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Subject-verb Agreement
主谓一致
1. 有的集体名词通常表示复数含义,作主语时谓语通
常用复数形式,比如 police / people / cattle 等。
主语为集体名词时,谓语动词单复数的使用可以归纳为以下三类:
The police were after him.
People are beginning to talk about her.
Cattle feed on grass.
2. 有的集体名词通常只用作不可数名词,表示单数意义,用作主语时,谓语动词用单数形式,比如 clothing, poetry, luggage, furniture, machinery, scenery, jewellery, equipment 等。
Our clothing protects us against the cold.
The equipment of this photographic studio was expensive.
All their luggage was stolen.
The furniture is convenient to move.
3. 有的集体名词作主语时,若视为整体,谓语动词用单数形式;强调集体中的各个成员时,谓语动词用复数形式,比如 family, team, army, military, enemy, class, crowd, government, club, committee, audience, public 等。
Her family is a large one.
Her family are all tall.
The team is the best in the league.
The football team are having baths.
1. Government troop have put down the uprising. [ ]
2. The police is after him. [ ]
3. The military are well-organised and prepared to fight. [ ]
4. All the machinery in this factory are made in the US. [ ]
Correct any mistakes in these sentences or put a √ in the square brackets if they are correct.
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5. The soldiers’ uniform look very smart. [ ]
6. The group was sent to rescue the missing pilot. [ ]
7. Politics are the study of the ways in which countries are
governed. [ ]
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1. Our family __________ in this city for about sixteen years and my family ________ all fond of music. (be)
2. The medical team, which ____________(consist) of five doctors and ten nurses, is to be sent to the flood-stricken area.
3. The local government __________(take) some measures to stop such rare animals from dying out so far.
4. People in this small town often _______(make) their own houses from wood or materials that have been thrown away.
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表示时间、距离、长度、金额、重量等的复数名词作主语时,常被看作是整体,谓语动词用单数。
· Twenty years is really a long time.
· A hundred miles is quite a long drive.
· Two thousand dollars is quite a lot of money for a girl.
the+形容词/分词 表一类人,在句中作主语时,谓语动词常用复数的形式。
· The young, on the one hand, often think of the old conservative. On the other hand, the old always consider the young inexperienced.
· The wounded were saved by the villagers at last.
表示几分之几、百分之几、half of、some of、the rest of、most of、the majority of等加名词做主语时,谓语动词根据of后面名词的单复数来确定。
· 20% of the people in the city object to the price of running water going up.
· Only one fifth of air consists of oxygen.
· Most of the wine was unfit for human consumption.
a number of+名词复数(许多),作主语时,谓语动词用复数;the number of+名词复数(...的数量),作主语时,谓语动词用单数。
· The number of people invited was fifty, but a number of them were absent for different reasons.
单个的不定式、动词-ing形式和名词性从句做主语,谓语动词用单数。what引导的主语从句作主语时,谓语动词的单复数取决于表语的单复数。
· Swimming in rivers in summer is a good sport.
· To learn English well is not easy.
· What we need is money, but what they need are books.
复合不定代词someone, anyone, everyone, nobody, no one, something, everything, nothing等作主语时,谓语动词用单数。
· If anyone sees Lisa, ask her to call me.
· Nothing is impossible to a willing mind.
all, none, some, any等不定代词作主语时,谓语动词的数根据其指代的内容确定。
· All are here and all is ready.
所有人都到达,一切就绪。
· None have arrived yet.
· None is more qualified for the task than him.
· Such poets as Shakespeare are widely read, of whose works, however, some are difficult to understand.
当each, either, neither做主语或主语由each, either, every, neither, no修饰时,谓语动词通常用单数。
· Either of the plans is equally dangerous.
· Each answer is worth 20 points.
· No man is born wise.
被every, each, no等限定的主语由and连接时,谓语动词仍用单数形式,其中后一个限定词可以省略。
· Each boy and each girl has an apple.
· Each and every one of these soldiers has proved his courage.
many a(许多), more than one(不止一个)+可数名词单数,做主语时,谓语动词用单数。
· Many a parent has had to go through this painful process.
· More than one person is against the proposal.
and连接的两个单数名词作主语时,如果指的是同一个人、同一件事或表示整体概念,谓语动词用单数形式,且and后面的名词前不加冠词。
· The knife and fork is on the desk.
· The scientist and professor has made a great contribution to the research.
· The owner and the editor-in-chief of the newspaper are to attend the conference.
先行词在定语从句中做主语时,从句中的谓语动词与先行词的单复数保持一致。
· It is a great film that draws lots of attention.
定语从句中的主谓一致问题
one of+可数名词复数后跟定语从句时,从句中的谓语动词常用复数形式;而the (only) one of+可数名词复数时,从句中的谓语动词应用单数形式。
· He is one of the students who have been to Shanghai.
· He is the only one of the students who has been to Shanghai.
· The factory used three fifths of the raw materials, the rest of which were saved for other purposes.
定语从句中的主谓一致问题
如果主语后面带有as well as, with, along with, together with, rather than, but, except, besides, including, like, in addition to等加其他名词,谓语动词与前面的主语保持一致。
就远原则
· Modern teaching equipment as well as hundreds of computers was sent to the village school last week.
· Pronunciation, together with grammar and vocabulary, changes very quickly from one area to another.
由or, nor, either...or..., neither...nor..., not only...but also..., not...but...等连接并列主语时,谓语动词的单复数通常和离它最近的主语保持一致。
就近原则
· Mary or you are to blame for the fault.
· Not only peter but also his two sisters take great interest in the piano lessons.
there be句型中,主语是两个或多个并列名词时,be的形式与最临近的主语保持一致。
· There was a small theater in my hometown.
· There are three chairs, a desk and a computer in my new office.
就近原则