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课题:Using language-subject-verb agreement II
Objectives:
1.to master the main points and test points of subject-verb agreement.
2. to flexibly use subject-verb agreement.
一般说来,谓语必须与主语在人称和数上保持一致,即主谓一致。
主谓一致涉及三个方面:语法上一致,意义上一致,就近一致。
1、 语法上一致
二、意义上一致
1.当表示时间,金钱,体积,重量,面积,距离,价格、度量等的名词作主语时若其意义指“总量”应看作单数,谓语用单数;但若其意义指“有多少数量”,则应该看作复数,那么谓语动词也应该用复数。
Ten years is quite a long time.
Four weeks are often approximately regarded as one month.
2.当“the+形容词(过去分词)”指一类人作主语时,谓语用复数。指个人或抽象概念时,谓语用单数。 指一类事物时谓语动词一般用单数。
The rich live a happy life, while the poor live a hard life.
The wounded is our captain.
The unknown is what interests me.
3.当maths (mathematics), politics, physics等学科名词作主语时,谓语用单数。
Maths is difficult to learn.
4.用作书名、剧名、报名、国名、地区名称的复数名词作主语时,谓语用单数。
The Arabian Nights is a very interesting book.
The United States is a developed country.
特殊:由山脉、群岛、瀑布、运动会等s 结尾的专有名词作主语谓语用复数。
The Olympic Games are held once every four years.
5.如果名词词组的中心词是all, most, half, rest, part等词语,表示的是复数意义,谓语动词用复