6. 不可名詞量的表示語：

　　(1) 不可數名詞可加表單位的形容片語，表示數的觀念。其公式為：

　　數詞＋單位詞＋of＋不可數名詞

　　(2) 各類表單位的形容詞片語。

　　(A) 物質名詞：

　　a piece (suit) of armour;

　　a piece (slice) of cake;

　　a piece (an article) of furniture;

　　a piece of jewelry;

　　a piece (sheet) of paper;

　　a cake of soap;

　　a piece (slice) of bacon;

　　a piece (stick) of chalk;

　　a bit (blade) of grass;

　　a piece (strip) of land;

　　a bit (grain) of rice;

　　a bowl of soup;

　　(B) 抽象名詞

　　a word of abuse;

　　an item (a bit) of business;

　　an attack of fever;

　　a bit (an amount) of interest;

　　a fit of passion;

　　a piece (word) of advice;

　　a piece of evidence;

　　a piece (an item) of information;

　　a piece (an item) of news;

　　(C) 自然現象：

　　a flash of lightening;

　　a bolt of thunder;

　　7. 名詞種類的表示語：kind of, sort of, type of,

　　(1) 三者都可接可數名詞及不可數名詞，其后的冠詞a (an)常被省略。

　　What kind of (a) pencil did you buy?

　　I don't like that sort of game.

　　(2) kind of, sort of, type of之前可加a, the, some, any, etc.

　　I had a kind of suspicion that he was cheating.

　　(3) 比較下列用法：（加*表非正式用法）

　　I don't like this (*those) kind of person.

　　I don't like many (or these) kinds of roses.

　　I like this kind of flower.

　　I like flowers of this kind.

　　I like *these kind of flowers.

　　I like this kind of roses.

　　I like roses of this kind. （置名詞后更強調種類）

　　I like roses of these kinds.（置名詞后更強調種類）

　　8. 數詞：

　　(1) 基數(Cardinal numerals)：one, two, three...

　　(A) 除one接單數名詞外，其余均接復數名詞。

　　He has one sister and three brothers.

　　(B) hundred的后面須加and（但可以省略）。

　　12,345 = twelve thousand three hundred (and) forty five;

　　(2) 序數(Ordinal mumerals)：first, second, third...

　　(A) 序數前面必須附以定冠詞。而a second, a third等，則是another的意思。

　　(B) 日期多用序數。

　　It's on Friday, the fifth of October (= October the fifth = October 15th).

　　(C) 序數的簡體。

　　9th = the ninth; 12th = the twelfth; 16th = the sixteenth;

　　(3) 分數：

　　(A) 分數的表示法：第一，分子用基數，分母用序數。第二，分子大于2時，分母須加"s"以形成復數。

　　1/2 = a (one) half; 1/3 = a (one) third; 2/3 = two-thirds; 1/4 = a (one) quarter;

　　(B) 分數可接與不可數名詞；所接的名詞是單數，則與單數動詞連用，是復數則與復數動詞連用。

　　A third of the peach was bad.

　　A third of the bananas were bad.

　　(4) 倍數詞：常用的有half, double, treble（三倍）等。

　　(A) half a, a half, half the ＋名詞，表（一半的）。

　　He ran a half mile in half an hour.

　　He ran half a mile in half an hour.

　　I have read half the book.

　　(B) half還可作名詞，代名詞及副詞。

　　Two halves make a whole. （名詞）

　　This is half as much again as that. （副詞）

　　(C) 倍數常用的表達法：

　　(half; double; treble; twice; two times; three times; four times...) ＋定冠詞或所有形容詞＋名詞或所有代名詞

　　I had to pay double (= twice) the usual fare.

　　That window is three times the size of this.

　　9. "數詞＋名詞"結合而成的形容詞：

　　(1) 數詞＋名詞＝形容詞

　　a five-dollar bill;

　　two three-hour periods;

　　the Three-power Conference(三強會議);

　　(2) 數詞＋名詞＋形容詞＝形容詞

　　a six-year-old boy;

　　a three-hundred-year-old tree;

　　注：上述的復合字是以hyphen(-)連結，而且其中的名詞要用單數形式。

　　(3) 名詞（無冠詞）＋基數＝the ＋序數＋名詞

　　World War Ⅱ= World War Two or the Second World War;

　　Vol. Ⅰ= Volume One or the First Volume;

　　Page 4 = page four or the fourth page;

　　Lesson 6 = lesson Six or the Sixth Lesson;

　　Chap. Ⅲ = Chapter Three or the Third Chapter;

　　Charles Ⅰ= Charles the First;

　　cf. Napoleon the Great = the Great Napoleon;

　　這幾種用法，非專有名詞，可不用大寫，但等號兩邊須一致。〕

　　(4) "數詞＋復數名詞"作主詞，雖為復數形，但強調單一性，則用單數動詞。若強調一個一個的個別數，則用復數動詞。

　　Thirty minutes is sufficient for a good sermon.

　　Fifty dollars a month is a large sum in our eyes, but is nothing to him.

　　cf. Ten years have passed since I saw you last.

　　10. 各種數字的讀法：

　　(1) 年號的讀法：

　　1979←→nineteen seventy-nine or nineteen hundred (and) seventy-nine;

　　(2) 電話號碼；貨幣的讀法：

　　1023←→one o two three; 1227←→one double two (or two two) seven; $4.25←→four dollars (and) twenty-five (cents);

　　(3) 小數點的讀法：

　　13.91←→thirteen decimal (point) nine one; 0.23 = nought demical two three;

　　(4) 算術式的讀法：

　　2+3=5 Two plus three is (equals, is equal to) five.

　　5-3=2 Five minus three is equal to two.

　　3×2=6 Three times two is six. or Three by two are six.

　　9÷3=3 Nine divided by three makes three.