主谓一致用法归纳一、名词作主语◇family, class, group, team等集体名词作主语1.若指一个整体时,谓语动词用单数形式。
His family is a happy one. His family isn’t large.2.若指其中一个个具体成员时,谓语动词复数形式。
My family all like watching TV.◇people, police, cattle等集体名词作主语,谓语动词用复数形式。
The police are searching for the thief. People here are very friendly.◇“the+姓氏复数”表示一对夫妇或一家人时,谓语一般用复数。
The Smiths are having dinner.◇“the+形容词”这类词有:the brave, the poor, the rich,the blind, the young, the old, the sick, the dead, the deaf and dumb, the injured,the wounded,the unemployed等。
1.表示一类人时,谓语动词用复数形式。
The poor are very happy, but the rich are sad.2.表示抽象概念时,用单数形式。
The beautiful lives forever.美是永存的。
◇以-s 结尾的名词本身不表示复数意义,谓语通常用单数形式。
No news is good news. Maths (physics) is very popular in our class◇more than one+单数名词作主语,谓语用单数。
More than one student has ever been to Beijing.不止一个学生曾经去过北京。
◇表示时间,价格,重量,数目,长度,数学运算等的词或短语作主语时,这些通常作一个整体概念,谓语用单数形式。
Three years has passed since then. Two months is a long holiday. Twenty pounds isn’t so heavy.Ten miles isn’t a long distance. Five minus four is one. 5减4等于1。
◇a number of+复数名词作主语,谓语动词用复数;A number of famous people were invited to party. A number of students have gone home.2.the number of +复数名词作主语,谓语动词用单数。
The number of the students is over eight hundred. The number of pages in this book is two hundred.◇动词不定式,动名词作主语时,谓语动词用单数形式。
To see is to believe Doing eye exercises is good for your eyes.◇主语为one of , each of, every one of, any one of加复数名词或代词,谓语用单数。
One of my favorite sports is basketball.Each of them has an English dictionary.◇当kind of, pair of, glass of 等表示确定数量的名词短语修饰主语时,谓语与kind, pair, glass等一致。
This pair of shoes is Tom’s. There are two glasses of water on the table.◇“lots of/ a lot of/ plenty of/ all /most /half /the rest of +名词或分数/百分数+名词作主语时,谓语动词取决于名词的可数性, 这是因为短语中后面的名词是中心词,而短语中前面的量词是修饰语。
1.若是不可数名词,用单数;Lots of damage was caused by fire. About three-fourths of the earth’s surface is covered with water.2.若名词是复数,则用复数。
Three-fifths of the workers here are women. Most of his time is spent on study.二、代词作主语◇none 与可数名词连用,谓语动词可用单数也可用复数,none 如果代表不可数名词时谓语动词用单数。
None of the land has become desert.这些土地都没有变成沙漠。
◇不定代词somebody, someone, something, anybody, anything, everybody, everyone, everything,nobody, no one, nothing作主语,谓语动词用单数。
Is everyone here today? 今天大家到齐了吗?Something is wrong with him.他有毛病。
◇疑问代词who, what, which作主语时,如果说话人不知道具体的内容,谓语动词一般用单数。
Who lives next door?What’s in the bag?三、并列结构作主语◇由both…and…连接两个单数名词作主语时,谓语动词用复数形式;Both his father and his mother are both teachers.◇由and连接的两个名词作主语时1.一般用复数形式。
Walking and riding are good exercises.2. 若and所连接的并列主语是同一个人,谓语动词用单数,and后面的名词不加冠词。
The writer and teacher is coming. (作家和教师指同一人) The writer and the teacher are coming. (作家和老师是两个人) 3. and前后的并列主语如果表示的是同一个概念,即前后合起来是一个整体,不可割裂开来,谓语动词依然用单数形式。
Going to bed early and getting up early is a good habit. A knife and fork is on the table.(刀叉和在一起才是完整的一副。
) Too much work and too little rest often leads to illness.◇or, either…or…,neither…nor…,not only…but also…,not…but…,连接两个名词或代词作主语时,根据就近原则决定谓语动词形式。
Tom or Jack is wrong.不是汤姆就是杰克错了。
Either you or I am right. 要么你要么我是对的。
◇当主语后面跟有with,together with,along with,as well as,besides,except,but,like, including, in addition to, rather than 等词或介词短语时,谓语动词由主语的单复数决定。
Mike with his father has been to England.Mike like his brother enjoys playing football.The teacher as well as the students was reading in the library.四、与句式有关的主谓一致◇由what引导的主语从句,谓语动词通常用单数,但所指的具体内容是复数意义时,谓语动词一般用复数形式.What we need is more time. What we need are doctors.◇在地点置于句首的倒装句中,谓语动词的数应与其后的主语一致。
Here comes Simon. Here are some books and paper for you. Between the two windows hangs a picture.◇There be 结构中,谓语动词与临近的主语一致,即“就近原则”。
There is a book and three pens on the desk. ◇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。
Those who want to go please put up your hands. Some of the energy that is used by man comes from the sun.◇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,但它的谓语动词仍用单数形式。
More than one student has read the book. Many a student has been to Shanghai.许多学生到过上海。
◇主语是each/every/no+单数名词+and(each/every)+单数名词时,谓语动词用单数。
Every man and every woman is at work. Each boy and each girl has got a seat. Each boy and each girl wants to go to the cinema.◇one and a half+复数名词作主语,谓语动词用单数形式。
One and a half hours is enough. One and a half bananas is left on the table.◇在“one of+复数名词++who/that/which”引导的从句结构中1.关系代词who/that/which的先行词是靠近它的复数名词而不是one,因此,从句中的动词应该是复数形式。
This is one of the most interesting stories that have been told.2.但是当one之前有the only等修饰语时,关系代词的先行词是one,而不是靠近它的复数名词,因此从句的动词应是单数形式。