课件35张PPT。Subject-Verb Agreement
主谓一致Warming UpWe all know that one of the world’s most popular sports _____ (be)
football.
2. There ______ (be) a number of books in the library and the number of them _______ (be) increasing(增长).
3. Doing eye exercises______ (be) is good for our eyes.
4. There ______ (be) a lot of sheep and pigs on my uncle’s farm now.
5. Everyone except Tom and John ______ (be) there when the meeting began. is are is isare is难度升级6. Each boy and each girl ______ (be) given a new book.
7. The captain (队长), as well as the other players, ______ (be) tired.
8. Neither of the girls ______ (be) pretty.
9. Three years _______ (be) a long time.
10. The police _______ (be) helping a girl find her mother. is is is/are is are目录 CONTENTS选讲部分定义原则定义第一部分 在英语句子里,谓语受主语支配,其动词必须和
主语在人称和数上保持一致,这就叫主谓一致。
这一点看似简单,但在实际运用中却常常遇到麻烦。
一般情况下,主谓之间的一致关系由以下三个原则的
支配: 语法一致原则、 意义一致原则和就近原则。
原则第二部分主谓一致原则STEP 01语法一致原则STEP 02意义一致原则STEP 03就近原则一、语法一致原则主谓一致的原则是指
主语和谓语从语法形式上取得一致
主语是单数形式,谓语也采取单数形式;
主语是复数形式,谓语亦采取复数形式。? Mr Black is a well- known scientist.
The twins have found their mothers.例1 :Reading in the sun ______(be) bad for your eyes.
解析:动名词短语作主语时谓语动词一般用单数形式。
例2:Whether?they?would?support?us?_______(be)?a?problem.
解析:从句作主语时谓语动词一般用单数形式。
例3:To learn English well ______(be) useful for us.
解析:动词不定式短语作主语时,谓语动词一般用单数形式.isisis例4:The writer and artist _________(prepare) a report in his room
now.
解析:由连接词and或both … and连接起来的合成主语后面,要用
复数形式的谓语动词。?但若and所连接的两个词是指同一个人或物
时,它后面的谓语动词就应用单数形式.
例5:Every student and every teacher __________ in the room when
the bell rang. (study)
例6:Each of us _______ a new book. (have)
解析:由each, each…, each.. .and each…, every…,
every…and every…作主语时,其谓语动词要用单数形式。?prepares studies has例7:Nobody but Jim and Mike______ on the playground yesterday.
(play)
例8:The captain, as well as the other players, _______ (be) tired.
例9: Many developed countries including Canada _________(have)
mastered this skill.
例10:Lynn besides her friends _________(like) singing very much.
例11:The fruit like apples ________(be) good for our health.
解析:主语为单数名词或代词,尽管后面跟有with, together with,
except, but, like, as well as, rather than, more than,
no less than, besides, including等引起的短语,谓语动词仍用
单数形式;若主语为复数,谓语用复数形式。 plays is have likes is例12:That piece of music sounds quite familiar. Who _________
the piano upstairs? (play)
解析:特殊疑问词作主语时谓语动词用单数形式。
例13 Neither of the two brothers _________(live) with their parents.
例14 None of the answers ________(be) right.
解析 either, each, every 或no +单数名词,都作单数看待。Neither of
加可数名词复数作主语时,谓语动词单复数都可以。
?若none of后面的名词是不可数名词,它的谓语动词就要用单数;
若它后面的名词是复数,它的谓语动词用单数或复数都可以。 is playing lives/live is/are例15: One-third of the country ____ covered with trees and the majority of the citizens ____ black people. (be )
例16:Over 80 percent of the population of China ____ peasants.
例17:The rest of the speech _______ wonderful. (be)
解析:由“a lot of, lots of, plenty of, the rest of + 名词”构成的
短语以及由“分数或百分数+名词”构成的短语作主语,
其谓语动词的数要根据短语中后面名词的数而定。
例18:The number of people invited _____ fifty, but a number of
them ____ absent for different reasons.
解析:a number of“许多”,作定语修饰复数名词,谓语用复数;
the number of“……的数量”,主语是number,谓语用单数。 isare is is was were例19 This pair of shoes ________(look) beautiful. Can I try _____ on?
例20:Fifteen kinds of shoes ________(be) on sale in this fair.
解析: 由“a pair (a kind, a series…) + of + 复数名词”作主语时,
谓语动词用单数形式; “pairs (kinds,…) + of + 复数名词”作主语时,
谓语动词用复数形式;
例21: My gloves _______(be) worn out.
解析 某些只有复数形式的名词(如:clothes, trousers, shorts, pants,
shoes, gloves…)作主语时,谓语动词用复数形式。 looks themareare意义一致就是谓语动词的数必须和主语的意义一致
(因有时主语形式为单数,但意义为复数;
有时形式为复数,但意义为单数)。 二、意义一致原则1)Three months has passed since you left.
2) The old are very well taken care of in our city.例22:His family ______ poor, so he has to study by himself. (be)
My family ______going on a trip next summer. (be)
解析:集体名词作主语时,谓语动词的数取决于主语的意义:
主语表示整体时视为单数,谓语动词用单数;
主语表示集体中的个体成员时视为复数,谓语动词用复数。
这类集体名词常见的有:army, class, club, crowd, family,
government, group, police, public, team等。 is are例23:The police ____________(search) for the rubbers these days.
例24:Lots of furniture _______ for sale. (be)
例25:Our warm clothing _______(help) us against the cold.
解析:集体名词people, police, cattle(牲口,家畜) poultry(家禽)等
作主语时,谓语动词用复数形式;但clothing, traffic, furniture 等无
生命的集合名词作主语时,谓语动词用单数形式。 are is is例26. Thirty minutes ________ enough for the work. (be)
解析:表示“时间、重量、长度、价值”等的名词的复数作主语时,
谓语动词通常用单数形式,这是由于作主语的名词在概念上是一个
整体。
例27. The Arabian Nights (天方夜谭) _______(be) an interesting
story-book.例28:His Selected Poems _______(be) first published in 1965.
例29:Himalayas _________(be) the highest mountain in the world.
例30:James ______ (be) an honest boy.
解析:若英语是书名、片名、格言、剧名、报名、国名、人名、
山脉、湖泊名称等的复数形式,其谓语动词通常用单数形式。 is is was is is 例31:One and a half apples ________(be) left on the table.
Half of the fruit ______(be) not ripe.
Half of the apples _______(be) red. 解析:表数量的短语“one and a half”后接复数名词作主语时,
其谓语动词可用单数,形式Half of +名词作主语时,谓语动词的
形式取决于名词。 is is are例32. Fifty-six divided by eight _________(be) seven.
解析:算式中加法(and)和乘法(times)可用单数也可用复数,
但减法(minus)和除法(divide by)其谓语动词必须采用单数形式。
例33:I think politics ______(be) much more interesting than maths.
解析:一些学科名词是以 –ics 结尾,如:mathematics, politics,
physics 以及news等,都属于形式上是复数的名词,实际
意义为单数名词,它们作主语时,其谓语动词要用单数形式。 is is 例34. The rich ____ not always happy.(be)
解析:“定冠词the + 形容词/分词”,表示某一类人时,动词用复数。
例35:The Smiths _______ going to have a picnic this weekend. (be )
解析: “the + 姓的复数” 表示一家人或夫妇二人, 谓语动词用复数。
are are三,就近原则There is a pen, a few pencils and some paper for you.
Neither his parents nor he is a bank clerk.
Not only you but also your brother has passed the exam.?? 在英语句子中,有时谓语动词与最近的主语保持一致。 ?例36. ________ neither he nor they wholly right?(be)解析:当两个主语由either…or, neither…nor, not only… but also
连接时,谓语动词和邻近的主语一致。
例37. Between the two buildings _________ a big tree. (be)
例38:Here ____ a pen, a few pencils and some paper for you.
解析: 倒装句中的be动词单复数取决于其后的主语。如果其后是由
and连接的两个主语,则应与靠近的那个主语保持一致。Is is is 例39:One day or two _____ enough to see the city. (be)
例40:One or two days _______ enough to see the city. (be)
解析:one or two 可接名词复数,谓语用复数.
但在 “a/ an+可数名词单数+two” 的结构之后,谓语用单数。 are is选讲第三部分Someone _____ (have) parked the car in the way.
No one ______ (be) actually able to complete the work in such a short time. has is 解析:不定代词either, neither, each, one, the other, someone, somebody, something, anyone, anybody, anything, everyone, everybody, everything, nobody, no one, nothing 等作主语时,谓语动词常用单数。2. I keep only one apple and the other two ______ (be) yours.
Five people came to help, but another three _____ (be) still needed. are were解析:the other +基数词(可数名词复数),another+基数词(可数名词复数)等作主语时,谓语动词用复数。3. All _____ (laugh) loudly except the teacher.
All _____ (be) going on very well. laugh is解析:all 作主语,指人或可数的物时,谓语动词用复数。如果指代的为不可数名词时,谓语动词用单数。4. They each _____ (win) a prize, so they are very happy. win解析:each 或由each 修饰的名词作主语时,谓语用单数。注意:each 位于复数主语后作同位语时,谓语动词与主语保持一致。5. Such ____ (be) Stephen Hawking, who has suffered(遭受) a serious disease(疾病) but achieved so much.
Such _____ (be) the difficulties that we are now faced with. is are解析:such be结构中,be 动词的单复数形式由其后面的名词而定。6.The poor _____ (be) part of the people we help.
The old ______ (be) more likely to catch cold than the young.
The new ______ (be) sure to replace the old.
The beautiful ______ (go) with the true and the good. are are is is解析:有些形容词加上the (如 the old, the blind, the dead, the rich, the poor, the young, the deaf等)用来表示一类人时,谓语用复数;表示抽象概念时,谓语用单数。?7. 特殊量词修饰普通名词作主语。
由像 pile (堆), mountain(大堆), row(排), mass(很多),packet(小包) 等作单位词修饰的短语作主语,谓语动词根据这些修饰语的单复数形式而定。?A row of willows(柳树) _______ (be) lined on one side of the river.
Masses of work _______ (be) to be done to celebrate the New Year.
A packet of letters _________ (need) mailing. is are needs 8. Quantities (大量的) of money ______ (be) needed to build the
school.
A quantity of story books _______ (have) been bought for the
children.
解析:a quantity of, quantities of 作主语或其修饰的名词作主语,其谓语动词应根据quantity的单复数形式而定。 are has9. More than one person _____ (be) injured in the accident.
More than one way _____ (have) been tried to stop the pollution.
More members than one ______ (be) against the idea.
解析: more than one +可数名词单数作主语时,谓语动词用单数。more +可数名词复数时,谓语动词用复数。 was has are10. It is reported that in this area one in four people _____ (have)
lung cancer.
解析: one in +基数词…作主语,谓语动词用单数。 has11. He is one of my friends who _______ working hard.
He is the only one of my friends who _______ working hard.
解析:在定语从句时,关系代词that, who, which等作主语时,其谓语动词的数应与句中先行词的数一致。 are is12. 当表示地点的介词词组(如on the wall, under the tree, in front of the house, in the middle of the room等)在句首时,谓语与后面的主语保持一致。 At the foot of the hill lies a beautiful lake. East of the lake lie two towns. Under the tree was lying a wounded soldier. Near the trees ________ cottage. A. was such an old B. were such an old C. was such old a D. were such old a Thanks for your listening.