托福*写作对考生词汇运用方面的要求不少，这其中比较重要也是相当基础的一点就是不要用错词汇。然而这看似简单的要求许多同学却偏偏很难做到，总是会在词汇上摔个不大不小的跟头。所以下面小编就来为大家深度分析托福*写作中词汇问题中的名词用法注意要点。

1. 可数名词要有冠词代词或复数

Even expert or scholar specializing in a certain field might cover a vast spectrum of knowledge in order to succeed.

During high school, a very important time in a person’s education career, student will learn skill necessary to be successful in university and the work world.

第一句句子中的expert和scholar都是可数名词，因此需要在这些词之前加上冠词(定冠词或不定冠词)或物主代词，或变为名词的复数形式。Even experts or scholars specializing in a certain field might cover a vast spectrum of knowledge in order to succeed.

第二句句子中的student和skill也都是可数名词，全句应该改为：During high school, a very important time in a person’s education career, students will learn most of the skills necessary to be successful in university and the work world.

2. 集合名词的单复数要注意

我们来看下面的例句：

Technology is developing at a remarkable speed that our ancestors might never have foreseen.

在此句句子中，technology 是不可数名词。考生是否可以将这句句子改成：Various modern technologies are developing at a remarkable speed that our ancestors might never have foreseen呢?technology到底是可数名词还是不可数名词?

当technology理解为抽象的“科学技术”，即强调总称时，是不可数名词，如例句中的Technology is developing at a remarkable speed中的technology正是对“科学技术总称”的指代。当强调“各种各样”科技产品的时候，此时的technology则是可数名词，如例句 Various modern technologies are developing at a remarkable speed. 这类名词称之为“集合名词”，在托福*写作中，经常使用的“集合名词”还有government，如：

The central government is so concerned about keeping pandas in existence that it is spending millions of dollars trying to determine how to artificially inseminate the giant panda. (*政府是一级具体的“政府机关”，因此使用可数名词形式)

It is crucial for government to setup more funds by attracting larger investments to solve financial problems encountered during the course of environment-related projects. (这里的政府是“行政机关的总称”，因此使用不可数名词形式)

3. 名词的首字母大写要求介绍

在哪些情况下，名词需要对其首字母进行大写(capitalization)?

表示月份：February

表示历史事件：The Enlightenment

表示历史时期：The Middle Ages

表示书刊、报纸：The New York Times，The Washington Post

表示节日：Christmas，the Spring Festival

表示*(地区)：North America

表示专有名词：the Amazon

以上就是托福*写作词汇类问题中的名词用法注意事项介绍，希望能给大家提供一些词汇运用方面的参考帮助。