可數因爲我們不能在它們上使用數字 |
I bought two pairs
of trousers. Not: |
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Quantity expressions To refer to one or more quantities of an uncountable
noun, expressions such as a bit of, a piece of, an item of or words for
containers and measures must be used 當不可數名詞需要表達1或多個數量時，需要使用如a bit of, a piece of, an item of 或容器和度量詞等等 |
I bought you a bar of chocolate. He bought a very expensive piece of furniture for his house. |
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Can be used with certain determiners (e.g. my, his, some,
any, no, the, this, that) and expressions of quantity (e.g. a lot of,
(a)little) 可與某些限定詞一起使用（如:my, his, some, any, no, the, this,
that）和量詞表達詞（如：a
lot of, (a)little） |
This milk’s a bit old. He’s been studying
hard and has made a lot of
progress. There was no work in the office this afternoon.
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Some examples of uncountable nouns are:
不可數名詞的例子有:
Abstract Ideas 抽象概念: love, freedom, education, luck, help, beauty, music, thunder
Ideas and experiences 想法和經驗: advice, information, progress, news, luck, fun, work
Materials and substances 材料和物質: water, cement, gold, wood, glass, paper, silver, ice, iron, cotton, wool
Liquids & gases 液體和氣體: water, milk, wine, oil coffee, rain, soup, air, smoke, blood, juice, fog
Made of smaller parts 由較小零件組成: sugar, rice, salt, sand, flour, dirt, dust, traffic, grass, spaghetti
Some food (cut into small parts) 一些食物（切成小塊）: bread, fish, cheese, chocolate, meat, bacon, food, ham
Weather words 天氣詞: weather, thunder, lightning, rain, snow
Name for groups or collections of things 集成物名稱: furniture, equipment, rubbish, luggage
Other common uncountable nouns include 其他常見的不可數名詞: accommodation, baggage, homework, knowledge, money, permission, research, traffic, travel