(共30张PPT)
Unit3 Back to the past
Subject-verb Agreement
主谓一致
牛津高中英语模块三
Jane and Mary look healthy and strong.
The number of mistakes was surprising.
The news was very exciting.
Either your students or Mr. Wang knows this.
His family is going to have a long journey.
All of my classmates work hard.
Read the sentences below, paying attention to the underlined parts.
主谓一致
主谓一致是指:
1) 语法形式上要一致,即主语单复数形式与谓语要一致。
2) 意义上要一致,即主语意义上的单复数要与谓语的单复数形式一致。
3) 就近原则,即谓语动词的单复形式取决于最靠近它的词语。
4) 就远原则,即谓语动词的单复形式取决于离它远的词语。
语法女子图鉴
语法一致——耿直girl
你牙齿上有菜!
秘方:看脸
耿直girl“看脸”才是王道!
当主语是单数名词/不可数名词,谓语动词用单数
当主语是复数名词,谓语则用复数
1. 当主语属于以下情况时,谓语动词要用单数形式:
主语是单数名词或不可数名词时
主语是表示金钱、时间、价格、度量的词组、标题或名字时
词组或从句充当主语时
试一试
The food they served on the plane______ delicious.
Little Women______ a great novel.
Sixty minutes ______ an hour.
That he is absent ________(worry) all his family.
Skating in winter _______ great fun.
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2. 当主语属于以下情况时,谓语动词要用复数形式:
主语是复数名词时
主语是由and连接的两个或两个以上的词或词组时
试一试
Both the girls _____ interested in music.
Large quantities of water _____ polluted.
Linda and Mary _____ twin sisters.
The scientist and inventor _____ in our town now.
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3. 当主语是all of / most of / some of / half of / a part of + 名词/代词时,谓语动词的单、复数形式与该名词保持一致。
试一试
All of us______ attended the lecture about Pompeii.
Most of lecture _____ about how the ancient city was discovered.
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意义一致——绿茶婊
秘方:看内涵
4. 当主语是band, crowd, class, dozen, family, public ,committee和team 等集合名词时,如果表达整体概念,谓语动词用单数,如果强调集合里的个体,谓语动词用复数。
试一试
Our team ____ very important to me.
Our team ______ now making their way to Xinjiang.
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5.有些名词以复数形式出现,但并不一定表示复数概念,如:news, 学科(如mathematics, physics等),以-s结尾的疾病等一类词作主语时谓语动词的单数。
主语形式上为单数,表达的却是复数性质的意义,如police,people,cattle等集体名词谓语则用复数
试一试
The lastest news _____ that the Loulan Beauty is on exhibition in Shanghai.
The cattle_______ eating grass near the river.
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就近原则——官太太
咱背后有人!
秘方:
看关系
6. 当用either … or、neither … nor、not only … but also… 和not …but…连接句子主语时,采取 “就近原则”。(there be 句型也是就近原则)
试一试
Either the team leader or the guides _____looking after the students.
Not only the guides but also the team leader ____ looking after the students.
There ______ two pencils and a knife in my pencil box.
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就远原则——小丫鬟
做不了主!
秘方:
不管她
6. 当有together with、with 、 as well as 、but 、except 、besides 、rather than 、including 、along 、along with 、like连接并列主语时采取“就远原则”。
They, together with Tom _____ going to swim this afternoon.
No one but your parents_____ there then.
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Day 12 , 26 July
The tomb 1. _____ 22 kilometers from the ruined city of Loulan . The journey 2. ______very hot and all of us 3._____ glad when the bus stopped . We followed Professor Zhang to the entrance of the tomb . We got out our flashlights and Prepared ourselves to go into the tomb . I felt quite excited .
We went through a 10-meter-long passage and entered a large room. We saw pieces of material , bones , wooden cups and leather bags .
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Most of them 4._____in good condition . Professor Zhang told us that one of the tombs 5._____the oldest one found in this area . He also said the tomb 6._____ Probably built in the 3rd century , just before Loulan disappeared . The paintings on the walls showed how life 7._____ 1,700 years ago . The paintings 8._____ of great cultural value . We spent three hours in the tomb , but three hours 9._____ Enough . All of us wanted to stay there for another hour.
Visiting a place like this 10._____ always very interesting.
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Dear Sir/Madam
Recently there has been a lot of discussion in your newspaper about preserving the past.Everyone(1)____(be) talking about how important it (2)____(be) to spend time and money preserving historical buildings and sites.Well,I(3)_____(have) one question.
What about all the people living in the world who(4)_____(have) no food to eat and no place to live? They(5)____(be) more important than ancient civilizations that(6)______(have) disappeared.
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The money that has been given to researchers who(7_______expore)
ruins of the past could be better spent on helping poor people all around the world.
What has the world come to when the past
(8)________ (matter) more than the present?
We should pay attentions to the problems that we(9)_____(have) today and what kind of solutions we (10)______(be) going to find.
Best regards
Michael
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Summary
Four types of Subject-verb agreement.
语法一致 意义一致
就近原则 就远原则
Exploration
倒装句的主谓一致如何确定?
Homework
Finish the exercise C2 in the workbook.
2. Preview the task.