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Unit 1 Lights, camera, action!
Grammar and usage
Subject-verb agreement
Words
Review: Fill in the blank.
1. I ____ a student.
2. She ____ so beutiful.
3. I ____ (love) you.
4. He ____ (love) me.
5. There ____ a big tree behind the shop.
主谓一致:句子的主语和谓语在“人称”和“数”上保持一致
一. 语法一致
二. 意义一致
三. 就近一致
四. 就远一致
1.以单数名词、代词、动名词短语、动词不定式短语、从句作主语时,谓语动词一般用单数。主语为复数时,谓语动词用复数形式。
(1).Learning English is fun.
(2).What he said is very important for us all.
一. 语法一致:指句子的主语和谓语在语法形式上一致,即谓语动词的单复数形式依主语的单复数形式而定。(主单-谓单,主复-谓复)
2.由连词and或both...and...并列连接起来的主语后面,谓语动词要用复数。(注意:若and所连接的两个词是指同一个人或物,谓语动词用单数)
(1).Lucy and Lily are twins.
(2).The writer and artist has come.
3.“either, each, every或 no+单数名词”和由some, any, no, every构成的复合不定代词,谓语动词要用单数。
(1).Each of us has a new book.
(2).Everything around us is matter.
4.“当分数、百分数或其他表示模糊比例的词(all, half, most, some, the rest)+of+名词“作主语时,谓语动词的单复数形式与of后面的名词的单复数形式保持一致。
(1).Three fourths of the earth is covered with water.
(2).About 70 percent of people have known about
the truth.
二. 意义一致:指谓语动词的数必须与主语的意义一致。
1.what, who, which, any, more, all等代词可以是单数,也可以是复数,主要根据其指代的对象的含义来决定。
(1).All is going well.
(2).All have gone to Beijing.
2.表示时间、重量、长度、价值等的名词的复数作主语时,谓语动词通常用单数。
(1).Three days is enough.
(2).One hundred dollars is a lot of money to me.
3.若主语是书名、片名、格言、剧名、报纸名、国名等且为复数时,谓语动词通常用单数。
(1).The Arabian Nights is a interesting storybook.
(2).Titanic is a romantic film.
三. 就近一致:指谓语动词的单复数形式要与它邻近的主语部分的单复数形式保持一致。
Practice
1.There ____ a pen and two books on the desk.
2.Not only the students but also the teacher _____________(invited).
3.Either you or I __________ (be) wrong.
was invited
is
am
Exploring the rules
Go through the passage in Part A and finish the table.
Subject + Singular verb Subject + Plural verb
Everyone was
its film team members were
Mowgli and his animal friends live
its old age shows
The new film uses
not only the animals but also the jungle is
Building the jungle environment on the computer was
The Jungle Book lasts
there is enough tension and humour
Two hour