1、文档仅供参考,如有不当之处,请联系改正。语法一致标准语法一致标准语法一致标准就是依据主语语法形式决定其谓语动词语法形式。主语是单数,谓语动词就用单数形式;主语是复数,谓语动词就用复数形式。比如:A letter has been sent to every student.Two letters have been sent to every student.第1页文档仅供参考,如有不当之处,请联系改正。意义一致标准意义一致标准意义一致标准指主谓之间一致关系不是由主语语法形式来决定,而是由主语所表示意义来决定。形式是单数主语,其谓语可能是复数形式;反之,形式是复数主语,其谓语有可能是单数(详见
2、后文所述)。比如:The class are doing experiment on heat and light.The team are playing magnificently.The United States is a country advanced in science and technology.Ten dollars is all I have left.Two thirds of the area is under water.同一单词作主语,依据其表示意义不一样,有时用单数动词,有时却要用复数动词。比如:The family is the basic unit of
3、the society.The family have agreed among themselves to spend their vacation in Italy.第2页文档仅供参考,如有不当之处,请联系改正。就近标准就近标准就近标准是指谓语动词与它最近名词、代词或其它词在人称或数上保持一致。常见于eitheror;neithernor;there be;not onlybut also等.比如:Either you or he was wrong.There is a pen,a few envelopes and some paper in the drawer.Not only h
4、is children but he himself is hoping to be there.第3页文档仅供参考,如有不当之处,请联系改正。上述三条标准详细应用比较复杂,以下几点需要尤其注意。我们分三大类情况来看:(一)谓语动词用单数情况谓语动词用单数情况1 one,every,each,everyone,everybody,no,no one,one of,many a,more than one,either,neither,nobody,anyone,somebody,someone等作主语或主语修饰语时,谓语动词用单数。比如:Every/Each boy and girl is t
5、reated in the same way.Every/Each man and every/each woman has good reason to be proud of the work done by their fathers.第4页文档仅供参考,如有不当之处,请联系改正。2 a kind of,a sort of,a portion of,a section of,a series of,a piece of,a pair of,a couple of 等修饰主语时,谓语动词普通依据语法一致标准普通用单数。比如:A pair of scissors is what he nee
6、ds now.Two pairs of scissors are what he needs now.A series of lectures on engineering is scheduled.There is a couple of vacant rooms behind the office.第5页文档仅供参考,如有不当之处,请联系改正。3 表示国家、单位、书报等名称或表示时间、距离、体积、度量衡(将它视为一整体)等名词或短语作主语时,谓语动词用单数。比如:The Netherlands is famous for its tulips.One hundred miles is to
7、o far to travel on foot.Ten pounds was missing from the bill.The Thirty-Nine Steps is an interesting novel.第6页文档仅供参考,如有不当之处,请联系改正。4 不定式、动名词短语或名词性从句作主语时,谓语动词也要用单数。比如:To master at least a foreign language is very necessary in the present conditions.Forgetting the past means nothing but betrayal.When t
8、hey will start on their journey hasnt been decided第7页文档仅供参考,如有不当之处,请联系改正。5 单数词作主语,即使后接由as well as,along with,like,rather than,together with,besides,including,in addition to,accompanied by等词连接其它词,谓语动词依然用单数。比如:Gold,as well as silver,has recently risen in price.The factory,with all its equipment,has be
9、en burned.John together with his brothers has gone to the party.第8页文档仅供参考,如有不当之处,请联系改正。6 以-ics结尾学科名称作主语主谓一致问题一些以-ics结尾学科名称作主语时,如physics,mathematics,mechanics,optics,acoustics,politics statistics,economics,linguistics,athletics等,谓语动词通惯用作单数。比如:Acoustics studies the science of sound.Athletics is a requ
10、ired course for students of all grades.但假如这类名词表示学科以外其它含义,可作复数用。比如:Athletics have been greatly encouraged at this college.The acoustics of the new concert hall are perfect.第9页文档仅供参考,如有不当之处,请联系改正。以以-s结尾疾病名称作主语主谓一致问题结尾疾病名称作主语主谓一致问题以-s结尾疾病名称作主语主谓一致问题,如:arthritis(关节炎),bronchitis(支气管炎),diabetes(糖尿病),mumps
11、(腮腺炎),phlebitis(静脉炎),rickets(软骨病),Measles(麻疹)这类以-s结尾疾病名称作主语时,谓语动词通惯用作单数。比如:Arthritis causes great pain in the joints of the patient.The diabetes is a kind of chronic disease.Measles(麻疹)usually occurs in children.Phlebitis is a swollen condition of the blood vessels.第10页文档仅供参考,如有不当之处,请联系改正。以以-s结尾由两部分
12、组成物体名称作主语结尾由两部分组成物体名称作主语英语中有一些通常以-s结尾由两部分组成物体名词,如glasses,pincers,pliers,scissors,shorts,suspenders,trousers等,这类名词做主语,假如不带“一把”、“一副”等单位词,谓语动词通惯用复数。比如:Marys glasses are new.Johns trousers are black.假如带有单位词,则由单位词决定动词单、复数形式。比如:One pair of pincers isnt enough.Two pairs of scissors are missing from my tool
13、 box.第11页文档仅供参考,如有不当之处,请联系改正。英语中还有一些以-s结尾名词,如archives,arms,clothes,contents,eaves,fireworks,goods,minutes,morals,remains,stairs,suburbs,thanks,wages这类名词作主语时,谓语动词通惯用复数。比如:The archives of the country are kept in the Department of Security.The contents of the book are most amusing.High wages often resu
14、lt in high prices.My thanks are sincere.第12页文档仅供参考,如有不当之处,请联系改正。(二二)谓语动词用复数情况谓语动词用复数情况1 both,some,few,many,several,the majority(of),the minority(of)等词语作主语或主语修饰语时,谓语动词用复数。比如:Both of them have gone to Shanghai on business.Few of my classmates really understand me.The majority of(the)doctors believe sm
15、oking is harmful to health.2 以复数形式结尾山脉、群岛、瀑布等专有名词作主语时,谓语动词用复数。比如:The Niagara Falls are very spectacular.The West Indies are commonly divided into two parts.The Philippines are in the Pacific Ocean.3 表示群体或类属“the+形容词”作主语时,谓语动词用复数。比如:The injured were sent to hospital at once.In many western films,the g
16、ood are well rewarded and the bad are punished.第13页文档仅供参考,如有不当之处,请联系改正。(三三)谓语动词单、复数要视情形而定情况谓语动词单、复数要视情形而定情况1 由and连接两个主语时,谓语动词普通用复数。比如:Your problem and mine are similar.但当and连接词语作整体考虑,指同一人、同一事物或概念时,谓语动词用单数。比如:The worker and poet has published a collection of poems recently.Too much work and too littl
17、e rest often leads to illness.当and连接两个形容词修饰一个单数名词作主语时,假如指一件事物谓语动词用单数;假如指两件事物则谓语动词用复数。比如:A black and white(黑白相间)horse was trotting down.The red and the yellow rose are both beautiful.第14页文档仅供参考,如有不当之处,请联系改正。2 集合名词如family,group,team,the public,crowd,committee,staff,government等作主语,表整体意义时用单数;表个体意义时用复数。比
18、如:Our team has won the game.Our team are discussing about how to win.第15页文档仅供参考,如有不当之处,请联系改正。通常作复数集体名词通常作复数集体名词包含police,people,cattle,militia,vermin,poultry(家禽)等,这些集体名词通惯用作复数。比如:The British police have only very limited powers.The militia were called out to guard the borderland.通常作不可数名词集体名词通常作不可数名词集
19、体名词通常作不可数名词集体名词包含poultry(家禽肉),foliage,machinery,equipment,furniture,merchandise等,这类名词后动词用单数形式。比如:Poultry is expensive at this time of year.That green foliage was restful.The merchandise has arrived undamaged.第16页文档仅供参考,如有不当之处,请联系改正。3 一些表示数量词,如 all of,a lot of,any of,most of,half of,two-thirds of,thr
20、ee fourths,eighty percent of,part of,the rest of,some of,none of,all of等与名词连用时,后面名词用单数则谓语动词用单数;名词用复数,谓语动词也用复数。比如:A large percentage of our pilots retire early.A large percentage of his income is paid in income tax.Most of the book is interesting.Most of the books are informative though a little dull.第17页