中考英语误区二 被主语的表象迷惑
1. 看似复数却表单数概念
①Maths are my favourite subject. (×)
②Maths is my favourite subject. (√)
[解析] maths本身是一个以“s”结尾的单词,而不是一个复数名词,表示单数概念“数学”这一学科,因此第②句正确。
类似的有:physics,news,politics . . .
2. 看似单数却表复数概念
①The police is searching for the robbers. (×)
②The police are searching for the robbers. (√)
[解析] the police译为“警方”,表示复数概念,而不是表示“那个警察”,因此第②句正确,类似的词有:people,the +形容词,the +姓+family等均表复数概念。
3. 名词的单复数同形
①There are a little sheep eating grass on the hill. Can you see it? (×)
②There is a little sheep eating grass on the hill. Can you see it? (√)
[解析] sheep是一个单复数形式相同的名词,由于sheep之前用的a little修饰,加上Can you see it中的it指代单数,因此a little sheep译为“一只小绵羊”,因此第②句正确。如果将原题改为:There ________ (be) a few sheep eating grass on the hill. Can you see them?那又会怎么样呢。
特别提醒 类似的单复数形式相同的词还有fish, Chinese, Japanese等,要根据句子的含义和结构暗示来判断其单复数。
4. 集合名词
①Their family is very happy. Now their family is watching TV. (×)
②Their family is very happy. Now their family are watching TV. (√)
[解析] family是一个集合名词,表示整体概念时谓语用单数,表示个体概念时谓语用复数。该句译为“他们全家很幸福,现在全家人正在看电视”。因此第一个family表示整体概念,译为“家庭”,第二个family表示个体概念,译为“家人”,第②句正确。
特别提醒 类似的还有group,class,team等既可表单数也可表复数。
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