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Unit 8 More than a Game单元必背知识(背诵版)
Ⅰ.必背单词 (黑体部分为重点词汇)
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1.pull-up n. 引体向上
2.relay n. 接力赛
3.shot-put n. 推铅球
4.boxing n. 拳击(运动)
5.competition n. 比赛;竞赛
6.tryout n. 预赛;选拔赛
7.handoff n. 递传
8.baton n. 接力棒
9.judge n. 裁判员;法官 v. 判断;认定
10.runner n. 参加赛跑的人
11.smooth adj. 顺利的;光滑的
12.figure n.(冰上动作的) 花样;数字;人物 v. 认为
13.amaze v. 使惊奇;使惊诧
14.truly adv. 真正地;诚恳地
15.swimming n. 游泳
16.anyway adv. 无论如何;不管怎样
17.ceremony n. 典礼;仪式
18.neither conj. 两者都不 adv. 也不
19.nor conj. & adv. 也不
20.unique adj. 独一无二的;罕见的
21.bouldering n. 攀岩
22.compete v. 参加比赛;竞争
23.mascot n. 吉祥物
24.motto n. 口号;格言
25.dramatic adj. 激动人心的;出乎意料的
26.freestyle n. 自由式体育比赛
27.talented adj. 有才能的;天才的
28.in wonder 惊奇地
29.gold n. 金;金牌;金色 adj. 金质的;金色的
30.medal n. 奖章;勋章
31.reform n. 改革;变革
32.worldwide adj. 世界范围的
adv. 在全世界;世界各地
33.citizen n. 市民;公民
34.pride n. 自豪(感);骄傲
35.harmony n. 和谐;和睦
36.deeply adv. 深深地;非常
37.master n. 能手 v. 掌握;精通
38.satisfy v. 使(某人)满意
39.Greek adj. 希腊的;希腊人的
n. 古希腊人;希腊人
40.Roman adj. 古罗马的;罗马的
n. 罗马人;罗马字体
41.drown v.(使)淹死;(使)溺毙
42.cheer n. 喝彩声 v. 欢呼
43.crowd n. 人群;观众
Ⅱ.必背短语
1.sports events 体育赛事
2.long jump 跳远
3.relay race 接力赛
4.table tennis 乒乓球
5.sign up for 报名参加
6.look forward to 期待;盼望
7.finish line 终点线
8.starting line 起跑线
9.begin a race 开始比赛
10.win first place 获得第一名
11.take the lead 带头;领先
12.pass...to... 把…… 递给……
13.each other 彼此;互相
14.make up ground on sb/sth 逼近正在向前的人或物
15.catch up with 赶上;追上(某人)
16.at the top of 在…… 顶部;在…… 的最高位置
17.see sb do sth 看见某人做某事
18.fly through the air 在空中飞过
19.the Winter Olympics 冬季奥运会
20.at the top of one's list
在某人的清单首位;是某人的最爱
21.watch figure skating 观看花样滑冰
22.be amazed by 对…… 感到惊叹;被…… 震撼
23.strength and technique 力量和技术
24.opening ceremony 开幕式
25.neither...nor... 既不…… 也不……
26.do one's best 尽某人最大努力
27.try out 参加选拔;试用
28.traditional rock climbing 传统攀岩
29.be divided into 被分成
30.compete against... 与…… 竞争
31.require a lot of training 需要大量训练
32.Olympic mascots 奥运吉祥物
33.the Olympic village 奥运村
34.Olympic mottos 奥运口号
35.prepare for 为…… 做准备
36.compete in sth 参加某项比赛
37.fall in love with 爱上
38.become a huge fan of 成为…… 的超级粉丝
39.across the finish line 穿过终点线
40.gold medal 金牌
41.set a new world record 创造新的世界纪录
42.show one's success in sth
展示某人在某方面的成功
43.reform and opening-up 改革开放
44.help out 帮助摆脱困境;帮忙
45.make sure 确保;查明
46.the purpose of …… 的目的
47.build relationships 建立关系
48.bring people together 把人们聚集在一起
49.touch one's heart 触动某人的心灵
50.take shot-put classes 上推铅球课
51.make up 编造;组成;化妆;和解
52.boxing match 拳击比赛
53.a huge number of 大量的;许多
54.manage to do sth 设法做成某事
55.be introduced as 被介绍为
56.hear of 听说
57.during one's race 在某人比赛期间
58.be difficult for sb 对某人来说很难
59.take place 发生;举行
60.in fact 实际上
61.give up 放弃
Ⅲ.必背句型
1.We need to sign up for the tryouts by Friday.我们需要在周五之前报名参加选拔赛。
2.Well, the 100 metres is usually exciting and everybody is looking forward to the 4×100 m relay.
嗯,100米赛跑通常很激动人心,每个人都期待着4×100米接力赛。
3.Neither is really suitable for me.两者都不太适合我。
4.Everybody is so excited about Sports Day.每个人都对运动会感到非常兴奋。
5.You can get a closer look at every event.你可以更近距离地观看每一个项目。
6.The runners are at the starting line. 赛跑选手们在起跑线上。
7.The judges are reviewing the video to decide who the winner is.
裁判们正在回看录像以决定谁是获胜者。
8.Let's wait for their final decision!让我们等待他们的最终决定吧!
9.Ski jumping is at the top of my list. 跳台滑雪是我最喜欢的项目。
10.My parents and I also enjoy watching figure skating.我和父母也喜欢看花样滑冰。
11.I'm always amazed by their strength and technique.
我总是对他们的力量和技术感到惊叹。
12.For me, the swimming events are so exciting because swimmers often win by just 0.01 seconds.
对我来说,游泳项目非常激动人心,因为游泳选手常常只以0.01秒的优势获胜。
13.Oh, don't forget to watch the opening ceremony. 哦,别忘了看开幕式。
14.They were held in Beijing—the first city ever to host both the Summer and the Winter Olympics.
它们在北京举行——北京是有史以来第一个同时举办夏季和冬季奥运会的城市。
15.Nearly the whole world watched the fantastic figure skating and ski jumping competitions.
几乎全世界都观看了精彩的花样滑冰和跳台滑雪比赛。
16.I also became a huge fan of the mascot, Bing Dwen Dwen.
我也成了吉祥物冰墩墩的超级粉丝。
17.Du Li won her second Olympic gold medal, after the first one in 2004.
继2004年获得第一枚奥运金牌后,杜丽赢得了她的第二枚奥运金牌。
18.Both Games showed China's success in its reform and opening-up on the world stage.
两届奥运会都在世界舞台上展示了中国改革开放的成就。
19.In both events, many volunteers and citizens helped out.
在两届赛事中,许多志愿者和市民都提供了帮助。
20.This is shown in both the motto of the 2008 Olympics, "One World, One Dream", and the motto of the 2022 Olympics, "Together for a Shared Future".
这体现在2008年奥运会的口号"同一个世界,同一个梦想"和2022年奥运会的口号"一起向未来"中。
21.Four runners make up a team for the relay race.四名赛跑选手组成一支接力赛队伍。
22.Though he was defeated, he had competed to the best of his ability in the boxing match.
虽然他被击败了,但他在拳击比赛中尽了最大努力。
23.There were neither team sports nor water sports.既没有团队运动,也没有水上运动。
24.In fact, the first time he ever saw an Olympic-sized 50-metre swimming pool was at the Olympics.
事实上,他第一次见到奥运会标准的50米游泳池是在奥运会上。
25.But he tried hard and finished the race, winning loud cheers from the crowd.
但他努力拼搏并完成了比赛,赢得了观众的热烈欢呼。
26.He never gave up no matter how hard it was.无论多么艰难,他从不放弃。
27.He later became the coach of the national swimming team for Equatorial Guinea, and he is a true example of the Olympic spirit.
他后来成为了赤道几内亚国家游泳队的教练,他是奥林匹克精神的真正典范。
Ⅳ.语法精萃
主谓一致的原则
1. 语法一致原则
主要指语法形式上一致,即谓语动词必须在人称和数的形式上与主语保持一致,这一原则多适用于句子主语是名词或代词的情况。
· He is a famous singer.
· The boys who are playing the guitar are my cousins.
· Life is full of the unexpected.
· A sad movie makes me cry.
· Their mother cooks breakfast for them every morning.
2. 意义一致原则
以主语表示的意义来决定谓语动词的单、复数。这一原则多适用于句中主语为集体名词、“the+形容词/v-ed/v-ing”、以-s结尾的名词、what-从句;由and或both...and连接的并列主语;主语为时间、度量、价值、数目等意义的词语、某些不定代词、what、which、who等。
· The class is more than fifty students.(class指班级)
· Generally speaking, the disable need more help.
· Someone is knocking at the door.
3. 就近原则
谓语动词的人称和数与最近的词语保持一致。这一原则多适用于“there be”句型、由or, neither...nor, either...or, not only...but also...连接的并列主语以及倒装句型。
· There is an apple and two pears on the table.
· There are two pears and an apple on the table.
主谓一致的应用
1. 谓语动词用单数
(1) 不可数名词作主语时
· Water is very important for humans.
· Knowledge is power.
· Happiness lies first of all in health.
(2) 表示时间、金钱、距离、长度等名词复数和数词作主语时
· Eight hours of sleep is enough .
· Thirty minutes was given to prepare for the lesson.
· Ten kilometers is a long distance.
(3) 主语为each, either, neither或由each, either, neither, every, no所修饰时
· Each of the students has a dictionary.
· Either is good enough for me.
· Neither of the books is useful to him.
· No man is born wise.
(4) 主语为any, some, every, no所构成的复合不定代词时
· Anyone who arrives here first will get a present.
· I think that something interesting is going to happen.
· Everybody deserves a chance.
· Nothing is more important than health.
(5) 主语为little, much或被much修饰时
· Very little has been done about it.
· Much of the time was wasted.
· Much water is needed in this place.
(6) 主语为“many a/more than one+单数名词”和“one and a half+名词复数”时
· Many a visitor has been to the Great Wall.
· More than one chair is in the room.
· One and a half bananas is eaten by the little girl.
(7) “one of/ the number of+名词复数”做主语时
· One of these notebooks is mine.
· The number of the members in the swimming club is 50.
(8) 学科、国家、书籍、机构、报刊等名词作主语时
· Physics is not his strong point.
· China is a developing country.
· Treasure Island is the most interesting book I’ve read.
· The United Nations was formed in 1945.
2. 谓语动词用复数
(1) 主语为both, few, a few, many, several或由其所修饰时
· Both of my sisters are teachers.
· A few vegetables were left.
· Several of the grapes are bad.
(2) “the+形容词”表示一类人(如:the deaf, the blind, the old, the young, the rich, the poor等)作主语时
· The young are full of energy.
(3) “the+姓氏的复数形式”作主语时
· The Smiths were watching TV this time last night.
(4) 山脉、群岛、瀑布、运动会等以-s结尾的专有名词作主语时
· The Olympic Games are held once every four years.
· The Rocky mountains stand in the west of the north America.
(5) 只有复数概念的集体名词(people, police, cattle等)作主语时
· These people volunteer to clean the park on weekends.
· Police are hunting the criminal.
3. 谓语动词的形式视情况而定
(1) 主语为某些集体名词(如:family, class, team, army, club, public, audience等)时
1 看作一个整体,谓语动词用单数
· His family has moved into the new house.
· The public was convinced of his innocence.
· There was a big audience at the evening party.
2 看作其中的成员,谓语动词用复数
· The class are busy cleaning the classroom.
· The audience were deeply moved by the plot.
· My family are waiting for me.
(2) 主语为all, any, some, most, enough,half或由其所修饰时
1 主语表示复数意义,谓语动词用复数
· All of the players want to win the game.
· I don’t think any of my friends are interested in this movie.
· Some of the women have long curly black hair.
2 主语表示单数意义或代表不可数名词,谓语动词用单数
· All of the work has been finished.
· Most of the food tastes delicious.
· Half of the land is covered by grass.
(3) 主语为“the rest of、the last of、 lots of、plenty of、分数/百分数+of+名词”的结构时,谓语动词的形式与of后的名词的单复数决定
· The rest of the food is eaten by him.
· The rest of the students are staying at the classroom.
· Two thirds of the members are girls.
· More than fifty percent of the land was covered by snow.
(4) 主语为none时
1 表示复数意义,谓语动词用复数
· She tried ten hats, but none were suited her.
· None have arrived here yet.
2 表示单数意义或代表不可数名词,谓语动词用单数
· We need to buy some milk, because none is left.
· None is as tall as Tom.
(5) 一些由两个对应部分组成的可数名词复数,如:trousers, shorts, glasses, pants,scissors等作主语时
1 前面若无a pair of, a set of, series of等这类的单位词,通常视为复数,谓语动词用 复数形式;
· My glasses are broken.
· His trousers have worn out.
· The scissors aren’t sharp.
2 若带有单位词,则由单位词的单复数决定谓语动词的单复数形式。
· A pair of pants is on his bed.
· Three pairs of trousers are enough.
(6) and连接并列主语时
1 并列主语表示复数概念时,谓语动词用复数
· Lily and Grace are good friends.
· A singer and an actor were having dinner in my restaurant yesterday.
2 并列主语表示同一个人、同一概念、同一事或同一物时,谓语动词用单数
· A worker and engineer was giving a lecture from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. yesterday afternoon.
· The singer and dancer is popular among the young people.
· Bread and butter is his favorite food.
(7) “there be”句型中谓语动词的人称和数与最近的词语保持一致。
· There is a bank and two shops on this road.
· There are two shops and a bank on this road.
(8) 由or, neither...nor, either...or, not only...but also...连接的并列主语,谓语动词的人称和数与最近的词语保持一致。
· Either he or I am going to attend the meeting on Friday.
· Either I or he is going to attend the meeting on Friday.
(9) 主语后跟介词along with, besides, together with, with等引导的短语,或者跟连接词as well as, other than, rather than等连接的短语时,其谓语动词与这些短语前边的主语保持一致
· My mother together with my brothers has seen the film.
· I as well as my sister am good at English.
· His brother, rather than his parents is fond of the country music.
(10) 非谓语动词作主语
1 单独的不定式、V-ing形式作主语时,谓语动词一般用单数
· Listening to music is a way too relax myself.
· To save the endangered animals is what we need to do.
2 如果多个非谓语动词连在一起表示同一概念,谓语动词用单数;如果表示不同概念,谓语动词用复数
· To go to bed early and to get up early is a good habit.
· To work and to live are two different things but they are always together.
(11) 关系代词在定语从句中作主语时,定语从句中的谓语动词的单复数形式与先行词保持一致。
1 先行词是单数时,从句的谓语动词用单数;先行词是复数时,从句的谓语动词用复数
· I want to know the man who is singing in the music room.
· The pens which are on the desk belong to Alice.
2 “one of+可数名词复数”作先行词时,从句的谓语动词用复数;“the only/very/ right one of+”可数名词复数”作先行词时,从句的谓语动词用单数
· Jack is one of the musicians who were awarded.
· Jack is the only one of the musicians who was awarded.
$Unit 8 More than a Game单元必背知识(背诵版)
Ⅰ.必背单词 (黑体部分为重点词汇)
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1. _________________ n.引体向上
2. _________________ n.接力赛
3. _________________ n.推铅球
4. _________________ n.拳击(运动)
5. _________________ n.比赛;竞赛
6. _________________ n.预赛;选拔赛
7. _________________ n.递传
8. _________________ n.接力棒
9. _________________ n.裁判员;法官 v.判断;认定
10. _________________ n.参加赛跑的人
11. _________________ adj.顺利的;光滑的
12. _________________ n.(冰上动作的)花样;数字;人物 v.认为
13. _________________ v.使惊奇;使惊诧
14. _________________ adv.真正地;诚恳地
15. _________________ n.游泳
16. _________________ adv.无论如何;不管怎样
17. _________________ n.典礼;仪式
18. _________________ conj.两者都不 adv.也不
19. _________________ conj. & adv.也不
20. _________________ adj.独一无二的;罕见的
21. _________________ n.攀岩
22. _________________ v.参加比赛;竞争
23. _________________ n.吉祥物
24. _________________ n.口号;格言
25. _________________ adj.激动人心的;出乎意料的
26. _________________ n.自由式体育比赛
27. _________________ adj.有才能的;天才的
28. _________________ 惊奇地
29. _________________ n.金;金牌;金色
adj.金质的;金色的
30. _________________ n.奖章;勋章
31. _________________ n.改革;变革
32. _________________ adj.世界范围的 adv.在全世界;世界各地
33. _________________ n.市民;公民
34. _________________ n.自豪(感);骄傲
35. _________________ n.和谐;和睦
36. _________________ adv.深深地;非常
37. _________________ n.能手 v.掌握;精通
38. _________________ v.使(某人)满意
39. _________________ adj.希腊的;希腊人的
n.古希腊人;希腊人
40. _________________ adj.古罗马的;罗马的
n.罗马人;罗马字体
41. _________________ v.(使)淹死;(使)溺毙
42. _________________ n.喝彩声 v.欢呼
43. _________________ n.人群;观众
Ⅱ.必背短语
1. _________________ 体育赛事
2. _________________ 跳远
3. _________________ 接力赛
4. _________________ 乒乓球
5. _________________ 报名参加
6. _________________ 期待;盼望
7. _________________ 终点线
8. _________________ 起跑线
9. _________________ 开始比赛
10. _________________ 获得第一名
11. _________________ 带头;领先
12. _________________ 把……递给……
13. _________________ 彼此;互相
14. _________________ 逼近正在向前的人或物
15. _________________ 赶上;追上(某人)
16. ____________ 在……顶部;在……的最高位置
17. _________________ 看见某人做某事
18. _________________ 在空中飞过
19. _________________ 冬季奥运会
20. ___________ 在某人的清单首位;是某人的最爱
21. _________________ 观看花样滑冰
22. _______________ 对……感到惊叹;被……震撼
23. _________________ 力量和技术
24. _________________ 开幕式
25. _________________ 既不……也不……
26. _________________ 尽某人最大努力
27. _________________ 参加选拔;试用
28. _________________ 传统攀岩
29. _________________ 被分成
30. _________________ 与……竞争
31. _________________ 需要大量训练
32. _________________ 奥运吉祥物
33. _________________ 奥运村
34. _________________ 奥运口号
35. _________________ 为……做准备
36. _________________ 参加某项比赛
37. _________________ 爱上
38. _________________ 成为……的超级粉丝
39. _________________ 穿过终点线
40. _________________ 金牌
41. _________________ 创造新的世界纪录
42. _________________ 展示某人在某方面的成功
43. _________________ 改革开放
44. _________________ 帮助摆脱困境;帮忙
45. _________________ 确保;查明
46. _________________ ……的目的
47. _________________ 建立关系
48. _________________ 把人们聚集在一起
49. _________________ 触动某人的心灵
50. _________________ 上推铅球课
51. _________________ 编造;组成;化妆;和解
52. _________________ 拳击比赛
53. _________________ 大量的;许多
54. _________________ 设法做成某事
55. _________________ 被介绍为
56. _________________ 听说
57. _________________ 在某人比赛期间
58. _________________ 对某人来说很难
59. _________________ 发生;举行
60. _________________ 实际上
61. _________________ 放弃
Ⅲ.必背句型
1.We need to _________________the tryouts by Friday.
我们需要在周五之前报名参加选拔赛。
2.Well, the 100 metres is usually exciting and everybody is ________________ the 4×100 m relay.
嗯,100米赛跑通常很激动人心,每个人都期待着4×100米接力赛。
3.Neither ________________ me.两者都不太适合我。
4.Everybody ________________ Sports Day.每个人都对运动会感到非常兴奋。
5.You can ________________ look at every event.你可以更近距离地观看每一个项目。
6.The runners are at ________________.赛跑选手们在起跑线上。
7.The judges are reviewing the video to ________________.
裁判们正在回看录像以决定谁是获胜者。
8.Let's ________________their final decision! 让我们等待他们的最终决定吧!
9.Ski jumping is ________________.跳台滑雪是我最喜欢的项目。
10.My parents and I also enjoy ________________. 我和父母也喜欢看花样滑冰。
11.I'm always amazed by their ________________.
我总是对他们的力量和技术感到惊叹。
12. ________________, the swimming events are so exciting because swimmers often win by just 0.01 seconds.
对我来说,游泳项目非常激动人心,因为游泳选手常常只以0.01秒的优势获胜。
13.Oh, don't forget to watch ________________.哦,别忘了看开幕式。
14.They were held in Beijing—the first city ever to host ____________________.
它们在北京举行——北京是有史以来第一个同时举办夏季和冬季奥运会的城市。
15.Nearly the whole world watched ________________ and ski jumping competitions.
几乎全世界都观看了精彩的花样滑冰和跳台滑雪比赛。
16. I also became ________________the mascot, Bing Dwen Dwen.
我也成了吉祥物冰墩墩的超级粉丝。
17.Du Li ______________________________, after the first one in 2004.
继2004年获得第一枚奥运金牌后,杜丽赢得了她的第二枚奥运金牌。
18.Both Games showed China's success in its ________________ on the world stage.
两届奥运会都在世界舞台上展示了中国改革开放的成就。
19.In both events, many volunteers and citizens ________________.
在两届赛事中,许多志愿者和市民都提供了帮助。
20.This is shown in both the motto of the 2008 Olympics, " ________________", and the motto of the 2022 Olympics, "Together for a Shared Future".
这体现在2008年奥运会的口号"同一个世界,同一个梦想"和2022年奥运会的口号"一起向未来"中。
21.Four runners ________________ for the relay race.
四名赛跑选手组成一支接力赛队伍。
22.Though he was defeated, he had competed to the best of his ability in ________________.
虽然他被击败了,但他在拳击比赛中尽了最大努力。
23.There were ___________ team sports ____________ water sports.既没有团队运动,也没有水上运动。
24.In fact, ________________ he ever saw an Olympic-sized 50-metre swimming pool was at the Olympics.
事实上,他第一次见到奥运会标准的50米游泳池是在奥运会上。
25.But he tried hard and ________________, winning loud cheers from the crowd.
但他努力拼搏并完成了比赛,赢得了观众的热烈欢呼。
26.He never ________________ no matter how hard it was.无论多么艰难,他从不放弃。
27.He later became the coach of ________________ for Equatorial Guinea, and he is a true example of the Olympic spirit.
他后来成为了赤道几内亚国家游泳队的教练,他是奥林匹克精神的真正典范。
Ⅳ.语法精萃
主谓一致的原则
1. 语法一致原则
主要指语法形式上一致,即谓语动词必须在人称和数的形式上与主语保持一致,这一原则多适用于句子主语是名词或代词的情况。
· He is a famous singer.
· The boys who are playing the guitar are my cousins.
· Life is full of the unexpected.
· A sad movie makes me cry.
· Their mother cooks breakfast for them every morning.
2. 意义一致原则
以主语表示的意义来决定谓语动词的单、复数。这一原则多适用于句中主语为集体名词、“the+形容词/v-ed/v-ing”、以-s结尾的名词、what-从句;由and或both...and连接的并列主语;主语为时间、度量、价值、数目等意义的词语、某些不定代词、what、which、who等。
· The class is more than fifty students.(class指班级)
· Generally speaking, the disable need more help.
· Someone is knocking at the door.
3. 就近原则
谓语动词的人称和数与最近的词语保持一致。这一原则多适用于“there be”句型、由or, neither...nor, either...or, not only...but also...连接的并列主语以及倒装句型。
· There is an apple and two pears on the table.
· There are two pears and an apple on the table.
主谓一致的应用
1. 谓语动词用单数
(1) 不可数名词作主语时
· Water is very important for humans.
· Knowledge is power.
· Happiness lies first of all in health.
(2) 表示时间、金钱、距离、长度等名词复数和数词作主语时
· Eight hours of sleep is enough .
· Thirty minutes was given to prepare for the lesson.
· Ten kilometers is a long distance.
(3) 主语为each, either, neither或由each, either, neither, every, no所修饰时
· Each of the students has a dictionary.
· Either is good enough for me.
· Neither of the books is useful to him.
· No man is born wise.
(4) 主语为any, some, every, no所构成的复合不定代词时
· Anyone who arrives here first will get a present.
· I think that something interesting is going to happen.
· Everybody deserves a chance.
· Nothing is more important than health.
(5) 主语为little, much或被much修饰时
· Very little has been done about it.
· Much of the time was wasted.
· Much water is needed in this place.
(6) 主语为“many a/more than one+单数名词”和“one and a half+名词复数”时
· Many a visitor has been to the Great Wall.
· More than one chair is in the room.
· One and a half bananas is eaten by the little girl.
(7) “one of/ the number of+名词复数”做主语时
· One of these notebooks is mine.
· The number of the members in the swimming club is 50.
(8) 学科、国家、书籍、机构、报刊等名词作主语时
· Physics is not his strong point.
· China is a developing country.
· Treasure Island is the most interesting book I’ve read.
· The United Nations was formed in 1945.
2. 谓语动词用复数
(1) 主语为both, few, a few, many, several或由其所修饰时
· Both of my sisters are teachers.
· A few vegetables were left.
· Several of the grapes are bad.
(2) “the+形容词”表示一类人(如:the deaf, the blind, the old, the young, the rich, the poor等)作主语时
· The young are full of energy.
(3) “the+姓氏的复数形式”作主语时
· The Smiths were watching TV this time last night.
(4) 山脉、群岛、瀑布、运动会等以-s结尾的专有名词作主语时
· The Olympic Games are held once every four years.
· The Rocky mountains stand in the west of the north America.
(5) 只有复数概念的集体名词(people, police, cattle等)作主语时
· These people volunteer to clean the park on weekends.
· Police are hunting the criminal.
3. 谓语动词的形式视情况而定
(1) 主语为某些集体名词(如:family, class, team, army, club, public, audience等)时
1 看作一个整体,谓语动词用单数
· His family has moved into the new house.
· The public was convinced of his innocence.
· There was a big audience at the evening party.
2 看作其中的成员,谓语动词用复数
· The class are busy cleaning the classroom.
· The audience were deeply moved by the plot.
· My family are waiting for me.
(2) 主语为all, any, some, most, enough,half或由其所修饰时
1 主语表示复数意义,谓语动词用复数
· All of the players want to win the game.
· I don’t think any of my friends are interested in this movie.
· Some of the women have long curly black hair.
2 主语表示单数意义或代表不可数名词,谓语动词用单数
· All of the work has been finished.
· Most of the food tastes delicious.
· Half of the land is covered by grass.
(3) 主语为“the rest of、the last of、 lots of、plenty of、分数/百分数+of+名词”的结构时,谓语动词的形式与of后的名词的单复数决定
· The rest of the food is eaten by him.
· The rest of the students are staying at the classroom.
· Two thirds of the members are girls.
· More than fifty percent of the land was covered by snow.
(4) 主语为none时
1 表示复数意义,谓语动词用复数
· She tried ten hats, but none were suited her.
· None have arrived here yet.
2 表示单数意义或代表不可数名词,谓语动词用单数
· We need to buy some milk, because none is left.
· None is as tall as Tom.
(5) 一些由两个对应部分组成的可数名词复数,如:trousers, shorts, glasses, pants,scissors等作主语时
1 前面若无a pair of, a set of, series of等这类的单位词,通常视为复数,谓语动词用 复数形式;
· My glasses are broken.
· His trousers have worn out.
· The scissors aren’t sharp.
2 若带有单位词,则由单位词的单复数决定谓语动词的单复数形式。
· A pair of pants is on his bed.
· Three pairs of trousers are enough.
(6) and连接并列主语时
1 并列主语表示复数概念时,谓语动词用复数
· Lily and Grace are good friends.
· A singer and an actor were having dinner in my restaurant yesterday.
2 并列主语表示同一个人、同一概念、同一事或同一物时,谓语动词用单数
· A worker and engineer was giving a lecture from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. yesterday afternoon.
· The singer and dancer is popular among the young people.
· Bread and butter is his favorite food.
(7) “there be”句型中谓语动词的人称和数与最近的词语保持一致。
· There is a bank and two shops on this road.
· There are two shops and a bank on this road.
(8) 由or, neither...nor, either...or, not only...but also...连接的并列主语,谓语动词的人称和数与最近的词语保持一致。
· Either he or I am going to attend the meeting on Friday.
· Either I or he is going to attend the meeting on Friday.
(9) 主语后跟介词along with, besides, together with, with等引导的短语,或者跟连接词as well as, other than, rather than等连接的短语时,其谓语动词与这些短语前边的主语保持一致
· My mother together with my brothers has seen the film.
· I as well as my sister am good at English.
· His brother, rather than his parents is fond of the country music.
(10) 非谓语动词作主语
1 单独的不定式、V-ing形式作主语时,谓语动词一般用单数
· Listening to music is a way too relax myself.
· To save the endangered animals is what we need to do.
2 如果多个非谓语动词连在一起表示同一概念,谓语动词用单数;如果表示不同概念,谓语动词用复数
· To go to bed early and to get up early is a good habit.
· To work and to live are two different things but they are always together.
(11) 关系代词在定语从句中作主语时,定语从句中的谓语动词的单复数形式与先行词保持一致。
1 先行词是单数时,从句的谓语动词用单数;先行词是复数时,从句的谓语动词用复数
· I want to know the man who is singing in the music room.
· The pens which are on the desk belong to Alice.
2 “one of+可数名词复数”作先行词时,从句的谓语动词用复数;“the only/very/ right one of+”可数名词复数”作先行词时,从句的谓语动词用单数
· Jack is one of the musicians who were awarded.
· Jack is the only one of the musicians who was awarded.
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