课件31张PPT。Grammar
Subject-Verb Agreement 重庆大学版
高一 (3)
Unit 3Read the following sentences, paying special attention to the coloured parts.
1. Joe’s new trousers are black and white.
2. The family go shopping at weekends together.
3. To eat well is all he asks.
4. Physics is an important subject in the middle
school.Studying the rule5. Playing tennis is very good exercise.
6. There are many people on the street at
weekends.
7. What caused this accident is a mystery.
8. The merchandise has arrived undamaged.
9. The glasses are not enough for him to see
that object in the distance.
10. The family goes to the church every Sunday.Finding the rulesingularsingularpluralsingular主谓一致的定义主谓一致是指谓语在人称和数上必须和主语的人称和数保持一致。这是英语语法中必须遵循的基本规则,也是英语和汉语区别很大的地方。1. 一些以 -ics结尾的学科名词如 politics, mathematics, physics, mechanics, economics等, 形式上是复数,实际上却为不可数名词,它们作主语时,其谓语动词常用单数形式。
e.g. I don’t think politics is easy to study.
我认为政治难学。主谓一致2. 若主语是书名、影片名、格言、剧名、报名、国名等,作为一个单一的概念,其谓语动词通常用单数形式。
e.g. The United States is smaller than China.
美国比中国小。
War and Peace is the longest book I’ve read.
《战争与和平》是我读过的最长的书。3. 表示单一概念的动名词、不定式或句子
作主语时,谓语动词用单数。
e.g. When and where to go for the holiday
has not been decided yet.注意: 主语为what 引导的主语从句时, 谓语动词应与从句所指代的内容的单复念一致。
e.g. What he says (他所说的) is not important.
What I want(我所需要的) are details.4. trousers, glasses, clothes, shoes, scissors (剪刀) 等词作主语时,谓语用复数,但如果这些名词前有a (the) pair of 等量词修饰时(clothes被a suit of修饰),谓语动词用单数。
e.g. The pair of shoes under the bed is his.
床下面的那双鞋子是他的。
The two pairs of trousers are broken.
两条裤子都破了。5. 有些集合名词如 crowd, family, team, group, government, committee, class, school, union, firm, staff, public等,它们作主语时,谓语动词的数要根据语言内容而定。如果它们是作为一个集体单位,谓语动词用单数形式,如果是就其中的各个成员来说,则谓语动词用复数形式。e.g. My family was here two years ago.
两年前,我家就搬到这儿了。
My family aren’t enjoying music.
我们家人都不喜欢音乐。
The team is the best in the league.
这个队在联赛中打得最好。
The football team are having baths.
足球队队员们在洗澡。【注意】
有时没有特定的语境,用单复数谓语均可:
e.g. The audience was (were) very excited
by the show. 观众对演出甚感激动。
The public has (have) a right to know
what’s in the report.
公众有权知道这篇报告的内容。6. 有些表示总称意义的名词,如 people, police, militia(民兵), cattle, poultry(家禽), vermin(害虫)等,形式上是单数,而意义上是复数,谓语动词要用复数形式。
e.g. Cattle were allowed to graze on the village
common.
The police are searching for a tall dark
man with a beard.7. 有些集合名词,如 mankind, humanity,
merchandise, clothing, poetry, baggage /
luggage, furniture, machinery, scenery,
jewellery, equipment(设备)等,通常只用
作不可数名词,表示单数意义,用作主
语时,其后谓语动词用单数形式:e.g. Our clothing protects us from against
the cold. 我们的衣服可以御寒。
All the machinery in the factory is made
in China. 这个工厂所有的机器都是中国产的。
All their baggage was stolen.
他们所有的行李都被偷了。
The furniture is convenient to move.
这家具搬起来很方便。8. there be句型中,be动词的单复数取决于
其后的主语。如果其后是由and连接的两
个主语,则应与靠近的那个主语保持一致。
e.g. There are two chairs and a desk in the
room. 房间里有两把椅子和一张桌子。
There is a desk and two chairs in the room. 房间里有一张桌子和两把椅子。Applying the ruleChoose the right word to complete each of the following sentences.
1. Where _____ (is, are) the shoes?
2. At the bottom of the hill there _____
( is, are) a dangerous crossroads.
3. The New York Times _____ (is, are)
published daily.areisis4. The United Nations _____ (was, were)
formed in San Francisco in 1945.
5. Politics ______ (are, is) the art or
science of government.
6. Playing cards ____ (are, is) a favourite
of young people.wasisis7. The family ____ (is, are) a happy one.
8. The class _____ (is, are) taking notes,
______ (its, their) pens scribbling
quickly over ______ (its, their) exercise
books.isaretheirtheirRead the following sentences and correct the mistakes if any.
1. The public were convinced of his
innocence.
2. The government has discussed the
matter for a long time but there have
been no signs of reaching an agreement.have discussed the3. The football team are being reorganized.
4. Physics are the fundamental subject of
science.
5. The United States are a country of people
with varied origins.
6. One pair of shoes are not enough.isisis1. The committee ___ over the problem
among themselves for two hours.
A. has argued B. has been arguing
C. have argued D. have been arguing2. The public _________ generous in their
contributions to the earthquake victims.
A. is B. was
C. are D. has bee3. Zhang lin’s family _____ rather big and his family______ fond of music.
A. is; are B. is; is
C. are; is D. are; are4. All that I need ____ a large sum of money with which to buy my wife a diamond ring.
A. are to be B. is
C. are D. were1. [2010·湖南] Listening to loud music at rock concerts ____ caused hearing loss in some teenagers.
A.is B.are
C.has D.have高考链接2. Such poets as Shakespeare ________
widely read, of whose works, however,
some ________ difficult to understand.
(四川 2010)
A. are; are B. is; is
C. are; is D. is; are3. We live day by day, but in the great
things, the time of days and weeks ___
so small that a day is unimportant.
(湖南2007)
A. is B. are
C. has been D. have beenThank you!