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 主语与谓语动词一致的规则：  1. 谓语动词和作主语的名词的单复数一致。如：  The work is not easy as I expected.  Their parents are both engineers.  My family is a happy family.  My family are watching TV now.  2. 谓语动词和作主语的人称代词一致。如：  I am fond of popular music.  He / She is always ready to help others.  They were doing their lessons at eight o ’ clock last night.

 3. 两个或两个以上作主语单数名词由 and 连接时，谓 语动词一般用复数。  John and Tom are American boys.  但表示一个整体时用单数动词。  Bread and butter is their daily food.  The engineer and writer is my uncle.  4. 两个作主语的名词或代词由 or, either … or, neither … nor, not only … but also 连接时，谓语动词与最近一个 名词或代词的人称的数一致。  Either she or I am to attend the meeting.  (Either I or she is to attend the meeting.)  Neither you nor he knows anything about him.  Neither he nor you know anything about him.

 5. 两个作主语用的名词或代词由 as well as 连用时， 强调的是前者，谓语动词和前一个名词或代词的人 称和数一致。如：  He as well as I likes music.  Xiao Li as well as Xiao Liu is working in the steel factory.  除 as well as 外，用以下连词时，也是强调其前面的 名词或代词，谓语动词要与前者一致。如： besides, but, except, including, with, together with, along with, rather than, like( 像 ), as much as 等。  Mike, together with his friends, has gone to Shanghai.  Nobody but the teachers knows anything about the exam.

 6. 谓语动词与主语中的中心词（由不定代词 充当）要一致。  one, everyone  every one, either  each (one), neither of Each of them does his best. Neither of the ball-pens belongs to me. 7. 如果主语是一个抽象概念，谓语动词就用单 数形式。如： Doing morning exercises does you much good. To master a foreign language is not easy. When the meeting begins is not decided yet.

 8. 定语从句中的主谓一致。如：  The person who gets there first is served first.  Wei Fang is one of the girls who speak English quite well.  She is the only one of the teachers who has been to Japan.  9. 在 there be 句型中，谓语动词与毗邻一致，即 谓语动词与最邻近的名词的数取得一致。如：  There is a book and two dictionaries on the table.  There are three students and a teacher in the lab doing an experiment.

 10. 表示一段时间、一笔钱、距离、体积等的名 词作主语时，其谓语动词的数常用单数。如：  Eight hours of sleep is necessary.  Twenty dollars is too much for me.  11. People /police/ cattle … + are …  Works / politics / physics / news / means + is  Goods / his works + are  The class / the public / the crowd / the family / the team / the party / the club / the audience / the committee / the government / the population of / a group of + is / are …  Many a + n + is

 12. Glasses/clothes/trousers/shoes/compasses/chopsticks/ scissors + are …  A kind of / a pair of / a series of + 以上的复数名词 + is.  13.  This kind of + n (single)  N (single) + of this kind  This kind of + ns + is These kinds of + ns Ns + of this kind + are

Exercises: 1. The number of errors ______ surprising. 2. Jane and Mary ______ alike. 3. The crowd ______ running for their lives. 4. The iron works _____ hidden behind the trees. 5. Either your students or Mr. Wang ______ this. 6. His family ____ going to have a long journey. 7. The whole family_____ watching TV. 8. The population of China ____ very large, and eighty percent of the population in China _____ farmers. 9. The police _____ searching for him. 10. A sheep ____ over there. 11. Some sheep _____ over there. was look were was knows is are is are is are

12. The doctor’s _____ on the side of the street. 13. My uncle’s _____ not far from here. 14. Richardson’s _____ a lot of imported goods to sell. 15. Three weeks _____ not enough to finish the work. 16. Each boy and each girl ______ to serve the people in the future. 17. More than one student _____ seen the film. 18. Many a man _____ tried it before. 19. More numbers than one _____ against your plan. 20. These clothes _____ my brother’s. 21. A pair of shoes _____ on the desk. 22. This kind of men _____ dangerous. is has is wants has are was is

23. This glass works _____ set up in These glass works _____ near the railway station. 25. All of my classmates ______ hard.(work) 26. All of the water _____ gone. 27. Between the two windows _____ a picture.(hang) 28. Plastic and rubber never _____. (rot) 29. To love and to be loved ____ the great happiness. 30. The girl’s teacher and friend ____ a young doctor. 31. The teacher as well as the students _____ excited. 32. Nobody but some students _____ here. 33. Either you or he _____ to go. 34. Not only he but also I _____ wrong. 35. Ours(our Party) _____ a great Party. 36. Your shoes _____ black, mine _____ brown. was are work is hangs rot is was is am is are

37. Such _____ (be) our plan. 38. Such _____ (be) his words. 39. Who is the person that ____ (be) standing at the gate? 40. Who _____(live) next door? It is Liu Ying. 41. Now all ____ (have) been changed. 42. All _____ (be) present. 43. _________ (do) any of you know his address? 44. None of them __________(have) seen the film. 45. Neither _____ (be) satisfactory. 46. Lots of damage _____(be) caused by fire. 47. Three-fifths of the workers here ____ (be) women. 48. A number of students _____ (have) read it. is are is lives has are Do/Does has/have is was are have

49. The number of pages in this book ___ (be) two hundred. 50. Quantities of food(nuts) ____ (be) on the table. 51. A great deal of damage ____ (be) done in a very short time. 52. Large amounts of money _____(be) spent on the bridge. 53. One and a half bananas ____(be) left on the table. 54. Half of the task ____(be) easier. 55. Half of the people ____(be) still alive. 56. The old ____(be) well taken care of here. is were was were is were are

57. The departed( 死者 ) ____(be) a well- known engineer. 58. What we need ____(be) more time. 59. What we need ____(be) more teachers. 60. This is one of the most interesting questions that ____ (have) been asked. 61. She was the only one of the girls who _____ (be) late for the meeting. 62. They each _____ a new pen. 63. Each of us _____ a new pen. 64. All but one man _____ invited. 65. The following ___ a most difficult question. 66. The following ____ good examples. was is are have was have has were is are

67. All ____ here. 68. All ____ ready for you to cook. 69. None of them ________ come. 70. None of his money ____ left. 71. Half of the water here _____ from the river. 72. Half of the students _____ boys. 73. Loads of milk _____ given to her. 74. Loads of apples _____ on the ground. are is have/has is comes are is are

Correct the mistakes: 1. A large quantities of food is kept in his new cave. 2. Seventy percent of the students is from the countryside. 3. Three-fourths of the homework have been finished today. 4. The total number of the population of China were about 1,100 million on April 14, Those haven’t handed in his compositions, please hand them this afternoon. 6. Jane is one of the best students in her class who is praised by their teacher. __ (are) (are) ____ (has) (was) ^ who ___ their __ (are)

7. In winter wet clothes is often hanged up near a fire. 8. The rest of the magazines was sold out within an hour. 9. The Chinese people is hard-working and brave. 10. “All are present and all are going on well.” our monitor said. 11. The League secretary and monitor were asked to make a speech at the meeting. 12. Mary as well as her sisters are studying in China. 13. Many a man have come to help you. __ are ___ were __ are is ___ was __ is ___ has