语法：主谓一致
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课件75张PPT。Welcome !1. Bill was standing at the side of the car,
talking to two men who was helping
him to repair it. (2000’ 全国卷)
2. But then there is always more
mysteries to look into. (2003’ 北京春季卷)
3. But not all information are good to
society. (2004’ 广西卷)
(was 改为 were)(is 改为 are)(are改为is)What’s wrong with these sentences?4. So then, a concert cost so much. I may just
listen to music. (2005’ 四川卷)
5. you will probably want to join the Stamp
Collectors’ Club, which exist to add more
stamps to your collection. (2006’ 浙江卷)
6. One evening she told me that something
happened when their parents was out.
(2006’福建卷)(cost改为costs)(exist改为exists)(was改为were)What’s wrong with these sentences? Subject-verb Agreement主谓一致主谓一致的运用谓语动词用单数形式
谓语动词用复数形式
由具体情况来判断单、复数形式 2. “one and a half +复数名词 ” 作主语
2.One and a half bananas (be)
left on the table. 谓语用单数 1、2is 1. “many a +单数名词” 作主语
1.Many a student _____ (have) gone there.
has谓语用单数 3“more than one +单数名词” 作主语More than one student ______(have) seen
the film.hasMore students than one have seen the film.谓语用单数 4 形复意单名词
学科名如: physics; maths
economics; politics 国名如: the United States
the United Nations 报纸名如: The New York Times (纽约时报) 书名如： Arabian Nights (天方夜潭)
Arabian Nights is full of interesting stories.
The United states is made up of 50 states.
句子主语表示“时间”, “金钱”, “距离”, “重量”等复数名词, 常被看作整体，谓语动词用单数.谓语用单数 5
1.Fifty kilograms ___ not too heavy to be carried.
A. is B. be C. were D. are
2.Ten minutes ____ an hour when one is waiting
for a phone call.
A. seem B. to seem C. seems D. seeming
AC 谓语用单数 6 主语从句、动词不定式、动名词作主语1. When we’ll go out for a picnic hasn’t been
decided.
2. To hold the Olympic Games is a rich prize
for our country.
3. Serving the people is my great happiness. 注意: 两个或两个以上的主语从句, 动词不定式,动名词作主语, 表示多个概念或意义时, 谓语动词用复数形式. 但属于同一概念,也用单数。 1). What he says and what he does do not agree. 2). Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.对比范例 谓语用单数 7 and连接的两个名词前只有一个限定词，
是指同一人或物，谓语动词用单数。1).The poet and writer ____________ to the meeting . (have come / has come )
2).The poet and the writer _________ to the meeting . (have come / has come )
have comehas comeWar and peace (战争与和平) a constant theme in history.
A knife and fork (刀叉) needed for a western meal.
Bread and butter (黄油面包) served for breakfast.
Early to bed and early to rise (早睡早起) a good habit.
isisisis用be动词填空：谓语用复数 1 表示总称意义的名词, 如: people , police, cattle, clothes 等作主语时。
1). The British police have only very limited powers.
2). The cattle are eating grass on the side of the hill. 谓语用复数 2 表示成双成套的名词, 如:shoes, trousers, gloves, glasses, scissors等当主语时，谓语动词用复数。
但若这类名词与a pair 连用时, 谓语用单数。1)、His trousers (be) of good quality.
2)、This pair of trousers (be) of good quality.areis谓语用复数 3表示群岛、山脉、瀑布、运动会等以-s
结尾的专有名词当主语,谓语用复数。The Rocky Mountains _______ (stand) in the west of the north America
The Olympic Games ______ (be) held once every four years.
standarethe+adj. 表示一类人或物做主语时
如 the+谓语用复数 4The dead are soon forgotten.
The rich are not always happy.由集体名词, 如: group, family, class, government, team, public, committee 等作主语时,如果看成一个整体，谓语动词用单数形式,如果看成其中各成员，则用复数形式. 具体情况来判断单、复数 1His family is not poor any more.
His family are waiting for him to come back.1. The team ____ (have) some good players.
2. The team ____ (be) training. 3. The government ____ (have) spent 2,000 million
dollars in planting trees.
4. The government ____ (have) different opinions
about next year’s plan.
用动词适当形式填空：hasarehashave具体情况来判断单、复数 2 由or, either… or …, neither…nor , not only …but also, not…but连接两个名词或代词作主语时，谓语动词单复数的确定采用就近原则。3. Not only you but also he ____ wrong. 4. Not he but you ___ right. 1.Either the teacher or the students______ to
blame.
2. _______ he or you in the classroom just now?areWas用be动词填空：isare由具体情况判断单、复数 3 在there/here be 句型中，谓语动词单复数的确定采用就近原则。
There ___ two shops and a cinema beside the railway station. Here __ a map and two handbooks for you. areis由具体情况来判断单复数 4 主语后面有: with, along with, together with, as well as, like, but, besides, rather than, except, including, in addition to 等连接名词时, 谓语动词单复数的确定采用舍近求远原则。
1.A library with four thousand books _______ to the nation as a gift.
A. is offered B. has offered
C. are offered D. have offered 选择题：√2.Jane as well as her two brothers _____ to see you this afternoon.
A. are to come B. are coming
C. comes D. is coming选择题：√3．All but one ____ in the accident
yesterday．
A．was killed B．were killed
C．will be killed D．are killed选择题：√分数,百分数, a lot of, plenty of, half of, the rest of, some of +名词作主语时，谓语动词的形式与of 后面的名词的数一致。1. Lots of damage _____ (be) caused by fire.
2. Some students were planting trees. The rest of them ______ (be) watering them.were由具体情况来判断单、复数 5was由具体情况来判断单、复数 6 “a quantity of , quantities of +名词” 作主语时，谓语动词的数根据quantity 的数来确定。1)There (be) a great quantity of food in the shop.
There (be) large quantities of food in the shop.is are “ a number of +复数名词“作主语时，谓语动词用复数； “ the number of +名词”作主语时，谓语动词用单数。
1). A number of pages in this book
(be) broken.
2). The number of the pages in this books (be) two hundred.is are由具体情况判断单、复数 7由具体情况来判断单复数 8 在“one of+复数名词+关系代词” 的结构中定语从句中谓语动词用复数形式；但是若前有the only, the very, the last 等，将其限定为只有一个时,谓语动词用单数形式.
1、She is one of the engineers who
(be) experts in German.
2、She is the only one of the engineers who (be) expert in German.
areis高考训练Practice Makes Perfect !1、The number of people invited ____ fifty, but a number of them ____ absent for different reasons. ( 96’ 全国)
A. were; was B. was; was
C. was; were D. were; were
2、 E-mail, as well as telephones, ____ an important part in daily communication.
(99’ 上海)
A. is playing B. have played
C. are playing D. play
√√3. _____ of the land in that district _____ covered
with trees and grass. (2000’全国）
A. Two fifth , is B. Two fifth , are
C. Two fifths , is D. Two fifths , are 4. The wounded ____ by the hospital. (2000’全国）
A. have been taken in B. has been taken in
C. have taken in D. has taken in
√√5. Every possible means _____ to prevent the air pollution, but the sky is still not clear. (2000’上海春)
A. is used B. are used
C. has been used D. have been used
6. As a result of destroying the forest, a large ___ of desert ___ covered the land. (2001’上海)
A. number, has B. quantity, has
C. number, have D. quantity, have
√√7. He is the only one of the students who ________
a winner of scholarship for three years. (2002’
上海春)
A. is B. are C. have been D. has been
8. When and where to go for an on-salary holiday
______ yet． (2003’上海春)
A. are not decided B. have not been decided
C. is not being decided D. has not been decided
√√
9. The teacher, with 6 girls and 8 boys of her class, ___ visiting a museum when the earthquake struck. (2004’北京)
A. was B. were C. had been D. would be
10. No one in the department but Tom and I _____
that the director is going to resign. (2004’上海春)
A. knows B. know
C. have known D. am to know
√√11. She has set a new record, that is, the sales of
her latest book ____ 50 million. (2004’福建)
A．have reached B．has reached
C．are reaching D．had reached
12. All the employees except the manager ______
to work online at home. (2004’广东)
A. encourages B. encourage
C. is encouraged D. are encouraged√√13. The country life he was used to ______ greatly
since 1992. (2005’山东)
A. change B. has changed
C. changing D. have changed
14. With more forests being destroyed, huge
quantities of good earth _____ each year.
(2005’ 山东)
A. is washing away B. is being washed away
C. are washing away D. are being washed away√√15. Nowadays, a large number of women,
especially those from the countryside, ____
in the clothing industry. (2005’辽宁卷)
A. is working B. works
C. work D. worked√练一练Practice Makes Perfect !1. In winter, wet clothes is often hanged up
near a fire.
2.The League secretary and chairman were
asked to make a speech at the meeting.
3. Mary as well as her sisters are studying
in China.
4. Many a man have come to help you.arewasishasExercise: 单句改错5. A large quantities of food is kept in his
new cave.
6. Three-fourths of the homework have
been finished today.
7.Those who haven’t handed in his notebooks,
please hand them this afternoon.
8. Jane is one of the best students in her
class who is praised by their teacher. arehastheirareExercise: 用所给词的适当形式填空1.?Her advice _______ ( be ) useful to me.
2.?Laying eggs _______ ( be ) the queen ant’s full-time job.
3.?Collecting stamps and playing the guitar _____ (be) my hobbies.
4.?The youth ______ ( be ) fond of rock ’n roll music.
isisareare5.?More than one person _____ ( be ) killed in the accident yesterday.
6.?More questions than one _______ ( have) been asked.
7.?Two hours _____ ( be ) enough for us to finish the work.
8.?The basketball team _____ (have) five members.
washaveishas Goodbye! 对比范例
如果在表科目的名词前有my, the,such 等限定词修饰表示成绩等时，可看作复数。
e.g. My maths are / is weak.
注意：英语中还有一些以-s结尾的名词，如:
arms(武器) clothes(衣服)
fireworks(烟火) goods(货物) remains(遗体) stairs(楼梯) thanks(谢意) wages(工资) works（作品） The Olympic Games等通常作复数。
对比谓语用单数 66、“a / an +单数名词+ or two” 作主语，
谓语用单数。 对比:
“one or two+复数”作主语，谓语用复数。
1). A day or two (have) passed.
2). One or two days (have) passed. has have谓语用复数 4 、54、one or two+复数名词”作主语 。
1）One or two students (be) planting trees yesterday afternoon. were 5、“more +复数名词+than one”作主语。
1）More members than one (have) protested against the proposal.
More than one +单数作主语，谓语用单数。have对比谓语用复数 8、98、表示年代的数词复数形式作主语。
The 1950’s (be) a decade when international barriers to trade were progressively reduced.were9、不可数名词被表示数量的复数名词修饰时，谓语常用复数。 Three million tons of coal (be) exported that year.were由具体情况来判断单、复数 2 由“ a kind of , this kind of , many kinds of + 名词和“ 名词+of this kind” 等有及由与kind 意义相似的type , sort 等构成的类似短语作主语时， 谓语动词与of 前的名词保持数的一致。
A new type of machine (be )on sale.
Machines of this new type (be) made in Wuhan.is are具体情况来判断单、复数 6 “more than +单数”当主语，谓语动词用单数；“more than+复数”当主语，谓语动词用复数。
1）、 More than one question
(be) asked.
2）、More than two soldiers
(be) killed in the batttle.
werewas对比由具体情况来判断单复数 8 all, more, most , who , what , which 等代词作主语时， 根据意义，谓语动用单数或复数。 All (=All the people) (be) present.
All (=All the food) (be) delicious.
3) What they wanted (be) some
books.
4) What he needed (be) some water.areiswaswere由具体情况来判断单、复数3) All of the workers (be) women .
4) All of the food (be) dirty.
5) Most of the apples (be) rotten.
6) Most of the apple (be) eaten by a rat. areisisare 7)Either you or the headmaster ______ the prize to those gifted
students at the meeting. (NMET 1994 )
A. is handing out B. are to hand out
C. are handing out D. is to hand out D1)The teacher , with 6 girls and 8 boys of her class, ______ visiting
a museum when the earthquake struck. (NMET2004 北京卷)
A. was B . were C. had been D. would be
AWhen and where to build
the new factory ______ yet. (91’) A. is not decided
B. are not decided C. has not decided
D. have not decidedA 由具体情况判断单、复数 7 代词none, neither 作主语，谓语动词可用单数，也可用复数,主要根据说话人的意思决定。但在代表不可数的东西时总是看作单数，因而谓语动词要用单数。
1、None of us has / have ever been to Beijing.
2、Neither of the books is / are of any use to him.
3、 None of this worries me.
由具体情况判断单、复数 11 单、复数同形的名词作主语时，谓语动词一般随意义用相应的单、复数，常见的有sheep, deer，fish, craft(航空器）及means, species, series, works(工厂）等.
1) A gas works (have) been set up in the suburbs. 2) Many steel works (have) sprung up in our province.hashave由具体情况来判断单复数注： fish 泛指一类鱼时谓语用复数；指个别一条鱼时谓语用单数。
比较： The fish have very sharp teeth.
这种鱼牙齿锋利。
The fish has very sharp teeth.
这条鱼牙齿锋利。由具体情况来判断单复数 12 集体名词 class, team, family, group, government, population, nation, club 等作主语时，如果强调整体，谓语动词用单数；如果强调单个成员时谓语动词用复数。
1) The population of the earth (be) increasing very fast.
2) One-third of the population here
(be) from the north.areis 对比范例有些集合名词如：mankind, public, crowd, majority, enemy , audience, couple 等 作主语， 谓语动词可用单数，也可用复数。
Mankind are intelligent animals.
人类是有智力的动物。
Mankind has been making progress.
人类一直在进步。由具体情况判断单、复数 13 运算数词作主语，谓语动词可用单数也可用复数，但在表示减法或除法的句子中，谓语动词只用单数 。
1) Three times five (be ) fifteen.
2 ) Five minus four (be ) one.
3) Four divided two (equal) two.is/areisequals由具体情况来判断单、复数 17 “the +形容词”或 “the +过去分词”作主语，表示一类人时，动词用复数；若指个人或某一类抽象概念时，动词用单数。 1)、The old (be) taken good care of here. 2)、The beautiful (give) pleasure to all.aregives具体情况来判断单复数 19 主语由肯定及否定两部分构成时，谓语与肯定的一致。
1) The Smiths, not their neighbour,
(be) to blame.
2) I, not you, (be) the right person to do the work.amare由具体情况来判断单、复数 1 两个形容词共同修饰一个名词，若两个形容词前都带有冠词，作主语时，谓语动词用复数。两个形容词前只有一个冠词，表示一个人或物，作主语时，谓语用单数。 1、The red and the white coats (be) mine. 2、The black and white cow (be) mine. areis由具体情况来判断单、复数 10 “分数或百分数+名词”作主语时，谓语动词的数与这个名词的数一致。
1） More than 70 percent of the surface of our planet (be）covered by water.
2) One-third of the students in our group (be) girls.is are 15. Professor Smith, along with his assistants,
______ on the project day and night to meet the
deadline. (2005’上海卷)(C)
A. work B. working
C. is working D. are workingWhen and where to build
the new factory ______ yet. (91’) A. is not decided
B. are not decided C. has not decided
D. have not decided2. “News of victories _____ pouring in as our army advances,” the company commander said. (C85)
A. keep B. keeps C. kept D. have kept
There _____ a lot of milk in the bottle.
A. are B. is C. were D. has (C86)6. All but one _____ here just now.
A. is B. was C. has been D. were (C87 NO.45)
Not only I but also Jane and Mary __ tired of having one exam after another.
A. is B. are C. am D. be (C89 NO.27)
A library with five thousand books ____ to the nation as a gift.
A. is offered B. has offered C. are offered D. have offered
(C90 NO.20)
5.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 (91)主谓一致语法一致
( Grammatical agreement )概念一致
( notional agreement )就近一致
( principle of proximity ) Subject-verb Agreement
主谓一致是指主语和谓语必须保持人称和数的一致.谓语用单数 2 不定代词anybody, anyone , anything, somebody , someone , something , everybody , everyone , everything , nobody , no one, nothing 等作主语。
1). Everybody likes his poems.
2). Everything is going on well.
1. Either of the books on the table
_________ (belong) to me.
2. Neither of them ____ (be) fit for
the job.
belongsis 谓语用单数 23. Each of us _____ (have) an English
book. 当each放在主语后作同位语时，不决定谓语单复数。4. We each (have ) an English book. have对比范例has谓语用单数 1 可数名词单数及不可数名词作主语
1)、My friend Jane (like) watching TV very much.
2)、The air today (be) nice and clean.likesis
talking to two men who was helping
him to repair it. (2000’ 全国卷)
2. But then there is always more
mysteries to look into. (2003’ 北京春季卷)
3. But not all information are good to
society. (2004’ 广西卷)
(was 改为 were)(is 改为 are)(are改为is)What’s wrong with these sentences?4. So then, a concert cost so much. I may just
listen to music. (2005’ 四川卷)
5. you will probably want to join the Stamp
Collectors’ Club, which exist to add more
stamps to your collection. (2006’ 浙江卷)
6. One evening she told me that something
happened when their parents was out.
(2006’福建卷)(cost改为costs)(exist改为exists)(was改为were)What’s wrong with these sentences? Subject-verb Agreement主谓一致主谓一致的运用谓语动词用单数形式
谓语动词用复数形式
由具体情况来判断单、复数形式 2. “one and a half +复数名词 ” 作主语
2.One and a half bananas (be)
left on the table. 谓语用单数 1、2is 1. “many a +单数名词” 作主语
1.Many a student _____ (have) gone there.
has谓语用单数 3“more than one +单数名词” 作主语More than one student ______(have) seen
the film.hasMore students than one have seen the film.谓语用单数 4 形复意单名词
学科名如: physics; maths
economics; politics 国名如: the United States
the United Nations 报纸名如: The New York Times (纽约时报) 书名如： Arabian Nights (天方夜潭)
Arabian Nights is full of interesting stories.
The United states is made up of 50 states.
句子主语表示“时间”, “金钱”, “距离”, “重量”等复数名词, 常被看作整体，谓语动词用单数.谓语用单数 5
1.Fifty kilograms ___ not too heavy to be carried.
A. is B. be C. were D. are
2.Ten minutes ____ an hour when one is waiting
for a phone call.
A. seem B. to seem C. seems D. seeming
AC 谓语用单数 6 主语从句、动词不定式、动名词作主语1. When we’ll go out for a picnic hasn’t been
decided.
2. To hold the Olympic Games is a rich prize
for our country.
3. Serving the people is my great happiness. 注意: 两个或两个以上的主语从句, 动词不定式,动名词作主语, 表示多个概念或意义时, 谓语动词用复数形式. 但属于同一概念,也用单数。 1). What he says and what he does do not agree. 2). Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.对比范例 谓语用单数 7 and连接的两个名词前只有一个限定词，
是指同一人或物，谓语动词用单数。1).The poet and writer ____________ to the meeting . (have come / has come )
2).The poet and the writer _________ to the meeting . (have come / has come )
have comehas comeWar and peace (战争与和平) a constant theme in history.
A knife and fork (刀叉) needed for a western meal.
Bread and butter (黄油面包) served for breakfast.
Early to bed and early to rise (早睡早起) a good habit.
isisisis用be动词填空：谓语用复数 1 表示总称意义的名词, 如: people , police, cattle, clothes 等作主语时。
1). The British police have only very limited powers.
2). The cattle are eating grass on the side of the hill. 谓语用复数 2 表示成双成套的名词, 如:shoes, trousers, gloves, glasses, scissors等当主语时，谓语动词用复数。
但若这类名词与a pair 连用时, 谓语用单数。1)、His trousers (be) of good quality.
2)、This pair of trousers (be) of good quality.areis谓语用复数 3表示群岛、山脉、瀑布、运动会等以-s
结尾的专有名词当主语,谓语用复数。The Rocky Mountains _______ (stand) in the west of the north America
The Olympic Games ______ (be) held once every four years.
standarethe+adj. 表示一类人或物做主语时
如 the+谓语用复数 4The dead are soon forgotten.
The rich are not always happy.由集体名词, 如: group, family, class, government, team, public, committee 等作主语时,如果看成一个整体，谓语动词用单数形式,如果看成其中各成员，则用复数形式. 具体情况来判断单、复数 1His family is not poor any more.
His family are waiting for him to come back.1. The team ____ (have) some good players.
2. The team ____ (be) training. 3. The government ____ (have) spent 2,000 million
dollars in planting trees.
4. The government ____ (have) different opinions
about next year’s plan.
用动词适当形式填空：hasarehashave具体情况来判断单、复数 2 由or, either… or …, neither…nor , not only …but also, not…but连接两个名词或代词作主语时，谓语动词单复数的确定采用就近原则。3. Not only you but also he ____ wrong. 4. Not he but you ___ right. 1.Either the teacher or the students______ to
blame.
2. _______ he or you in the classroom just now?areWas用be动词填空：isare由具体情况判断单、复数 3 在there/here be 句型中，谓语动词单复数的确定采用就近原则。
There ___ two shops and a cinema beside the railway station. Here __ a map and two handbooks for you. areis由具体情况来判断单复数 4 主语后面有: with, along with, together with, as well as, like, but, besides, rather than, except, including, in addition to 等连接名词时, 谓语动词单复数的确定采用舍近求远原则。
1.A library with four thousand books _______ to the nation as a gift.
A. is offered B. has offered
C. are offered D. have offered 选择题：√2.Jane as well as her two brothers _____ to see you this afternoon.
A. are to come B. are coming
C. comes D. is coming选择题：√3．All but one ____ in the accident
yesterday．
A．was killed B．were killed
C．will be killed D．are killed选择题：√分数,百分数, a lot of, plenty of, half of, the rest of, some of +名词作主语时，谓语动词的形式与of 后面的名词的数一致。1. Lots of damage _____ (be) caused by fire.
2. Some students were planting trees. The rest of them ______ (be) watering them.were由具体情况来判断单、复数 5was由具体情况来判断单、复数 6 “a quantity of , quantities of +名词” 作主语时，谓语动词的数根据quantity 的数来确定。1)There (be) a great quantity of food in the shop.
There (be) large quantities of food in the shop.is are “ a number of +复数名词“作主语时，谓语动词用复数； “ the number of +名词”作主语时，谓语动词用单数。
1). A number of pages in this book
(be) broken.
2). The number of the pages in this books (be) two hundred.is are由具体情况判断单、复数 7由具体情况来判断单复数 8 在“one of+复数名词+关系代词” 的结构中定语从句中谓语动词用复数形式；但是若前有the only, the very, the last 等，将其限定为只有一个时,谓语动词用单数形式.
1、She is one of the engineers who
(be) experts in German.
2、She is the only one of the engineers who (be) expert in German.
areis高考训练Practice Makes Perfect !1、The number of people invited ____ fifty, but a number of them ____ absent for different reasons. ( 96’ 全国)
A. were; was B. was; was
C. was; were D. were; were
2、 E-mail, as well as telephones, ____ an important part in daily communication.
(99’ 上海)
A. is playing B. have played
C. are playing D. play
√√3. _____ of the land in that district _____ covered
with trees and grass. (2000’全国）
A. Two fifth , is B. Two fifth , are
C. Two fifths , is D. Two fifths , are 4. The wounded ____ by the hospital. (2000’全国）
A. have been taken in B. has been taken in
C. have taken in D. has taken in
√√5. Every possible means _____ to prevent the air pollution, but the sky is still not clear. (2000’上海春)
A. is used B. are used
C. has been used D. have been used
6. As a result of destroying the forest, a large ___ of desert ___ covered the land. (2001’上海)
A. number, has B. quantity, has
C. number, have D. quantity, have
√√7. He is the only one of the students who ________
a winner of scholarship for three years. (2002’
上海春)
A. is B. are C. have been D. has been
8. When and where to go for an on-salary holiday
______ yet． (2003’上海春)
A. are not decided B. have not been decided
C. is not being decided D. has not been decided
√√
9. The teacher, with 6 girls and 8 boys of her class, ___ visiting a museum when the earthquake struck. (2004’北京)
A. was B. were C. had been D. would be
10. No one in the department but Tom and I _____
that the director is going to resign. (2004’上海春)
A. knows B. know
C. have known D. am to know
√√11. She has set a new record, that is, the sales of
her latest book ____ 50 million. (2004’福建)
A．have reached B．has reached
C．are reaching D．had reached
12. All the employees except the manager ______
to work online at home. (2004’广东)
A. encourages B. encourage
C. is encouraged D. are encouraged√√13. The country life he was used to ______ greatly
since 1992. (2005’山东)
A. change B. has changed
C. changing D. have changed
14. With more forests being destroyed, huge
quantities of good earth _____ each year.
(2005’ 山东)
A. is washing away B. is being washed away
C. are washing away D. are being washed away√√15. Nowadays, a large number of women,
especially those from the countryside, ____
in the clothing industry. (2005’辽宁卷)
A. is working B. works
C. work D. worked√练一练Practice Makes Perfect !1. In winter, wet clothes is often hanged up
near a fire.
2.The League secretary and chairman were
asked to make a speech at the meeting.
3. Mary as well as her sisters are studying
in China.
4. Many a man have come to help you.arewasishasExercise: 单句改错5. A large quantities of food is kept in his
new cave.
6. Three-fourths of the homework have
been finished today.
7.Those who haven’t handed in his notebooks,
please hand them this afternoon.
8. Jane is one of the best students in her
class who is praised by their teacher. arehastheirareExercise: 用所给词的适当形式填空1.?Her advice _______ ( be ) useful to me.
2.?Laying eggs _______ ( be ) the queen ant’s full-time job.
3.?Collecting stamps and playing the guitar _____ (be) my hobbies.
4.?The youth ______ ( be ) fond of rock ’n roll music.
isisareare5.?More than one person _____ ( be ) killed in the accident yesterday.
6.?More questions than one _______ ( have) been asked.
7.?Two hours _____ ( be ) enough for us to finish the work.
8.?The basketball team _____ (have) five members.
washaveishas Goodbye! 对比范例
如果在表科目的名词前有my, the,such 等限定词修饰表示成绩等时，可看作复数。
e.g. My maths are / is weak.
注意：英语中还有一些以-s结尾的名词，如:
arms(武器) clothes(衣服)
fireworks(烟火) goods(货物) remains(遗体) stairs(楼梯) thanks(谢意) wages(工资) works（作品） The Olympic Games等通常作复数。
对比谓语用单数 66、“a / an +单数名词+ or two” 作主语，
谓语用单数。 对比:
“one or two+复数”作主语，谓语用复数。
1). A day or two (have) passed.
2). One or two days (have) passed. has have谓语用复数 4 、54、one or two+复数名词”作主语 。
1）One or two students (be) planting trees yesterday afternoon. were 5、“more +复数名词+than one”作主语。
1）More members than one (have) protested against the proposal.
More than one +单数作主语，谓语用单数。have对比谓语用复数 8、98、表示年代的数词复数形式作主语。
The 1950’s (be) a decade when international barriers to trade were progressively reduced.were9、不可数名词被表示数量的复数名词修饰时，谓语常用复数。 Three million tons of coal (be) exported that year.were由具体情况来判断单、复数 2 由“ a kind of , this kind of , many kinds of + 名词和“ 名词+of this kind” 等有及由与kind 意义相似的type , sort 等构成的类似短语作主语时， 谓语动词与of 前的名词保持数的一致。
A new type of machine (be )on sale.
Machines of this new type (be) made in Wuhan.is are具体情况来判断单、复数 6 “more than +单数”当主语，谓语动词用单数；“more than+复数”当主语，谓语动词用复数。
1）、 More than one question
(be) asked.
2）、More than two soldiers
(be) killed in the batttle.
werewas对比由具体情况来判断单复数 8 all, more, most , who , what , which 等代词作主语时， 根据意义，谓语动用单数或复数。 All (=All the people) (be) present.
All (=All the food) (be) delicious.
3) What they wanted (be) some
books.
4) What he needed (be) some water.areiswaswere由具体情况来判断单、复数3) All of the workers (be) women .
4) All of the food (be) dirty.
5) Most of the apples (be) rotten.
6) Most of the apple (be) eaten by a rat. areisisare 7)Either you or the headmaster ______ the prize to those gifted
students at the meeting. (NMET 1994 )
A. is handing out B. are to hand out
C. are handing out D. is to hand out D1)The teacher , with 6 girls and 8 boys of her class, ______ visiting
a museum when the earthquake struck. (NMET2004 北京卷)
A. was B . were C. had been D. would be
AWhen and where to build
the new factory ______ yet. (91’) A. is not decided
B. are not decided C. has not decided
D. have not decidedA 由具体情况判断单、复数 7 代词none, neither 作主语，谓语动词可用单数，也可用复数,主要根据说话人的意思决定。但在代表不可数的东西时总是看作单数，因而谓语动词要用单数。
1、None of us has / have ever been to Beijing.
2、Neither of the books is / are of any use to him.
3、 None of this worries me.
由具体情况判断单、复数 11 单、复数同形的名词作主语时，谓语动词一般随意义用相应的单、复数，常见的有sheep, deer，fish, craft(航空器）及means, species, series, works(工厂）等.
1) A gas works (have) been set up in the suburbs. 2) Many steel works (have) sprung up in our province.hashave由具体情况来判断单复数注： fish 泛指一类鱼时谓语用复数；指个别一条鱼时谓语用单数。
比较： The fish have very sharp teeth.
这种鱼牙齿锋利。
The fish has very sharp teeth.
这条鱼牙齿锋利。由具体情况来判断单复数 12 集体名词 class, team, family, group, government, population, nation, club 等作主语时，如果强调整体，谓语动词用单数；如果强调单个成员时谓语动词用复数。
1) The population of the earth (be) increasing very fast.
2) One-third of the population here
(be) from the north.areis 对比范例有些集合名词如：mankind, public, crowd, majority, enemy , audience, couple 等 作主语， 谓语动词可用单数，也可用复数。
Mankind are intelligent animals.
人类是有智力的动物。
Mankind has been making progress.
人类一直在进步。由具体情况判断单、复数 13 运算数词作主语，谓语动词可用单数也可用复数，但在表示减法或除法的句子中，谓语动词只用单数 。
1) Three times five (be ) fifteen.
2 ) Five minus four (be ) one.
3) Four divided two (equal) two.is/areisequals由具体情况来判断单、复数 17 “the +形容词”或 “the +过去分词”作主语，表示一类人时，动词用复数；若指个人或某一类抽象概念时，动词用单数。 1)、The old (be) taken good care of here. 2)、The beautiful (give) pleasure to all.aregives具体情况来判断单复数 19 主语由肯定及否定两部分构成时，谓语与肯定的一致。
1) The Smiths, not their neighbour,
(be) to blame.
2) I, not you, (be) the right person to do the work.amare由具体情况来判断单、复数 1 两个形容词共同修饰一个名词，若两个形容词前都带有冠词，作主语时，谓语动词用复数。两个形容词前只有一个冠词，表示一个人或物，作主语时，谓语用单数。 1、The red and the white coats (be) mine. 2、The black and white cow (be) mine. areis由具体情况来判断单、复数 10 “分数或百分数+名词”作主语时，谓语动词的数与这个名词的数一致。
1） More than 70 percent of the surface of our planet (be）covered by water.
2) One-third of the students in our group (be) girls.is are 15. Professor Smith, along with his assistants,
______ on the project day and night to meet the
deadline. (2005’上海卷)(C)
A. work B. working
C. is working D. are workingWhen and where to build
the new factory ______ yet. (91’) A. is not decided
B. are not decided C. has not decided
D. have not decided2. “News of victories _____ pouring in as our army advances,” the company commander said. (C85)
A. keep B. keeps C. kept D. have kept
There _____ a lot of milk in the bottle.
A. are B. is C. were D. has (C86)6. All but one _____ here just now.
A. is B. was C. has been D. were (C87 NO.45)
Not only I but also Jane and Mary __ tired of having one exam after another.
A. is B. are C. am D. be (C89 NO.27)
A library with five thousand books ____ to the nation as a gift.
A. is offered B. has offered C. are offered D. have offered
(C90 NO.20)
5.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 (91)主谓一致语法一致
( Grammatical agreement )概念一致
( notional agreement )就近一致
( principle of proximity ) Subject-verb Agreement
主谓一致是指主语和谓语必须保持人称和数的一致.谓语用单数 2 不定代词anybody, anyone , anything, somebody , someone , something , everybody , everyone , everything , nobody , no one, nothing 等作主语。
1). Everybody likes his poems.
2). Everything is going on well.
1. Either of the books on the table
_________ (belong) to me.
2. Neither of them ____ (be) fit for
the job.
belongsis 谓语用单数 23. Each of us _____ (have) an English
book. 当each放在主语后作同位语时，不决定谓语单复数。4. We each (have ) an English book. have对比范例has谓语用单数 1 可数名词单数及不可数名词作主语
1)、My friend Jane (like) watching TV very much.
2)、The air today (be) nice and clean.likesis