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选择性必修三Unit 4
A Glimpse of the Future
Grammar
Subject-Verb agreement (2)
1. Students can learn some words and phrases.
2. Students can get the main usage of this grammar---Subject-verb agreement.
3. Students can write some a passage by using “Subject-verb agreement ”.
Activity 1
a ... 50 per cent of my time was spent researching new restuarants.
b Every recommendation she gives me is great…
c … almost 50 per cent of US jobs are at risk from automation in the next 20 years.
d … none of us is prepared for the challenges of AI.
Look at the sentences and answer the questions.
1. Why is 50 per cent singular in sentence (a) but plural in sentence (c)
Because in sentence (a), the part “50 per cent” is followed by the uncountable noun “time”, while in sentence (c), the part “50 per cent” is followed by the countable noun “job” in its plural form.
Activity 1
a ... 50 per cent of my time was spent researching new restuarants.
b Every recommendation she gives me is great…
c … almost 50 per cent of US jobs are at risk from automation in the next 20 years.
d … none of us is prepared for the challenges of AI.
Look at the sentences and answer the questions.
2. What are the subjects in sentences (b) and (d) Are they singular or plural
In sentence (b), “Every recommendation” is the subject. In sentence (d), “none of us” is the subject. Both are singular.
Activity 2 Summary
主谓一致是指谓语动词与主语在人称和数上要保持一致。
主谓一致主要遵循三个原则,即意义一致原则、语法一致原则和就近一致原则。本单元处理语法一致原则和主谓一致易错点分析。
三、语法一致原则
语法一致原则就是指主语和谓语在语法形式上必须保持一致,即谓语动词的单复数形式由主语的单复数形式决定。主要有以下情况:
1. 不定式(、动名词、单个主语从句、不定代词等作主语时
1. To read English aloud every morning _____ (do)you a lot of good.
2. When and where to go for the on-salary holiday ___(decide)yet.
3. What I say and think ___none of yoursbusiness.
4. Collecting stamps ___(do) spend most of my time.
5. Everyone, men and women, old and young ___(enjoy) sports and games.
6. Each of the students, working hard at his or her lessons, ___(hope)to go to university.
1. does 2. hasn’t been decided 3. is 4. does 5. enjoys 6. hopes
温馨提示:不定式, 动名词, 以及单个主语从句和不定代词one, every, each, everybody, everyone, one of, no one, nothing, nobody, someone, somebody等作主语时应看作单数,谓语动词用单数。
2. 了解形复实单的名词作主语
1. One Thousand And One Nights _____(tell) people lots of mysterious bits of folklore .
2. The New York Times ___published in the United States, which ___a powerful nation in the world.(be)
3. Mathematics _____ (seem) to be difficult to learn.
4. The Diao Yu Islands ______(belong) to China from ancient times.
1. tells 2. is; is 3. seems 4. belong
温馨提示:形复实单的名词作主语谓语用单数形式,常见的有国家、机构、地方、人名、电影名等,如The United States, the States, Laos,The United Nations,Illinois, Bess(贝丝)、The Jaws ,报纸名,如The Students Times, 作品名,如The Selected Works of ..., 科目maths, politics, physics等,用单数谓语。
注意:以-s结尾的岛屿名或山脉,谓语用复数形式。
3. 锁定主语部分的中心词
1. The father as well as his 3 children ___(go)skating on the frozen river early Sunday afternoon in winter.
2. The construction of the 2 new railway lines ___(complete)by now.
3. The company had about 1000 notebook computers but only one-third ___(be) used regularly. Now we have 4000 working all day long.
4. As you can see, the number of cars on our roads ___(keep)rising these days. 5. 5.Telephone messages for the manager ___(leave)on her desk but she didn’t notice them.
6. Nowadays, a large number of women, especially those from the countryside, ___(work)in the clothing industry.
7. The number of wild animals __________(become) less and less in recent years.
8. The polulation of the US _____(be) over 330 million and over 12 percent of the population ______(be) blacks.
9. He said that the Olympic Games ____(be) successful.
1. goes 2. has been completed 3. were 4. keeps 5. were left 6. are working
7. has become 8. is; are 9. were
温馨提示:
1) 主语部分有名词/代词+as well as/rather than/together with/或不同介词的短语,则中心词为前面的名词或代词,谓语和中心词的人称和数保持一致。
2)主语部分是百分比和分数,则看后面的名词,或所指名词来取定谓语的数。
3)主语如是a lot of(lots of)/ plenty of/ a mass of(masses) of等,看后面的名词确定位于的数。a number of/a great many (of), dozens of, scores of, humdrends of等,谓语为复数形式。a great deal of, much等,谓语为单数形式;the number of谓语为单数。
4)a quantity of (quantities of), an amouunt of(amounts of)谓语取决于quantity和amount形式。a majority of谓语一般为复数。
5) population 作主语,谓语一般为单数,和分数及百分比连用,谓语为复数
6) 大型运动会如The Olympic Games, The Asian Games谓语都用复数形式。
4. 主语意义上为复数但谓语用单数形式
1. More than one answer ___(give) already to the question.
2. No bird and no beast ___(see) in the lonely island.
3. More than one hundred people ____(be) present. Let’s begin our meeting.
4. Many a student in our class _____(work) hard at their leaasons.
1. has been given 2. is seen 3. are 4. works
温馨提示:more than one +可数名词单数,表示“不止一个”,谓语用单数形式。many a +可数名词单数,表示“许多”,谓语用单数形式。no +可数名词单数,谓语用单数,no +可数名词复数,谓语用复数形式。
5. and并列主语
1.A poet and artist ___(be) coming to speak to us about Chinese literature and painting tomorrow afternoon.
2. To play basketball and to swim ___(be) useful for character training.
3. Tom’s teacher and friend ___(be) coming to Tom‘s home.
4. All work and no play ___(make) John a dull boy
5. The knife and fork in that counter ___(sell) out the other day.
6. The butter and bread ____(be) delicious.
7. The meat and bread, the local snack in Xian ____(be) my favorite.
8. To get up early and go to bed early ____(be) a good habit.
9. Every boy and every girl ____(be) reading over there just now.
10. Tea and coffee _____(be) different drinks.
11. Waste and pollution ____(be) of no use.
1. is 2. are 3. is 4. makes 5. was sold 6. is 7. is 8. is 9. is
10. are 11. is
温馨提示:
1)并列表示不同的人或物时,谓语用复数;
2)不表示并列,在意义上表示同一人、物、同一概念或有两个部件配成的物品时,或星湖制约,相辅相成的概念,谓语为单数。
3)两个名词并列,前面有一个限定词,则为同一个人,谓语用单数;两个名词前各有限定词修饰,则指两个人或两个物,谓语用复数形式。
4)两个不可数名词并列,指相同概念的事物,谓语用单数,指不同的事物,谓语用复数形式。
5)every boy and every girl就表示“every child”,谓语用单数形式。
Activity 3 主谓一致易错点分析
1. At the foot of the mountains ___(lie) a village.
2. On top of the books ___(be) the photo album you’re looking for.
3. So curious ___(be) the couple about wild plants that they decided to make a trip to Madagascan for further research.
4. The students in our class each ___(have)an English dictionary.
5. Each of us stusents in our class _____(have) )an English dictionary.
6. I, who ___(be)your friend, will keep secret for you.
7. He is the only one of the student who ___(be) a winner of scholarship for three years.
8. Li Hua is one of the students in our class who ____(be) from a big city.
1. lies 2. is 3. were 4. have 5. has 6. am 7. has been 8. are
温馨提示:1) 受倒装句影响,找不到主语而出错。
2)受同位语each影响,而用单数谓语。
3)定语从句中关系代词作定语的主语,定语从句的谓语应和先行词的人称及数保持一致。
4)先行词为one of +可数名词复数,中心词为名词复数,谓语为复数形式。
先行词为the only one of +可数名词复数,中心词为one,谓语为单数形式。
Nowadays, some companies offer genetic testing for children’s talents. A large number of clients have/has been attracted to it. They are parents, eager to know what talents their children may have in the future. The process is simple. Every child provide/provides a small sample of blood or body tissue. This is/These are analysed. Each of the children is/are given a report showing their possible talents. A recent example cited on the website is that one of the testing companies compare/compares the talents of twins Bobby and Benny. Bobby was assessed and his talents was/were revealed to be mostly scientific: a 66% chance of success in chemistry and 54% in physics was/were shown. Meanwhile, Benny’s highest score was/were shown to be in an arts subject: the test gave him 68% for literary studies. Is genetic testing reliable Some scientists say that more evidence is/are needed.
Activity 2
Complete the description according to the charts, paying attention to subject-verb agreement.
Three quarters of the surface is made up of land, …
Three quarters of the surface is made up of land, while the rest is sea, covering 25% of the surface.
Half of the land is covered with trees. Residential area and arable land both account for the same proportion, 20% of the total land. The rest is desert, covering 10% of the total land.
There are three kinds of people. Fifty per cent of the people are original residents, 30% are from Earth and 20% are from other planets.
Activity 4 Practise
一、语法填空
1. The ALPs ____(cover) an area of 200,000 square kilometers and ____ (be) the greatest mountain range in Europe.
2. It used to be that you could driv for miles here without seeing another person, but now there ____(be) houses and people everywhere.
3. Listening to Loud music at rock concerts _____(have) caused hearing loss in some teenagers.
4. Actually, the garden, as well as the trees around it, ____(belobg) to a man living across the street.
5. None of the students _____(report) to have caught the disease and they had a safe holiday.
6. The number of foreign students attending Chinese universities, together with a large number of new majors, _____(rise) steadily over the past two decades.
7. ---Is there anyone in the classroom
---No, not only the students but also the teacher _____(go) to the playground to watch the opening of the Art Festival.
8. The Arabian Nights ___been translated into many languages so far.
9. Two-thrids of the trees in the new park ____(be) planted yesterday.
10. A poet and painter _____(be) coming to speak to us about Chinese literature and painting tomorrow afternoon.
11. His "Selected Poems" _____(be)first published in 1965.
12. He is the only one of the students who _____elected already.
13. Apples of this kind ____(taste) good.
14. More than one witness ____(have) reported his crime.
15. Our chemistry teacher is a man who always _____(make) his classes interesting and lovely.
16. I, who ___(be) your friend, will keep secret for you.
17. Our living conditions ____(have/has) improved in the past decades.
18. Look! On the wall _____ (hang) a large portrait.
二、用语篇连语法
My family 1. _____(be) all music lovers. Not only I but also my parents 2. _____ (be) fond of music. Recently, quantities of people 3. _____ (be) crazy about a TV program. It is one of the reality TV shows which 4. _____ (appearl) to a wide range audience. In each episode of the program, several talented singers perform for the jury who 5._____(vote) to eliminate (淘汰)one singer after each performance. Specifically, each judge 6. _____(choose) three singers who they think are the best performers and all but one of the singers 7. ____(be) qualified for the next show. This show is so popular that many a singer 8. _____(dream) of joining in it. So far several seasons of it 9. _____(hold), and my parents as well as I 10 _____(be) looking forward to the new season.
Key
一、1. are 2. is 3. has 4. work 5. are 6. shows; is 7. have, remains 8. seems
9. is 10. were 11. has been made 12. are; are 13. has been shipped
14. is 15. are eating 16. have finished 17. were inspired 18. is; are
二、
1. All possible means have been tried, but none of them is perfect.
2. The police are searching in the mountain for the missing boy.
3. My family is a large on in our village. And my family are all Party member.
4. The poor are/were against the plan.
5. His luggage is heavy, and he needs some one to help him.
6. Not only our teacher but also we students are interested in pop music.
Thank you!