Jinyun High School Liu Zhiqing

Who is she? She was born in Poland in She was a great woman scientist. She worked hard together with her husband to discover Radium.

Read the passage and fill in the blanks with the proper form of the verb to be. Madame Curie, the first person in the world to receive two Nobel Prizes, wrote in her notebook what she thinks of “success”: Life ____ not easy for any of us. We must work, and above all we must believe in ourselves. We must believe that each one of us ___ able to do something well, and that, when we discover what this something ____, we must work hard at it until we succeed. One evening in 1902 as she and her husband ______ sitting at home, Marie said, “Let’s go down to the laboratory again.” It ___ nine o’clock and they ________ there only two hours before. As they opened the door on the ground floor, Marie said, “Don’t light the lamps. Look!” On the laboratory bench _____ a glass container from which came a soft light. It _____ what they ______ working so hard to find: pure radium( 镭 ). is were was had been was had been

African Americans has a long history. We does our homework every day. Subject verb Singular nouns have do Plural nouns Everybody like to develop a friendship with the one who are like Mrs. Curie. likes is Subject-Verb Agreement

Mr. Smith and Mrs. Smith engineers. You, he and I (have) the same hobby. Both coffee and beer (sell) well in the shop. 主语由 and 或 both……and 连接，谓语用复数。 The teacher and the writer my friends. The teacher and writer often interesting stories.. My friend and the teacher caught a bad cold. My friend and teacher caught a bad cold. 如果 and 连接的两个词是指同一个人、同一事 物或同一概念时，谓语用单数。 are have sell are writes have has Conclusion 1: Conclusion2:

Every student and every teacher (like) doing experiments. No boy and no girl (like) being taken in. 由 and 连接的并列单数主语如果分别有 no, each, every ，其谓 语用单数． Either the teacher or the students (seem) right. Not only the students but their teacher (do not) know it. 并列主语由 either…or, neither …nor, not only …but also 连接时，谓 语 动词与邻近的主语保持一致。 likes seem doesn't Conclusion3: Conclusion4:

The boy with his dog (play) an important role in this movie. Mr. Green besides his daughters (like) playing tricks on others. Tom together with Mary and Alice (go) on a diet. Conclusion5: 主语是单数，尽管后面带有 as well as, rather than, but, except, besides, along with, including 等连接的复数名 词，谓语用单数。 plays likes goes

She is one of the engineers who experts in German. She is the only one of the engineers who expert in German. Conclusion6: 在 one of+who(that, which) 引导的定语从句 中，从句谓语动词用复数；若 one 前有 the only 时， 从句谓 语用单数。 Three times five (come) to fifteen. Four hours (seem) enough to do the experiment. Twenty years (sound) a long time. Conclusion7: 表示时间、数目、距离、价格等名词的复数做 主语， 并作为整体看待时，谓语动词用单数。 are is comes seems sounds

Our football team (have) got many achievements. Our football team (pay) too much attention to their salary. The class a united one. The class (treat) their teachers as their best friends. Conclusion8 : 群体名词 class, team, family, group, nation, world, government 等做主语时， 如果强调整体， 谓语动词用单 数；如果强调单个成员时谓语动词用复数。 has pay is treat

Correct the following sentences: 1.Mary as well as her sisters study English well. 2.The farmer and writer ask others to check his scripts. 3.Nobody know where he comes from. 4.Two dollars are a good price for this book. 5.He is the only one of the clerks who hope to be invited. 6.The whole nation comes to a conflict for the new president. studies asks knows is hopes come

Fill in the blanks with the right forms. 1.Three years (have) passed since we met last time, and three years (seem) to be a long time. 2.Both men and women (have) complained about the ad. 3.The family (like) watching TV together. 4.The great writer and professor (have) decided to devote himself to our country. 5.Alice, together with her friends, (be) punished for having broken the school rules. 6.Every girl and every boy (have) the right to receive education. 7.None of the money (belong) to me. have seems have like has was has belongs

Choose the correct verb form to complete the following sentences. 1. The research group ______ (need, needs) to be equipped better. 2. What _____ (do,does) the group want for their lunch? 3. My family (support, supports) my decision. 4. If his family (continue, continues) to do him wrong, I’ll try my best to help him. 5. The class ____ (is, are) more than forty in number. 6. The class ____ (have, has) disagreed among themselves about where they should go and have a picnic. 7. The city government _____ (has, have) different opinions about next year’s plan. 8. The government ______ (has, have) spent more than two million yuan for planting tress. needs do support continue is have has have

Subject – Verb Agreement 1. A great deal of food ____kept in his fridge. A. is B. are C. has D. have 2.The news of the football match _____ exciting. A. are B. is C. were D. has 3. There _____ a lot of sugar in the jar. A. has B. have C. are D. is A B D

4. The number of the people invited to the ball ____ over sixty, but a number of them _____ absent. A. are, is B. is, are C. are, are 5. The population in China ____ large, and eighty percent of the population ____ farmers. A. is, are B. are, is C. is, is 6. The teacher as well as the students ____ excited. A. were B. was C. are D. been B A B

7. Tom, together with his classmates, ____ coming to visit China. A. is B. are C. have been 8. More than 60 percent of the world’s radio programs _____ in English. A. were B. are C. was D. is 9. Half an hour ____ enough to do the experiment. A. is B. are C. be D. has A B A

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