专有名词

普通名词

国名地名人名，团体机构名称

可数名词

不可数名词

个体名词

集体名词

抽象名词

物质名词

例 句

意 义

名词性质

①She held some flowers in her hand.

②The trees are now in flower

花儿

个体名词

开花

抽象名词

①Youth is beautiful.

②He is a youth of twenty

青春

抽象名词

年轻人

个体名词

①They have achieved remarkable success in their work.

②—How about the Christmas evening party?

—I should say it was a success.

成功

抽象名词

成功的事

个体名词

例 句

意 义

名词性质

①Iron is a kind of metal.

②Please lend me your iron.

铁

物质名词

熨斗

个体名词

①He broke a piece of glass.

②He broke a glass.

玻璃

物质名词

玻璃杯

个体名词

①I bought a chicken this morning

②Please help yourself to some chicken

小鸡

个体名词

鸡肉

物质名词

具有动作意义的抽象名词加用与某些动词（如：have等）连

用，表示某一次短暂的动作

①—I’d like______information about the management of your hotel,please.

—Well, you could have____word with the manager. He might be helpful

A.some,a B.an,some C.some,some D.an,a

②They sent us word of the latest happenings. 消息 （抽象名词）

A.a B.an C./ D.the

③Could we have word before you go to the meeting? 话（个体名词）

A.a B.an C./ D.the

类例：have a dream/a rest/a smoke/a swim/a trip/a wash/a discussion/a look

take a walk/a bath make an advance(进步)/make an early start(早点出发)

/make a decision/make a change/give a cry of pain(发出痛苦的叫声) /give a try

表示知识和时间的抽象名词转换为普通名词时可以用来表示

其中的一部分

①Many people agree that___knowledge of English is a must in____international trade today.

A.a, / B.the, an C.the, the D. /, the

a knowledge of truth(知道实际情况)

give a fuller knowledge of China(提供关于中国更为翔实的知识)

have a knowledge of shorthand(有速记的知识)

②If there were no examination, we should have______at school.

A.the happiest time B.a more happier time

C.much happiest time D.a much happier time

③ is money.

A.The time B.A time C.Time D.Times

抽象名词转换为普通名词可用来表示“一次、一阵、一种”具体的行为、事件、现象或结

果。这时名词前往往有形容词修饰

①Oh, John. _____you gave me!

A.How a pleasant surprise B.How pleasant surprise

C.What a pleasant surprise D. What pleasant surprise

②She looked up when I shouted.

A.in a surprise B.in the surprise C.in surprise D.in some surprise

其它例子：The gift came as a complete surprise to me. We have had some unpleasant surprise

③It is_____work of art that everyone wants to have a look at it.

A.so unusual B. such unusual C.such an unusual D.so an unusual