6.无生命集体名词clothing /cloth /furniture /traffic
/jewelry/luggage/poetry/equipment/machinery（机
器)/baggage做主语
is badly needed in this flooded area. e.g. 1. Clothing ____ is still increasing. 2.The number of the unemployed ____
has come are .(come） useful tools.
e.g.1.The poet and writer 2.A hammer and a saw
考点：用and连接的成对名词习惯上被看成是一个整 体, 如:bread and butter(黄油抹面包), knife and fork(刀叉)等 作主语时, 谓语动词用单数。
例： The rest of the bikes are on sale today. 剩下的自行车今天特价出售。 was eaten by the little 60% of the apple boy. 这个苹果的60%都被这个小男孩吃了。
考点一：主语中有all, half, most, the rest等, 以及 “分数或百分数+名词”做主语时，谓语动词单复 数取决于连用的名词。
is e.g. Arthritis ____a disease causing pain and swelling in the joints of the body. is Physics_____an important subject in middle schools
8. 表示时间、距离、金钱、等复数名词作主语，表达 一个整体概念时。 e.g.Twenty years has passed since he left his hometown.
Here comes the bus 公共汽车来了。
Here
is
a pen and some pieces of paper for you.
给你一支钢笔和几张纸。
强化练习
D 1.He is the only one of the students who ____ a winner of scholarship for three years. A. is B. are C. have been D. has been 2.Mary is one of those people who raise pets. 玛丽是饲养宠物者之一。
children作句子的状语，不影响谓语动词的单复数。 答案：C
5.________ of the land in that district ________ covered with trees and grass. A.Two fifth；is B.Two fifth；are C.Two fifths；is D.Two fifths；are 解析：表示分数时，分子大于一，分母(序数词形式)加s；主语 为land，不可数，故谓语动词用单数。 答案：C 6.Every possible means ________ to prevent the air pollution，but the sky is still not clear. A.is used B.are used C.has been used D.have been used 解析：every possible means每一种可行的方式；means单复数 同形，此句中为单数；表示“每种办法都用过了”，用现在完成 时的被动语态。 答案：C
• 谓语动词的单复数形式决定于最靠近它 的名词的单复数形式。 • （or/nor/either…or/there be) • neither…nor/not only…but also）
一、谓语动词为单数的情况

1.由and连接的 并列成分指的是同一概念，身兼两职或
成套事物 a worker and writer;a knife and fork
4.The father as well as his three children ________ skating on the
frozen river every Sunday afternoon in winter. A.is going B.go C.goes D.are going
解析：主语仍为the father，单数形式；as well as his three
3.不定式(短语), 动名词(短语), 或从句作主语时, 谓语动
词用单数。
is e.g.1.Serving the people ____my greatest happiness.
为人民服务是我最大的幸福.
has been decided 2. When we’ll go out for an outing___________.
（三）谓语动词单、复数视情况而定
1. 集体名词class, family, army, team, club, enemy, party, crowd, crew, audience, public , government, majority, group等作主语。强调整体用单数，指个体成 员用复数。 His family _____ a great one. His family _____ music lovers.
e.g. 1. Air as well as water matter. 空气和水都是物质。 2. No one except two servants was late for the dinner. 除了两个仆人外, 没有一个人迟来用餐。
is
5. one/every one/each /either/the number of +复数 名词作主语 e.g. Each of us has something to say. 我们每个人都有话要说。
3. 由山脉 (The Himalayas) 、群岛、瀑布 (The Niagara
Falls) 、运动会等s 结尾的专有名词作主语。 The Olympic Games ____ are held once every four years. 5. a number of/ a group of +名词作主语。
meeting. 3. Each man and (each) woman _______asked to help.
is
考点：用连接的并列主语被each, every 或no修饰时, 谓语动词
用单数。 something, everything, anything, nothing ，somebody, nobody, no one 等不定代词作主语，谓语通常是单数。
3. All their baggage ____ was stolen.
is convenient to move. 4.The furniture ___ is made in China. 5.All the machinery in the factory ____ is used for decoration and wear. 6. Jewelry ___
思考： 1.Many a boy likes playing basketball. 许多男生都喜欢打篮球。 2. More than one student was late . 不只一个学生迟到。 3.More persons than one come to help us. 不止一个人来帮助我们。 考点：若主语中有more than one 或many a/an， 尽管从意义上看是复数，但它的谓语动词仍 用单数。 但more+复数名词+than one做主语 时, 谓语动词仍用复数。
7. 以ics结尾的学科名称：physics, mathematics, 以-s 结尾的疾病名称：arthritis (关节炎），diabetes （糖尿病），bronchitis(支气管炎） 单一政治实体：the United States；The United Nations 等 作主语时, 谓语动词用单数。
6. 由两个部分组成的名词，以-s 结尾，scissors，
glasses, trousers 谓语动词必须用复数，但这
些名词前若出现 a pair of,谓语一般用单数。
e.g. One pair of scissors ____ is enough.
7. 这些以-s结尾的名词：goods, clothes, arms （武器）, fireworks , stairs（楼梯）, wages 做主语，谓语动词用复数。
专升本语法复习 主谓一致
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。寻其规律,大致可 归纳为三个原则,即语法一致、逻辑
意义一致和就近一致原则。
语法一致 意义一致
就近一致
• 主语为单数，谓语用单数;主语为复数， 谓语也用复数
• 不取决于语法上的单复数形式，取决于 主语的单复数意义。（一些集体名词作 主语） • Family/ government/public class/audience /committee
3.A poet and artist ________ coming to speak to us about Chinese
literature and painting tomorrow afternoon. A.is B.are C.was D.were
解析：a poet and artist指一个人，既是诗人，也是艺术家。 答案：A
is
（二）谓语动词为复数的情况 1. 由and /both…and连接的并列主语 2. 有生命的集体名词people , police, cattle, vermin(害 虫）, poultry（家禽） 等作主语。 The police ____looking for the missing child. are