ABSTRACT
Workbook: Focus on Communication 7.3. Website: Listening for Information 7.2, 7.5; Communication through Reading and Writing 7.3.
Practice
Noun phrases that include a specifi er and number can occur as the subject or the object of a sentence:
We have already learned several types of phrases that can be used to describe a (main) noun:
[noun/pronoun ⭥] + noun: (Use and Structure 4.5, 5.9)
Zha¯ng ⫔㸋⭥zhàopiàn 䍦⫔㸋⭥䍶㠍 Zhang Dawei’s photograph
㸳⭥tóngwu¯ 㸳⭥㵍㸾 my roommate laˇoshı¯ ⭥ xuésheng ㎰㬇⭥䁈㪛 the teacher’s students
[number + classifi er] + noun: (Use and Structure 6.2)
䄜 píng shuıˇ 䄜㠠㯏 one bottle of water
[specifi er + classifi er] + noun: (Use and Structure 6.12)
zhèi zhı¯ qia¯nbıˇ 䎃䐈㣇⡫ this pencil
[Adj/AdjV ⭥] + noun: (Use and Structure 6.11)
hóng⭥yuánzhu¯bıˇ ⽍⭥䊓䑊⡫ a red ballpoint pen
heˇn piányi ⭥ yuánzhu¯bıˇ ⼽⢄䄬⭥䊓䑊⡫ a cheap ballpoint pen
[specifi er + number + classifi er] + noun: (Use and Structure 7.3)
䎃㑞 zhı¯ qia¯nbıˇ 䎃㑞䐈㣇⡫ these two pencils
Workbook: Focus on Structure 7.1, 7.5. Website: Structure Drills 7.4; Focus on Structure 7.2.
