3. develop the ability to put the grammar rules into practice.
主谓一致是指主语和谓语要保持人 称和数上的一致，主语的“人称” 和“数”决定谓语动词的变化。
但是如果主语不是单一的，或主语 名词的数比较特殊时，其主谓一致 一般要根据语法一致＼意义一致＼ 就近原则．
1.Every desk and every chair _is___ made of wood. (be)
3.No boy and no girl _is__ (be) in the classroom.
二、由连词连接的名词或代词作主语时
的主谓一致问题
• 1. 以and连接的两个名词作主语时， 谓语用复数形式
原则
概念
例句
语法 一致
指主语是单数形式，谓 语动词用单数形式；
主语是复数形式，谓语
Steve Ember is a good player． Children like toys.
原则
也用复数形式
指主语形式上为单数． My family are having lunch now．
意义 一致
但表示复数意义，谓语 动词用复数形式； 或主语形式上为复
2>.Seventy percent of t-h-e--s--u-r-f-a-c-e--o--f-t-h--e
-e-a--r-th- ___i_s__covered with / by water.
三、代词作主语时的主谓一致问题
1. any, either, neither, none, all, some等作 主语时，
四、易错点汇总 比一比
1. Our class ___i_s___ a big one.（be)
Our class ___a_r_e_ fond of music. 2. 1>.The trousers __a_r_e_____ mine. (be)
2>.This pair of trousers _is___ mine.
on the table. (be)
3.就前一致: (即谓语动词与前面的中心词一致)
with; together with; along with；but;
名词 A + except; besides, including; as well as;
in addition to, not; rather than; like
to her?”
“I suppose so.”
a. Will be b. Is
c. Are
d. Were
2. Three hours ______ enough for
us to finish the task.
a. are b. has c. is d. were
His “Selected Poems” ______first
so far.
4. -就--后- 一致: (即谓语动词与后面的中心词一致)
分数 + of ; 百分数 + of some of ; part of ; half of ; + 名词 most of ; the rest of ; ….
作主语时，谓语动词取决于后面名词的数
1>.One third of the--s-t-u-d--e-n--ts--i-n- our class __a_r_e_____ girls. (be)
• A. is studying B. studies
• C. study
D. has studied
3. The museum I have visited _____ at the end of the street.
Hale Waihona Puke • A. standB. stands
• C. is standing D. are standing
meeting? (be)
2>.Either you or ▲he _i_s____ mistaken. (be) 3>.Neither Mary nor he▲r parents __g_o______
in for rock music. (go)
4>.There __is___ a▲pen and some books
News is travelling fast nowadays．
原则
数．但表示单数意义, 谓语动词用单数形式
就近 一致
谓语动词用单数形式还 是用复数形式取决于最
靠近它的主语
There is a knife and two forks on the desk．
Either you or he is to go．
找一找共同点：
1>. What we need ___is____ hard work. What we need __a_r_e__ suitable
materials.
2>. Such __w__a_s___ what he told me.
Such ___w_e_r_e___ his words. 3>. The following __i_s___ his advice
Eighty percent of the population
in China ___a_r_e___ farmers.
4.
1>.Every means _h_a_s___ been tried
to solve the problem.(have)
All means __h__a_ve__ been tried
on learning English.
The following __a_r_e___ some tips
to learn English.
• 1）动名词、不定式或从句作主语时，谓语用
单数
但what引导的主语从句视后面的表语而定。
• What we need is time. ( be) • What we need are books. ( be)
• 类似地:
Apples of this kind _s_e_l_l __ (sell) well. This kind of apples _s_e_ll_s___(sell) well.
3. The population of China ____is___
far larger than that of Japan.(be)
名(the United States)或组织名称(the United
Nations)及news 谓语常用单数
3) the Olympic Games 谓语常用复数
The Olympic Games are held once every four years. (be)
1. “______ twenty dollars a big sum
• 表示整体时， 谓语常用单数 • 表其中的成员时，谓语常用复数
1. His family _____ always quarrelling
among ______.
A.is；itself
B.are；themselves
C.is；themselves D.are；itself
4. 有的名词表示的是由两个对称的部分构成的 物品。如：trousers, glasses, shoes, gloves, shorts, scissors等，
谓语常用单数。 • quantities (amounts) of + 名词 谓语用复数。 特殊3：and 连接的两个主语指同一人/事物/概念
谓语用单数。
特殊4：集合名词police, people, cattle 谓语用复数。 特殊5：“the +形容词/过去分词” 表示一类人，
谓语用复数。
1. The blind ____ in special schools.
Walking and riding are good exercises. 注意：当and连接的两个单数名词在意义上指
的是同一人，物或概念时，谓语用单数。 The teacher and writer is popular with his
students. • (区别：The teacher and the writer are…)
2. 就近一致：
……or…… either……or…… neither…….nor…… 连接的词作主语， not only……but also…… not…… but …… There be……
谓语与靠近的主语一致，就近原则
1>._A__r_e__ y▲ou or he to attend tomorrow’s
• 这类名词作主语时，谓语常用复数。 • 但如果其前有a pair of, a kind of 修饰时，
则应被看作 单数形式，谓语常用单数
5. 名词有each, every, no修饰时,被and /or 连接时，即使有多个并列的主语，仍看 作 单数形式，谓语用单数 。
• Each boy and each girl wants to have a holiday.
published in 1970.
A.was
B. were
C. had been D. have been
• 3. 集体名词作主语时，视其意义来决定谓语动词 的单复数：
• 1) people, police, cattle等名词 谓语常用复数
• 3) family, class, government，audience, class, committee, enemy等名词
2) 单复同形的名词，如：means, works等。