主谓一致的原则

1、 Subject and verb agreement (主谓一致) 主谓一致的基本原则：1) 若and 连接两个并列主语时，谓语动词一般用复数形式；若and 连接的两部分指的是同一人，事物或同一概念时，谓语动词则常用单数形式。A professor and writer _ ( be) going to give us a talk.A professor and a writer _ ( be) going to give us a talk.Watering the flowers and looking after the children _ (be) all I have to d

2、o every day.When and where to build the new factory _(be) not decided yet.What caused the fire and how much the loss was _ (be) still unknown.Early to bed and early to rise _(make) a man healthy and wise. 2）就近原则：它是指or/ eitheror/ neithernor/not onlybut also等连接并列主语时，谓语常和靠近他的主语保持一致。Either you or your s

3、ister _(be) to be sent there.Either your sister or you _(be) to be sent there_ (be) either you or your sister to be sent there? Neither Amy nor Helen _ (be) English.3）主语后有“ with / along with / together with / as well as / including / but / except/ like / besides / rather than +名词“ 做修饰语时，谓语仍和前面的主语保持一

4、致Everything , including the clothes, _ (be) stolen that evening.Nothing but six chairs _ (be) in the room.In times of danger, the passengers rather than the ship _(be) first taken into consideration.4） 集体名词class, family, team, crowd, committee, government, enemy, audience, cattle, police, people 等作主

5、语时，侧重指整体时，谓语用单数，侧重指个体时，谓语用复数The class _ (be) big. The class _(be) taking notes at the moment.His family _ (be) small in the past, but now it _ (be) big.His family _ (be) all soccer fans. The team _ ( have) made progress.The team _ (have ) all forget the meeting.5）“ half / all / some/ most/ enough/ p

6、art / the rest/ lots/ plenty / 分数、百分数+of +名词”时， 谓语动词要和of 之后的名词单复数保持一致Three fourths of the bread _ (have) gone bad, and the test of the bread _(be) left on the table.Although many of the houses in the small town _(be) still in need of repair, there _(have) been lots of improvement in their appearance

7、.6) 不定代词作主语，谓语动词用单数No one _(be) able to make him change his mind.Nothing _ (have) been done to stop the air pollution.7) 表示“时间，距离，金钱，度量衡”等复数名词作主语时，谓语动词多用单数。Thirty dollars _ (be) too much. 1,000 meters _ (make) a kilometer.8) 在定语从句当中，关系代词作主语，其谓语动词应与它指代的先行词保持一致Those who _ (be) for the plan please rais

8、e your hands.He who _(do) not reach the Great Wall is not a true man.9) 在倒装句中，谓语动词与后面主语保持一致On the wall _ (be) two pictures , which attract many people.Among the students _ (stand) their teacher, who is in her thirties.10) 主语含有one的主谓一致(1) one of / out of + cn. Pl. + 单数谓语One of the students in your cl

9、ass _(be) from Tibet.(2) more than one + cn sing + 单数谓语 More than one question _(be) asked.(3) a+ cn.sing. +or two + 单数谓语 A servant or two or three _(be_ to accompany him.(4) one or two + cn. Pl. + 复数谓语 One or two reasons _(be) suggested.(5) many a +cn. Sing. + 单数谓语 Many a man _( have) died in the b

10、attle.11) (a) part of + cn.sing. + 单数谓语 / cn.pl. + 复数谓语12) a large amount of + un.+ 单数谓语 large amounts of + un.+ 复数谓语 a large quantity of + un. / cn. pl. +单数谓语 large quantities of + un. / cn. pl. +复数谓语13）单个动名词，不定式，从句，句子作主语时，常用单数谓语 To know the main facts _(be) enough. Doing exercises _(be) important

11、for us. Whether the sports meeting will be held in our school _ (be) not known yet.14) the majority of + cn.pl. + 复数谓语 The majority 单独作主语时，单、复数谓语均可15）population当“人口”讲，并且作主语时，用“单数谓语” （百）分数 + population(全体居民) + 复数谓语 The population of Canada _(be) 29 million.About 80 of the population of this country _

12、 (be) peasants.16) one of + cn.pl. + 定语从句 + 复数谓语 The / the only/ the very one of + cn . pl. + 定语从句 + 单数谓语 This is one of the best books that_ ( have) appeared.She is the one of those women who _ (do)not know a thing of furniture.17) 两个由and连接的并列的单数名词作主语时，若都被each, every, many a , no等词修饰，要用单数动词 No teac

13、her and no student _(be) admitted.18) each, something, somebody, someone, anything, anybody, anyone, nothing, nobody,no one, everything, everybody, everyone 等不定代词作主语时，动词用单数形式。Nobody but Jane _ (know) the secret.19) both, few 等不定代词作主语， 动词常用复数形式 We have planted a lot of apple trees, but because there has been no rain, few _ (have) borne fruits.20) all,