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第二册
Unit 1
Lights, camera, action!
P3 Grammar and usage
She and I am classmates.
His father have been working on the farm.
The children stands behind the classroom.
There are a pen, a knife and several books on the desk.
The teacher want to visit the factory together with some students.
are
has
stand
is
wants
She lives in China.
More people live in Asia than in any other continent.
Observe
a singular subject
a singular verb
a plural subject
a plural verb
If a sentence has a singular subject it is followed by a singular verb, and if it has a plural subject it is followed by a plural verb; that is, the verb agrees with the subject.
Below is an introduction Laura gave to her class about The Jungle Book. Pay attention to the underlined subjects and verbs and fill in the table below.
Check your answers!
subject
a
b
c
d
e
g
h
f
在英语表达中,句子中的谓语动词在人称和数上要和主语保持一致,我们称之为“主谓一致”。
要做到主谓一致,除了要考虑句中主语和数的变化外,还要考虑到谓语动词的时态和语态的变化。
主谓一致
Focus on
基本用法
Subject–verb agreement
谓语动词用单数
1. What I want is an interesting book.
2. Going to bed early and getting up
early is good for your health.
Reading books and playing table tennis are my great pleasure.
注意:多个非谓语动词或从句作主语,表达同一概念用单数,表达不同概念,用复数。
1. Five dollars seems a fair price.
2. Two kilometers is not very far for the young man.
非谓语动词形式或从句作主语
距离、时间、长度、金额、质量等复数名词作主语
课堂问答
想一想,表示距离、时间、长度、金额、质量等的名词都有哪些?
miles
dollars
pounds
kilograms
kilometers
centimeters
seconds
hours
years
谓语动词用单数
注意:many a 修饰单数可数名词,谓语动词也用单数形式,但表示复数意义,意为“许多”。
1. Every boy and every girl admires him for his fine sense of humour.
2. Many a boy and many a girl has made the same mistake.
1. Maths is a required course for middle school students.
2. Gymnastics is my favourite sport.
并列主语前有each, every, many a, no等修饰。
news, gymnastics, physics, mathematics, economics作主语
谓语动词用单数
of+复数名词
Notes: of后的复数名词不是主语,of前面的one, every one等才是主语。
everyone (~one)
nobody (~body)
something (~thing) 等不定代词作主语
one
each
every one
each one
anyone
Each of the houses wa