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Grammar
Subject-Verb Agreement (主谓一致)
主谓一致指“人称”和“数”方面的一致关系。
1. 语法一致原则
如果主语是单数,谓语动词则用单数形式;
如果主语是复数,谓语动词用复数形式。
eg. Both parties ______their own advantages.
Her job _____something to do with computers.
2. 意义一致原则
有时,主语和谓语动词的一致关系取决于主语的单、复数意义,而不是语法上的单、复数形式,这样的一致关系就是意义一致。
His family ______(be) a big family.
His family _______(be) listening to music
when he came back.
The population in China ______ (be) very large, and eighty of the population in China _____(be) farmers.
3. 就近原则
有时,谓语动词的单、复数形式决定于最靠近它的词语。
e.g. Either my grandsons or their father__ (be) coming.
Neither Richard nor I _____(be) going.
(一) 谓语动词常用复数的情况
The teachers are respected in the world.
1)主语为复数名词或代词
The police are looking for the missing child.
The cattle are kept in his farm.
2) 当people , police, cattle 等集体名词作主语,形式上为单数而意义却是复数,谓语用复数。
The Olympic Games are held once every four years.
The Rocky mountains stand in the west of the north America.
3)山脉、群岛、瀑布、运动会等s 结尾的复数名词作主语。
The rich are not always happy.
Generally speaking ,the young are eager for success.
4)the+adj. 表示一类人 或物做主语时
如 blind,deaf, living,dead,
the+ wounded, poor, rich
old, young 等
但指个人或抽象概念时,谓语动词用单数形式。
The unknown is always something to be feared.
The beautiful is always loved by people.
The Whites are going to make a trip to London.
The Greens were watching TV when a fire broke out.
5) the+姓的复数形式表一家人
(二)谓语动词常用单数的情况
1)可数名词的单数及不可数名词作主语时。
The advice is practical.
2)表示时间、距离、金钱、长度、重量等复数名词作主语,表达一个整体概念时。
Twenty years is only a short time in human history.
3)主语从句、动词不定式、动名词 形式作主语时,谓语动词用单数。
Looking after the children is my full time job.
To die for the people is a worthy death.
When and where to hold the meeting is unknown.
Whatever was left was taken away.
4) 以-S 结尾的单数名词,形式为复数而意义为单数。如表示学科、国家、机构、书籍、报刊等名称作主语,(news, physics, maths,politics)谓语用单数。
The United states is made up of 50 states.
The Times is a newspaper for the British government
Great Expectations was written by Charles Dickens in 1860.
5) clothing, furniture, traffic, jewellery, baggage, equipment, luggage 等无生命的集合名词作主语。
Clothing is badly needed in this flooded area.
6) each
neither +of + the+复数名词或代词
Either
Each of us _____ a dictionary.
Either of the books on the table _______to me.
Neither of them ___fit for the job.
7) many a / each / every
either / neither +单数名词
more than one
Many a student __________the film.
Neither story ____true.
More than one student has seen the film.
More students than one have seen the film.
注意:当each放在主语后作同位语时,不决定谓语单复数。
They each have a dictionary.=
Each of them has a dictionary.
8) every every
each +名词单数+and+ each + 名词单数作主语时
no no 谓语用单数
many a many a
Every desk and every chair ___ made of wood.
Many a boy and many a girl ____made the same mistake.
9)由some, any, no, every + one/thing/body
所构成的复合不定代词做主语时,谓语用单数。
Nobody ______to go there.
Something ______been done to end the strike.
(三) 其它情况
1) 用and或both…and…连接的两个名词作主语时,谓语动词用复数形式。但是如果and连接的两个名词作主语,指同一个人或事或整体概念,谓语动词用单数(如果是可数名词的单数这时and后面的名词一般没有冠词)。
用is/are填空:
English and Chinese quite different languages.
Water and air both important.
A young man and a girl to go there.
The singer and the writer famous to many young people
The manager and secretary as busy as a bee all day
The singer and writer famous to everyone.
War and peace (战争与和平) a constant theme in history.
A knife and fork( 刀叉) needed for a western meal.
Bread and butter(黄油面包) served for breakfast.
Early to bed and early to rise _____(早睡早起) a good habit.
常用的一些表示整体概念的词
iron and steel 钢铁
law and order 治安
a watch and chain 一块带链的表
A needle and thread 针线
a coat and tie 配有领带的上衣
2) 单、复数同形的名词作主语时,按意义一致的原则。作单数意义时,谓语动词用单数,反之谓语动词用复数。这类名词有:sheep, fish, deer, means(方法), species(种类),works(工厂), Chinese, Japanese等。
选择填空
has/have
Every means _____been tried out without much result.
All means _______ been tried out without much result.
was/were
This shoe works _____ set up in 1980.
Those shoe works ______all set up in 1980.
3) 表示成双成套的名词,如:chopsticks (筷子),
compasses, clothes, glasses, jeans, scissors, shoes, socks, trousers, gloves, shorts
等,作主语时,谓语动词通常用复数形式;
Chopsticks mainly are used in China.
但如与a kind of, a pair of, the pair of,
a series of 连用,作主语时,谓语动词用单数形式。
如:
This kind of books ____useful.
= Books of this kind ____useful.
4) 某些集体名词(如 family, team 等)作主语时, 如果作为一个整体看待,谓语用单数形式;如果就其中一个个成员而言,谓语动词用复数。类似动词还有: class, club, company, crowd, enemy, government, group, party, public, team等。
5) 就近原则
下列连词连接两个主语时,及there be句型有多个并列主语,谓语应与最靠近的主语保持一致。
A or B
either A or B
neither A nor B 动词与靠近的主语一致
not only A but also B
there be A, B and C
not A but B
1)Either the girl or the boy ____ in Canada.( is /are )
2)Neither he nor I ______ the answer.(knows /know)
3)Not only I but also Jane and Mary _____tired of having one examination after another.
4) You ,he or I right.
5)_____either he or you right? (be)
(注意就近原则在疑问中的使用)
6)You or he _______ to blame.
____ you or he to blame?
A.is,Is B.are,Are C.is,Are D. are,Is
7)Either you or the headmaster ______ the prize to those gifted students at the meeting. (NMET 1994 )
A. is handing out B. are to hand out
C. are handing out D. is to hand out
6)就前原则
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等词组时,其谓语动词的单复数按主语的单复数而定。
1)The teacher , with 6 girls and 8 boys of her class, ___visiting a museum when the earthquake struck. (NMET2004 北京卷)
A. was B . were C. had been D. would be
2)Nobody but John and Helen absent.
I, rather than you, responsible for the accident.
7) a number of + n(复数)作主语,谓语用复数。
the number of + n(复数)作主语,谓语用单数
The number of the 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) a large quantity/amount of +n 谓语由of后的名词单复形式决定
large quantities/amounts of +n (可数/不可数) 谓语复数
A large quantity of people_______ needed here.
A large quantity of water ____ needed here.
Large quantities of food_______ gone bad.
9)关系代词作主语,定语从句谓语动词的形式取决于其先行词的单复数。
He is one of the few persons who ______a good knowledge of Italian.
当one之前有the only修饰时,one是who 的先行词,从句谓语动词用单数。
He is the only one of the boys who _______ given a prize.
10)倒装句中,必须认准哪是主语。如:
1)Between the two buildings (stand) a monument.
2)On the ship ___________(be) over 2,200 people.
3)More than 1,500 people lost their lives.
Among those________ (be) the young woman.
11)such, the same起指示代词作用,应根据其所指的内容 来确定单、复数。如:
Such ___ our plan.
Such _____ my hopes.
12)all 做主语表示人时,谓动用复数;若表物,谓动则用单数。
All ____well that ends well.
All _____ eager to reach an agreement.
13) part of / half of /… percent of / one third of + 名词, 谓语动词要与of 后面的名词保持一致。
One third of the land is sold by the government.
常用的一些表示整体概念的词
iron and steel 钢铁
law and order 治安
a watch and chain 一块带链的表
A needle and thread 针线
a coat and tie 配有领带的上衣
Exercises
1. Each of you ______ responsible for the accident.
A. am B. be C. is D. are
2. Each man and woman ______ the same rights.
A. has B. have
C. had D. is having
3. Every means ______ tried but without much result.
A. has been B. have been
C. are D. is
4. There ______ in this room.
A. are too much furniture
B. is too many furnitures
C. are too much furnitures
D. is too much furniture
5. The manager or his assistant ______ planning to go.
A. were B. are C. was D. be
6. Not only I but also David and Iris ______ fond of playing basketball.
A. am B. is C. are D. was
7. Neither Tom nor his parents ______ at home.
A. is B. are C. has D. was
8. Either the dean or the principal ______ the meeting.
A. attends B. attend
C. are attending D. have attended
9. ______ was wrong.
A. Not the teacher but the students
B. Both the students and the teacher
C. Neither the teacher nor the
students
D. Not the students but the teacher
10. “______ twenty dollars a big sum to her?”
“I suppose so.”
A. Will be B. Is C. Are D. Were
11. Three hours ______ enough for us to finish the task.
A. are B. has C. is D. were
12. Most of his savings(存款) ______ in the Xin Hua Bank.
A. has been kept
B. is being kept
C. have kept
D. have been kept
13. All that can be done ______.
A. has done
B. has been done
C. have done
D. have been done
14. One or perhaps more pages _______.
A. is missing
B. has been missed
C. are missing
D. was missing
15. More than one worker ______ dismissed.
A. have been B. are
C. has been D. has
16. Whiskey and soda ______ his favorite drink.
A. is B. are
C. were D. have been
17. Many a student ___ the importance of learning a foreign language.
A. have realized
B. has realize
C. have been realized
D. has been realized
18. The gas works ______ near the city.
A. is B. are C. were D. be
19. The surroundings(环境) of his house ______ clean now.
A. is B. are C. was D. were
20. The committee ___ over the problem among themselves for two hours.
A. has argued
B. has been arguing
C. have argued
D. have been arguing
21. The public ______ generous in their contributions to the earthquake victims.
A. is B. was C. are D. has been
22. Cattle ______ on the hillside.
A. grazes B. is grazing
C. was grazing D. were grazing
23. Her politics ______ neither conservative nor liberal.
A. is B. are C. was D. has been
24. Measles(麻疹) ______ a kind of infectious illness.
A. is B. are
C. were D. have been
25. The Philippines ______ to the south-east of China.
A. lies B. lie C. lay D. lays
26. Mary is one of the girls who ______ always on time.
A. is B. am C. are D. was
27. Tom is the only one of the stall members who ______ to be promoted.
A. is going
B. are going
C. has been going
D. have been going
28. What caused the accident
_____ on the road.
A. were stone
B. were stones
C. was stone
D. was stones
29. ______ is to attend our evening.
A. both the singer and the dancer
B. Either the singer or dancers
C. The singer or dancers
D. The singer and dancer
30. The Smiths ______ their breakfast when the morning post came.
A. had
B. has been having
C. are having
D. were having
31. No one except two students
____ the meeting.
A. has been late for
B. have been late for
C. was late for
D. were later for
32. All but him and me ____to the exhibition.
A. am going B. is going
C. are going D. was going
33. Interest, as well as prospects,
______ important when one looks for a job.
A. are B. were C. is D. was
34. The president, accompanied by his assistants, ______.
A. have arrived
B. are arriving
C. had arrived
D. has arrived
35. A number of cars _____ in front of the park.
A. is parked
B. was parked
C. are parked
D. has parked
36. The number of articles published on smoking ______ amazing.
A. is B. are
C. were D. have been
37. The majority of the damage _____ easy to repair.
A. is B. are C. were D. be
38. The majority of doctors ____
smoking is harmful to health.
A. are believed
B. had believed
C. has believed
D. believe
39. Four-fifths of the crop ______.
A. are ruined
B. was ruined
C. were ruined
D. have been ruined
Homework
1. Finish Grammar on P98-99.
2. Preview the part of Integrating skills.