1、主谓一致主谓一致,即句子的主语和谓语在数上要保持一致。它是中学英语重点语法内容之一,也是高考必考的语法点之一。下面我们从三方面来看看高考中有关主谓一致的一些高频考点。A单一主语的情况1、谓语用单数当主语是不可数名词、可数名词单数、单数代词、不定式(短语)、动名词(短语)或从句等时,谓语动词用单数,如:The work is important.To serve the country is our duty.代词each以及由every、some、no、any等构成的复合代词作主语,或主语中含有each、 every时,谓语动词用单数,如:Each of the students, worki
2、ng hard at his or her lessons, hopes to go to university.表示金钱、时间、价格或度量衡的复合名词作主语时,通常把这些名词看作一个整体,谓语动词一般用单数,如:Three weeks was allowed for making the necessary preparations.当主语是一本书、一条格言或一个学科时,谓语动词常用单数,如:Mathematics is my favorite.2、“the + 形容词/分词”作主语时:指“一类”人或事物时,谓语动词常用复数,如:The poor need help from the soc
3、iety.指“某一个”人或“抽象的”事物时,谓语动词用单数,如:The agreeable is not always the useful.B并列结构作主语的情况1当主语是由and并列的两个或两个以上的部分组成时,谓语动词一般都用复数,如:Reading and writing are very important. 如果当主语虽然是由and并列的两部分组成,但表示的是一个单一的概念时,即指同一人或同一物时(and此时连接的两个词前只有一个冠词),谓语动词用单数,如:The iron and steel industry is very important.2、当主语由“either.or.
4、”或“neither.nor.”连接时,谓语动词与最邻近的主语保持一致,如:Either you or she is to go.3、当主语是由“not A, but B”或“not only A, but also B”结构组成时,谓语动词的数取决于B的数,如:Not you but your brother is to blame.4、当主语后面接有由with、together with、like、except、including、but、no less than、as well as等词引起的短语时,谓语动词的数与这些词前面的主语的数保持一致,如:All but Jane know th
5、e secret.其他情况1、“One of + 复数名词 + 定语从句”中,从句的谓语动词一般用复数,如:This is one of the best novels that have appeared this year.但如果“one”前有“this、the、the only”等词修饰时,定语从句的引导词指代one,作从句主语时,从句谓语动词用单数,如:He was the only one of the boys who was praised.2、在there be句型中,当真正的主语是一系列事物时,谓语应与最邻近的那部分保持一致,如:There is a pen, a knife
6、 and several books on the desk.There are twenty boy-students and twenty-three girl-students in the class.3、如果句子是由here、there引导,而主语不只由一个词构成,且表示复数概念时,谓语动词的数通常和最邻近的主语一致,如:Here are two books for you.4、当主语被half of、part of、most of、a portion of等修饰时,谓语动词通常与of后面的名词、代词保持一致,如:Most of the students are taking an
7、active part in sports.5、在这样一些短语,如“many a”或“more than one”所修饰的词作主语时,谓语动词多用单数形式,如:Many a person has read the novel.但由“more than.of”作主语时,动词应与其后的名词或代词保持一致,如:More than 60 percent of the students are from the city.6、主语是“a number of (许多)/ a variety of (各式各样) + 复数名词”时,谓语动词常用复数,如:A number of students in this
8、 class are (is) from Sichuan.There are a variety of toys in this shop.注意:“the number(数目)/ the variety(种类) + of + 复数名词”作主语时,谓语动词用单数,如:The number of students in this college has doubled.The variety of goods in this shop is rich.【真题演练】1. All the employees except the manager _ to work online at home. (2
9、004广东)A. encourages B. encourage C. is encouraged D. are encouraged2. No one in the department but Tom and I _ that the director is going to resign. (2004上海春)A. knows B. know C. have known D. am to know3. _ of the land in that district _ covered with trees and grass. (2000全国)A. Two fifth; is B. Two
10、fifth; are C. Two fifths; is D. Two fifths; are4. The teacher, with 6 girls and 8 boys of her class, _ visiting a museum when the earthquake struck. (2004北京)A. was B. were C. had been D. would be5. The number of people invited _ fifty, but a number of them _ absent for different reasons. (1996全国) A.
11、 were; was B. was; was C. was; were D. were; were6. How are the team playing? Theyre playing well, but one of them _ hurt. (2002北京春)A. got B. gets C. are D. were7. I told him what I was surprised _ his attitude towards his study. (2000上海春)A. is Bwas C. at is Dat was8. Not only I but also Jane and Ma
12、ry _ tired of having one examination after another. (2000上海)A. is B. are C. am D. be9. Three-fourths of the surface of the earth _ sea. A. is B. are C. were D. have been10. His Selected Poems _ first published in 1965.A. were B. was C. has been D. are【答案及解析】1-5 DACAC 6-10 ADBAB1. 句意:公司鼓励除经理之外的所有雇员在家
13、网上办公。分析:encourage sb. to do sth. 鼓励某人做某事;本句主语部分是All the employees except the manager,谓语动词的数同except前面的部分保持一致,用复数,同时主语和谓语动词之间存在被动关系,选D。2. 句意:除了Tom和我,这个部门的人都不知道经理准备辞职。分析:当but连接的成分作主语时,谓语动词的数应该根据but前面的部分来确定,本句主语是No one,谓语动词用单数。3. 句意:那个地区有五分之二的区域长满了草和树。分析:“分数+名词”作主语时,谓语动词的数由分数所修饰的名词决定,本题中land是真正的主语,谓语动词用
14、单数。注意分数的表达方法。4. 句意:地震发生时,老师和她班上的6个女孩和8个男孩正在参观博物馆。分析:with、together with、 rather than、as well as、 but等结构后接的不是真正的主语。本句主语是the teacher,谓语动词用单数。5. 句意:被邀请的人数是50个,但许多人因为各种原因缺席。分析:the number of 和a number of作主语时,谓语动词有所不同,前者用单数,后者用复数。6. 句意:球队打得如何? 他们打得不错,不过一个队员受伤了。分析:本题考查主谓一致和时态的用法。首先从主谓一致入手,one of them为单数主语,可
15、以先排除C和D;根据句意,“有个人受伤了”,动作发生在过去,用一般过去时,选A。7. 句意:我告诉他说我对他的学习态度感到惊讶。分析:该句中what引导的从句整个作told的直接宾语,而这个宾语从句实际上是由陈述句I was surprised at his attitude towards his study转化而来的,what指代“his attitude towards his study”。同时句中be surprised at为固定搭配,at不可省略;主句用一般过去时,从句也相应用过去时,选D。8. 句意:不仅是我,Jane和Mary也厌倦了一个又一个的考试。分析:Not only.but also短语作主语,根据就近原则,谓语动词的数与but also后面的名词的数保持一致。Jane and Mary是复数,谓语动词用复数,且整个句子描写的是现在的状态,用一般现在时。9. 句意:地表的四分之三是水。分析:the surface不可数,谓语动词用单数,且是常识,用一般现在时。10. 句意:他的诗集Selected Poems于1965年首次出版。分析:主语是作品名,谓语要用单数;”in 1965”决定了用过去时。符合两条要求的只有B。