课件41张PPT。SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENTChen LinyuGuessing game
Dance
The girl dances.Singular subjectSingular verb The girls dance.plural subjectplural verb Sing The rabbits are singing.The boy sings.singular subjectplural subject Eat
He eats hamburger.The family is eating.Subject - verb AgreementEVERY VERB MUST AGREE WITH ITS SUBJECTSingular
SubjectPlural
VerbPlural
SubjectSingular
VerbOutlineConclusionAnd
The boy and the girl dance.
(= They dance.)Both...andTina likes chocolate.
Alice likes chocolate,too.
Both Tina and Alice like chocolate.Infinitive and Gerund Subject.To dance well is not easy.
Dancing is not an easy job.
To run and to read (is, are )my two favorite “Free-time” activities.
Infinitive subjectGerund subjectwith,together with, along with, as well as,but,except,besides,likeThe students with a teacher are in the classroom.
The teacher as well as some students is going to take part in the meeting.
Relative Pronouns (who/which/that)
The student who works hard will succeed.
The students who work hard will succeed.
Prepositional phrasesThe biker in this race is very competitive.
The bikers in this race are very competitive.
The student, though she had lots of problems in other schools, finds or find? her new class easy.
The student finds her new class easy.Summary 1:Grammatical AgreementCompound subjects joined by “or”
Examples:
The professor or the students walk the halls.
The students or the professor walks the halls.1. John doesn't like stay up late.
2. Emily doesn't like stay up late.
Combine the two sentences together:
neither...nor
Neither John nor Emily likes stay up late.
There are 67 students in class 12.
Class 12 is a warm room.
Here is one class in this room.Class 12Summary 2:Principle of proximity(就近)
1.or,nor, neither/nor, either/or, not...but,not only/but also
2. There be.... Here...
Collective nouns(jury, committee, group, couple,class,herd,team,family...)
A football team has 11 players.
这个团队赢得了比赛。
This group wins the game.
Singular Subjects in Plural Form Politics is my favorite subject.
Mathematics is a hard subject for me.
politics, mathematics, physics, economics, statistics, measles, and news
Plural Subjects in Singular FormThe police try their best to find the crime.
people, cattle... Trousers, pants, shoes, scissors, glassesMy scissors are in the desk.
This pair of glasses looks like Harry's.
A pair of trousers is in the closet.
Each boy and girl has to take the test.
Every student gets the chance to answer my questions.
Most indefinite pronouns take singular verbs.Little One * Everybody is happy.
Another Neither * No one has a dime.
Much Either * Nothing was going to help.
Each
all,some,more,any,none,neitherAll of the water is drunk by me.
All of the students are here.
None of the students miss the class.
time/distance/money/measurement/titles Spaghetti and meatballs is my favorite pasta dish.
Pride and Prejudice is a famous book.
Two hours (is, are) a long time to wait.
Five dollars is too much for a cup of coffee.
Summary 3:Notional agreement(意义一致)1.Collective nouns(jury, committee, group, couple,class,herd,team,family...)
2.Singular Subjects in Plural Form
3.Plural Subjects in Singular Form
4. Plural subjects.
5. Indefinite pronouns
6.time/distance/money/measurement/titles
Practice:1 The students, as well as the instructor, (keeps / keep) very busy.
2 The writer, who wrote the books, (sticks / stick) to the rules.
3 A driver’s license or two credit cards (is / are) required.
4 No one (wants / want) the GDP to go down.
5 Each of the plants (has / have) been sold.
6 Some of the rocks (is / are) slippery.Review:
Principles of Agreement
Grammantical agreement
Principle of proximitTranslation:有志者事竟成。
Where there is a will there is a way.
Nothing is impossible to a willing mind.
A man who has a settled purpose will surely succeed.
A willful man always has a way.Measles ( is, are) a disease most children experience.isFind mistakes1. The Birds are a scary movie.
2. All of the students is going to the Paris.
3. Every man and woman is coming.
4. The little girl, who is wearing glasses, are my sister.
isareisThe United States of America consists of 50 states.
California is one of states of America that has a lot of sunny days.California has a lot of sunny days.眼见为实
To see is to believe.CorrectionNeither of them is responsible for this matter.Thank you!