tailieunhanh - Collins cobuild student grammar part 2

Mọi người luôn muốn kiểm tra tình độ qua các kỳ thi này. Vì đây là một kỳ thi mang tầm quốc tế và chứng nhận của cuộc thi sẽ được chấp nhận ở mọi quốc gia. Tài liệu sẽ giúp các sinh viên ôn luyện tốt các kỹ năng nghe, nói, đọc, viết dể chuẩn bị cho kỳ thi toefl. | For more material and information please visit Tai Lieu Du Hoc at 8 The only negative words that are often used together in the same clause are neither and nor . You use neither and nor together to say that two alternatives are not possible not likely or not true. Neither Margaret nor John was there. They had neither food nor money. Unit 13 Count nouns Main points Count nouns have two forms singular and plural. They can be used with numbers. Singular count nouns always take a determiner. Plural count nouns do not need a determiner. Singular count nouns take a singular verb and plural count nouns take a plural verb. In English some things are thought of as individual items that can be counted directly. The nouns which refer to these countable things are called count nouns. Most nouns in English are count nouns. See Unit 15 for information on uncount nouns. 1 Count nouns have two forms. The singular form refers to one thing or person. .a teacher. The plural form refers to more than one thing or person. . teachers. 2 You add -s to form the plural of most nouns. book booksschool schools You add -es to nouns ending in -ss -ch -s -sh or -x . class classeswatch watches gas gasesdish dishes fox foxes Some nouns ending in -o add -s and some add -es . photo photos piano pianos hero heroes potato potatoes Nouns ending in a consonant and -y change to -ies . country countries lady ladies party parties victory victories Nouns ending in a vowel and -y add an -s . For more material and information please visit Tai Lieu Du Hoc at boy boys day days key keys valley valleys Some common nouns have irregular plurals. child children foot feet man men mouse mice tooth teeth woman women WARNING Some nouns that end in -s are uncount nouns for example athletics and physics . See Unit 15. 3 Count nouns can be used with numbers. .one hundred pounds. 4 Singular count nouns cannot be used alone but always take a .