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Subject-verb agreement
Part A: Introduction
主谓一致: _______________________________________________________________。我们一般遵从三个原则:___________________ ____________________ ____________________
1)_____________________: 即主语单复数形式与谓语要一致。
2_______________________: 即主语意义上的单复数要与谓语的单复数形式一致。3)__________________________: 即谓语动词的单复形式取决于最靠近它的词语.
Part B: 语法一致
1. _______________________j作主语, 谓语动词用单数。
More than one student ___________ (read) Harry Porter.
Many a student __________ (see)the film Titanic twice.
More students than one _________ against the decision.
2. 名词 + “with / along with / together with / including / but / except / like / among / as well as / no more than / besides / rather than +名词”, 谓语动词一般仍和前面的名词在单复数上保持一致。
The bat together with the ball __________ stolen.
3. 由and 连接的两个单数名词前有no, every , each 修饰时,谓语动词用单数
Every hour and every minute ________ precious,
No man and no woman ______ (allow ) to enter the hall for the time being,
Part C:意义一致原则
(一)谓语动词为单数的情况
1.______________和___________________做主语, 谓语动词用单数.
The ball _______under the desk.
The water__________very hot.
2.以s结尾的词, 表示__________ ________ ________ __________等名称作主语, 谓语动词用单数.
Maths________one of my favourite subjects.
The city of twins___________ popular with readers
3.表示_______ _______ ______等复数名词作主语, 表达一个整体概念时。谓语动词用单数.
Twenty years________ ( pass) since he left his hometown.
Ten miles isn’t a long distance.
4.______________ ,________________作主语。
Collecting stamps ________what he likes.
When and how to do it____________ still a problem.
When they can finish the task _______ _(not know_) yet.
5.由and 连接的并列成分指的是_______________, 兼具身份或匹配出现, 谓语动词用单数.Eg: 奶油面包______________ 针线_______________ 一副刀叉_________________
一辆马车_______________________ 炸鱼土豆条___________________________
The worker and writer _____________from Wuhan. (那个工人兼作家…)
(比较:The worker and the writer__________ from Beijing. 那位工人和那位作家)
Bread and butter is a daily food in the West.
6 .由every-, any-, some-, no-和-one, 加-thing, -body等所构成的不定代词作主语。谓语动词用单数.
__________everyone here today?
Nobody__________( like) his poems.
(二)谓语动词为复数的情况
1 .由and连接的两个并列成分表示两个___________________________, 谓语动词用复数.
Both bread and butter_________(sell) out.
2. people, police, cattle, youth, poultry等有生命的_____________________作主语,谓语动词用复数.
The police _____________( look) for the missing child
3. 由两部分构成的物体的等名词 (eg:___________________________________________ ___________________________________)作主语, 谓语动词用复数.
His trousers _____________ of good quality.
4. a number of /a group of +名词作主语, 谓语动词用复数.
A number of students _________ reading books in the classroom.
5. the+_________ ____________ 谓语动词用复数.
The poor_____ to be helped.
The wounded________( take) good care of.
6. goods, clothes, congratulations, earnings, remains, belongings等词通常谓语用复数.
Their congratulations inspire them a lot.
(三)谓语动词单、复数视情况而定
1.集体名词_______________________________________________________________________等作主语。强调____用单数, 指______用复数。
His family is a great one.
His family are music lovers.
The audience ________ greatly moved.
The audience ___________( dress) in a variety of ways, some in suits and some in jeans,
2.“kind, sort, pair, type+名词”作主语, 要根据_______________而定。
The kind of paper is made of straw.
Some kinds of animals are dying out.
注意: Questions of this kind _______ difficult.
3.all, none, some, any等不定代词作主语, 根据其__________而定。
All ______ present .
All the food____( taste) good.
4.“all / most / half / some / a part / the rest / lots / plenty / the majority/ 分数 / 百分数+of +名词”作主语: 谓语动词要和_____________________保持一致。
Two thirds of the students _______girls in our class.
Two thirds of building _______(paint)
Half of the students ______ finished their compositions.
Half of the fruit_____ bad.
5. 单复数同形的名词做主语, 如 means , works , species series, deer , sheep, crossroads 等, 谓语动词的形式要依据语义来决定。
This chemical works __________ (set up) in 1980.
These glass works ______ far from the city center)
Part D: 就近原则
1.由_______ ______ _______ _________________等连接的并列主语, 谓语动词常和_____________保持一致。
Not only he but also I ____ invited.
Neither my gloves nor my hat ____(go) with the dress.
但注意:
“with / along with / together with / including / but / except / like / among / as well as / no more than / besides / rather than +名词”置于主语后, 谓语动词一般__________在单复数上保持一致。
The teacher with a number of students _____ in the classroom.
2由___ 或 ____引起的主语, 而又不止是一个时, 采取就近原则。
Here ____ a pen, a few envelopes and some paper for you.
Exercises
1. Not only I but also Jane and Mary ____ tired of having one examination after another.
A. is B. are C. am D. be
2. A library with five thousand books ___ to the nation as a gift.
A. is offered B. has offered
C. are offered D. have offered
3. When and where to build the new factory ___ yet.
A. is not decided B. are not decided
C. has not decided D. have not decided
4 .The number of people invited___ fifty, but a number of them__ _absent for different reasons.
A. were; was B. was; was
C. was; were D. were; were
5. E-mail, as well as telephones, ___ an important part in daily communication.
A. is playing B. have played
C. are playing D. play
6. ____ of the land in that district ____ covered with trees and grass.
A. Two fifth; is B. Two fifth; are
C. Two fifths; is D. Two fifths; are
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