1、主谓一致: 1.主语由and连结,指同一人或物时(只有一个冠词)谓语单数,指两者(都有冠词)谓语复数。 The teacher and writer is Chinese. The teacher and the writer are Chinese. 2.there be句型,谓语与最邻近的主语一致。 There is a pen, a knife and several books on the desk. 3.not only...but also…,either…or…与neither…nor…,not...but...,...or...连接主语,谓语与最近的主语一致
2、 Either you or she goes there. 4.with, together with , except, but, as well as 连接主语,谓语与前面的主语一致。 He together with his students is visiting the factory. He as well as I wants to go boating. 5.each作主语谓语单数,作同位语谓语复数。 Each of us has a tape-recorder. We each have tape-recorders. 6.金钱,时间,价格
3、或度量名词作主语,谓语用单数。 Three weeks was allowed for making the preparations. Ten yuan is enough. 7.集体名词作主语,如family,audience, crowd,class,company,committee等词强调个体(人)谓语复数,表示整体(概念)谓语单数.但people,police,cattle只有复数用复数谓语 His family isn't very large. His family are music lovers. Are there any police around?
4、 8.A number of做主语复数动词.The number of做主语单数动词。 A number of books have lent out. The number of books is 200. 9.分数/百分数/all/some/part /half /most of等词做主语时,谓语的单复数形式取决于of后名词或代词的单复数形式。 Three-quarters of the area is water. Ninety percent of the students have passed the exam. Most of his money is spent o
5、n books. Most of the students are taking an active part in sports. 10.many a或more than one 所修饰的词作主语时,谓语动词用单数形式.more than +数词+复数名词或more+复数名词+than one做主语时,谓语用复数。 Many a person has read the novel. More members than one are against your plan. 11.并列结构作主语时谓语用复数. Reading and writing are very impo
6、rtant 12.书名,报纸,杂志,及组织机构等专有名词做主语时,谓语动词用单数形式 The Arabian Night is a book known to lovers of English The New York Times is reading all over the United States . 13.主语是each/every/no+单数名词+and+each/every/no+单数名词时,谓语用单数。 Each boy and each girl has got a seat. Every man and every woman is at work.
7、 14.a/an+单数名词+or two,one and a half+复数名词作主语,谓语动词用复数形式。 One and a half hours is enough. A student or two have failed the exam. 15.to+v,ving,短语,从句作主语时,谓语用单数形式。 To see is to believe Doing eye exercises is good for your eyes. 16.news,maths,physics,politics等虽然有s结尾,但不是复数,因此谓语仍用单数 No news
8、is good news. Maths is very popular in our class 17.当kind of,pair of, glass of等量词短语修饰主语时,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. 18.the+形容词表示一类人,谓语复数,表示抽象概念,用单数谓语。 The poor are very happy,but the rich are sad. The beautiful lives f
9、orever. 19.Chinese,Japanese,fish,sheep,deer等表示单个时谓语单数,表示许多时,谓语复数。 There is a sheep in the yard. There are some sheep in the yard. 20.有两部分构成的名词glasses,shoes,trousers,chopsticks,scissors等作主语,谓语复数。 这类名词前用a pair of量词短语,则谓语动词的单复数取决于pair的单复数形式。 My new pair of socks is on the bed. This kind of m
10、en is dangerous. 主谓一致习题 一、选择 1.Either Jane or Steven____watching TV now. A.were B.is C.was D.are 2.Two days___enough for me to finish the work,I need a third day. A.isn’t B.is C.are’t D.are 3.How many lessons do you usually have a day? Six lessons a day.And each of them__ 45 minutes.
11、 A. last B. lasts C. have D. are 4.Neither Liping nor I ___ a basketball player. A.am B. is C. be D. are 5.The number of the students in our school___1200. A. is B. are C. has D. have 6.Maths ___ my favourite subject. A. be B. is C. am D. are 7.The boy with the two dogs ___ when t
12、he earthquake rocked the ciry. A.were sleeping B. is sleeping C. was sleeping D. are asle 8.Every one except Tom and John___there when the meeting began. A.are B.is C.were D.was 9.That place is not interesting at all,__of us wants to go there. A.NeitherB.Both C.All D.Some 10.Nobody but Jan
13、e ___the secret. A. know B. knows C. have know D. is 11.This pair of glasses ___mine. A. areB. beC. isD. will be 12.Each of the students___ a dictionary. A. have B. is C. are D. has 13.How time flies! Ten years ___ passed. A. have B. has C. is D. are 14.Not only his parents but al
14、so his brother___to the Summer Palace.They haven’t been back.. A.have been B. have gone C. has been D. has gone 15.Look! There___ playing with the tourists on Dahe Square. A.are a number of deer B.are a number of deers C.is a number of deer D.is a number of deers 16.The Smiths____sending e-mai
15、ls____letters.because it is faster. A.prefer,to writing B.prefer,to write C.prefers,to writing D.prefers,to write 17.Since 2000, Nanchang has become a new city. Everything ____. A.are changed B.was changed C.has changed D.had changed 18.These bananas look different and they are sweet. They___
16、 here from Taiwan yesterday. A.was brought B. were brought C. bring D. are brought 19.Look, here come some ____. A. dog B. horse C. deer D. cow 20.The injured in the tsunami ___good care of by some medical teams. A. is taken B. are being taken C. are taking D. is being taken 21. It is
17、 not J. K. Rowling but her works that____us excited. A.makes B.is made C..make D. are made 22. Each man and each woman___asked to help when the fire broke out. A.is B.was C.are D. were 23.About 60 percent of the students___from the south; the rest of them____from the north. A.are; i
18、s B.is; is C.is;are D.are;are 24.---When are you going to Kumming for your holidays? ---I haven’t decided. ____ this Sunday ____ next Sunday is OK. A. Both; and B. Either; or C. Neither; nor D. Not only; but also 25.____Helen____Joan speaks beautiful Chinese after they came to China. A.N
19、either; nor B. Not only; but also C. Both; and D. A and B 26.The paper for books and new papers ____made of wood. A. are B. is C. has D. have 27. Not only my brother but also I____good at painting. Both of us____good painters. A. are...are B. am...are C. is...is D. are...is 28.___of them h
20、as his own opinion. A. Both B. Some C. Every D. Each 29.Are there any ____ on the farm? A. horse B. duck C. chicken D. sheep 30.One-third of the area___covered with green trees. About seventy percent of the trees____been planted. A. are; have B. is; has C. is; have D. are; has 31.What ___th
21、e population of China? One-third of the population ____workers here. A. is; are B. are; are C. is; is D. are; is 32. Not only he but also we ___ right. He as well as we ____ right. A. are; are B. are; is C. is; is D. is; are 33. My shirt ____white and my trousers____ blue. A.are; are B.
22、are; is C.is; is D.is; are 34.--Two months___quite a long time.--Yes. I’m afraid that he will miss a lot of lessons. A. is B. are C. was D. were 35. He is one of the boys who___here on time. He is the only one of the boys who___here on time. A.has come;have come B..have come;has come C
23、has come;has come D.have come;have come 36.Either you or he ___ interested in playing chess.___ you or he fond of music at present? A. are; Are B. is; Are C. are; Is D. is; Is 37.Many a professor___looking forward to visiting Germany now.Many scientists___ studied animals and plants in the l
24、ast two years. A. is; have B. is; has C. are; have D. is; are 38.A knife and a fork___on the table. A knife and fork__on the table. A. is; is B. are; are C. are; is D. is; are 39.Her family___much larger than mine four years ago. Her family___dancing and singing when I came in last night
25、 A. were; was B. was; were C. was; was D. were; were 40.____he or you to come home? A.Is B.Are C.Will D.Can 41.The writer and teacher____coming now. A.is B.are C.has D.have 42.The old man has two children but___of them lives with him.A.both B.none C.neither D.all 43.Our knowledge of
26、 computer ___ growing all the time. A. be B. is C. are D. were 44.How and why Jack came to China____not known.When and where to build the new library ____not been decided. A..is; has B.are; has C.is; have D.are; have 45.Now Tom together with his classmates____ football on the playground.
27、A.play B. are playing C.plays D. is playing 46. Two hundred pounds_ _too unreasonable a price for a second-hand car. A. is B. are C. were D. be 47.We each ____ strong points and each of us on the other hand ___ weak points. A.have; have B. has; have C. has; has D. have; has 48. Most of
28、the houses____this year. A. has built B. have built C. has been built D. have been built 49.My friend and classmate Paul___motorcycles in his spare time. A. race B.. races C. is raced D. is racing 50. The factory, including its machines and buildings,___ burnt last night. A. is B
29、 are C. were D. was 51.Climbing hills____ of great help to health. A. is B. are C. were D. be 二. 用所给动词的适当形式填空 1. Both paper and ink (be)used up. 2. Eating too much (be)bad for your health. 3.This pair of shoes (be)my brother's. 4. Each of the boys (have )a dictionary. 5 Ever
30、y one of the students in Class Two (have) two books . 6.I think maths (be) very difficult to learn. 7. A large number of students (have)gone to work in Xingjiang. 8.The mother with two children often (go) to the town. 9.____(be) everything OK? 10.Nobody____(know) the answer to the
31、question. 11.Ten divided by two____(be) five. 12.Most of the drinking water___(be) from the Black River. 13.The family____(be) spending the weekend together. 14.Bread and butter____(be) her daily breakfast. 15.The police____(be) trying to catch the thief. 一、1--5 B A B A A,6--10 B C D A B,11--15 C D B C A,16--20 A C B C B,21--25 C B D B B,26--30 B B D D C,31--35 A B D A B,36--40 B A C B A,41--45 A C B A D,46--50A D D B D,A 二、1.are2.is3.is4.has5.has6.is7.have8.goes9.Is10. knows11. is12.is13.are14.is15.are






