②such、the same起指示代词作用时，应根据其所指的内容来决定单、复数。
Such ___is___ (be) our plan. Such __a_r_e__ (be) his last words.
③关系代词who、that、which等在定语从句中作主语时，其谓语动词的数应与 句中先行词的数一致。
I have two sisters, who are (be) both students.
The train ran over a boy and his dog that were (be) just crossing the track. The building which stands (stand) near the river is our school.
⑧一些由两个部分构成的名词表示衣物或工具作主语时，谓语通常用 复数形式。如glasses、clothes、trousers、shoes、compasses、 chopsticks、scissors等。
Your trousers are (be) too short.
但如果主语用a kind of、a pair of、a series of等加名词构成时，谓语动 词一般用单数形式。
③单、复数同形的名词作主语时，谓语动词应根据意义决定单、复数。
A sheep _____is_ （be）over there. Some sheep____a_r_e_ (be) over there.
④名词所有格之后的名词被省略，这种情况一般只指商店、工场、住 宅等；作主语时，动词一般用单数。
My uncle’s__is____ (be) not far from here.
More than one student _h__a_s_ (have) seen the play.
Many a boy__h_a_s_ (have) bought that kind of toy.
但是，“more + 复数名词 + than one”结构之后，谓语用复数。
More members than one are (be) against your plan.
There be 句型中，也遵循就近原则。
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There is (be) my wife and family to look after.
There is (be) an apple, two oranges and some bananas on the plate.
4、应注意的若干问题 （1）名词作主语。 ①集体名词family, team, class, group, nation, world, government等作主 语时，如果作为一个整体看待，谓语用单数，反之用复数。
The news is (be) very exciting.
复数形式代表单数内容的词有news、works（工厂）、means和以ics结尾的 学科名称physics、politics、economics等。
3、就近原则
即谓语动词的单复数形式取决于最靠近它的词语。并列主语由连词or、 either … or、neither … nor、not only … but also … 等连接时，谓语动 词与靠近它的主语一致。
⑥不定代词each、every、no所修饰的名词即使以and或逗号连接成多 个主语时，谓语动词仍用单数形式。如：
Each boy and each girl in my class _h__a_s__ (have) a dictionary.
⑦如果主语有more than one … 或many a … 构成，尽管从意义上看是 复数内容，它的谓语动词用单数形式。
①名词性物主代词后的动词，既可以用单数，也可以用复数，这取决于它所代 替的是单数还是复数。
Ours (Our Party) __i_s_ (be) a great Party.
Your shoes __a_r_e__ (be) white, mine (= my shoes)___a_r_e_ (be) black.
②当主语后面跟有as well as, as much as, no less than, along with, with、 like, rather than, together with, but, except, besides, including, in addition to等引导的词组时，其谓语动词的单、复数根据主语的单、复 数而定。
Population和“a group(crowd)of + 复数名词”也适用于这种情况， 强调整体用单数，强调各个部分用复数。
②某些集体名词如people、police、cattle、oxen只当复数看待，谓语动 词必须用复数。
The police _h_a__v_e_ (have) caught the thief. People __a_r_e__ (be) talking about the news.
（A）单独作主语时，视其在文中的意义，动词可用单数或复数形式。
Now all has (have) been changed. All are (be) present. Let’s begin the meeting.
（B）其后接of时，若of的宾语为不可数名词，动词用单数形式；若of的宾语 为复数名词或代词时，动词可以是单数，也可以是复数；在正式文体中，单数 形式的动词更常用。
2、意义上一致 （1）主语形式虽为单数，但意义为复数，谓语动词用复数。
My family were (be) watching TV at 7 o’clock yesterday evening.
单数形式代表复数内容的词有people、police、cattle 、militia等。 （2）主语形式为复数，而意义上却是单数，谓语动词用单数。
This kind of men _i_s_ (be) dangerous.
Men of this kind__a_r_e_ (be) dangerous.
⑩复数形式的单、复数同形名词作主语时，按意义一致的原则，用作单 数意义时，谓语用单数，反之，谓语用复数。这类名词有means、 works、species(种类)、Chinese、Japanese等。当它们的前面有 a、such a、this、that修饰时，谓语用单数；有all、such、these、those修饰时， 谓语用复数。
Either you or I__a_m__ (be) mad.
Either the teacher or the students are (be) to blame.
Not only the students but also their teacher doesn’(do) know about it.
A pair of shoes _i_s_ (be) on the desk.
⑨this kind of book = a book of this kind(这种书)，其谓语动词用单数； 短语this kind of men = men of this kind = these kind of men(口语)（这一 类人），但this kind of men的谓语用单数，men of this kind和these kind of men的谓语用复数，all kinds of后跟复数名词，谓语用复数形式。
常见的省略名词有the baker’s ,the doctor’s,the Zhang’s等。
⑤当名词词组中心词为表示度量、距离、金额、时间、书名等复数名 词时，往往可以根据意义一致的原则，把这些复数名词看作一个整体， 谓语用单数。
Thirty years __i_s__ (be) passed.
Five minutes __is___ (be) enough to finish the task.
My family___is___ (be) going out for a trip. The whole family __a_r_e__ (be) watching TV.
这类词还有audience、club、committee、company、crew、crowd、 enemy、party、public、等。
The/This glass works was (be) set up in 1980.
The/These glass works are (be) near the railway station.
(11)如果名词词组中心词是all、most、half、rest 、part等词语，所指是复数意 义，谓语动词用复数形式，反之用单数。
Dose/do (do) any of you know about the accident?
None of us has/have (have) seen the film.
（4）分数、量词作主语。
①“分数或百分数 +of +名词”构成的短语以及由“some, a lot of, lots of, plenty of, a large quantity of, a heap of, a variety of, the rest of + 名词”构成的短语作主 语时，其谓语动词要与短语中of后面的名词的数保持一致，这是因为短语中后面 的名词是中心词，而名词前面的量词是修饰语。
To love and to be loved ___a_r_e__ (be) the great happiness. Going to bed early and getting up early _i_s__ (be) a good habit. A knife and fork___is__ (be) on the table.