1. Our little group _____ complete again.
2. _____ your group want to stop for lunch now?
3. Our family _____ not poor any more.
4. The Smith’s family all _____ Chinese.
5. The army _____ helping to clear up after the floods.
6. The army _____ the important task to keep peace.
7. Our class _____ better than any other classes at playing basketball in our school.
8. Our class _____ playing a basketball match tomorrow.
9. The team _____ going to play a match on Saturday.
10. This international organization _____ going to open an office in Beijing.
11. The government _____ to build new villages in the north.
12. The government _______ holding a meeting this evening to discuss the problems.
四班正在讨论怎样学好英语。
每一个学生都参加了这次运动会。
不是他去,就是我去。
刘军和魏国都不来。
书包里有一只铅笔盒,一块手表和几本书。
这件事谁也不知道。
我们每人都知道他在想什么。
我们中间没有人去过加拿大。
他们俩都不懂法语。
周兰和杨蓓都爱好体育。
警察正在问他们问题。
340加660等于1000。
The Wangs are my neighbours.They have a lovely son.
One evening,someone knocked at my door. I opened and
saw their son with a basket of nice oranges. He said his
uncle had brought them a lot from the countryside and his
parents wanted him to give some to me for taste. Before I
could express my thanks, he moved to the next house. The
Wangs are always ready to have their neighbours to share
what their relatives bring them. What do you think of the
Wang’s family?And what about their son?
subject: family
The family is very big.
subject: family
The family are watching a football match on TV.
subject: group
The group are having a discussion.
Which Bigger?
subject: group
This group is bigger than that group.
The family is very big.
The family are watching a football match on TV.
The group are having a discussion.
This group is bigger than that group.
集体名词(Collective Noun)做主语,指成员时,谓语用复数;指团体,组织时,谓语用单数:如:class , team, group, family, audience(听众), police,party,government, company, crowd, public, club等。
1.The class are busy working on the exercises at the
moment .
2.The team was an excellent one in the 25th Olympic
Games .
“主谓一致”是指谓语动词与主语必须在人称、数上保持一致,即主语是复数,谓语也用复数形式,如are, were, have等,主语是单数,谓语要用单数形式,如:is, was, has, works等。
在具体处理一致关系时可遵循以下三原则:
语法一致、意义一致、就近一致。
is
Do
is
speak
are
has
is
are
is/are
is
is
is/are
Come out, George Bush!
I, as well as my people, am determined to fight you to the death!
1.当两个名词用 with, together with, as well as, rather than, more than, but, except, besides, along with, including, like 等连接起来做主语时,谓语动词与前面的主语一致。
2.当and 与 both…and …连接两个主语时,一般情况下其谓语用复数。但如果由and并列的两个主语是指同一人时,此时后面一个主语没有冠词,其谓语用单数,表示一 个人具有双重身份。若后一个名词前有冠词,则表示两个人,谓语则用复数。
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(4)用连接的并列主语被each, every或no修饰时,谓语动
词用单数。
(5) each of + 复数代词,谓语动用单数。 复数代词+each,谓语动词用单数。如
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8.当trousers, shoes, glasses, clothes, socks, gloves等由两个部分构成的物品做主语时, 谓语一般用复数。但若与 a pair of, a kind of 等连用时,谓语用单数。
This pair of trousers belongs to my sister . Mine are being washed .
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14.当主语表示时间,重量,距离,价格时,谓语动词用单数。
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A library with five thousand books____ to the nation as a gift. A. is offered B. has offered C. are offered D. have offered
2. Not only I but also Jane and Mary ____ tired of having one examination after another.
A. is B. are C. am D. be
3. All but one ____ here just now.
A. is B.was C. has been D. were
4. Zhang’s family ____ rather big, with twelve people in all.
A. is B. are C. being D. was
5. On the wall______ two large portraits.
A. hangs B. hang C. hanged D. hanging
6. There _____ a lot of milk in the bottle.
A. are B. is C. were D. has
Multiple choice:
7. The number of people invited ____ fifty, but a number of them
____ absent for different reasons.
A. were; was B. was; was C. was; were D. were; were
8. 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
9.Neither my wife nor I myself ____ able to persuade my daughter to
change her mind.
A.is B.are C.am D.be
10. A knife and fork ______ lying on the floor .
A. was seen B. were seen C. see D. sees
11.Over 70 percent of the people in this province _______ farmers .
A. is B. are C. has D. have