1、Subject-verb agreement主谓一致NoImage 谓语动词与主语必须在人称和数上谓语动词与主语必须在人称和数上保持一保持一 致，这叫做主谓一致。致，这叫做主谓一致。主谓一致的应用主要有以下几种情况:1.集体名词作主语，如果指整体概念,谓语动词用单数形式:如果指具体成员，谓语动词用复数形式。常见的这类名词有:army,audience,class,crowd,crew,family,group,government,population,staff,team,public等。The population of the earth increasing very fast.One
2、 third of the population here workers.The teamwell organized.The team all good players.2.有些有生命的集体名词如people,cattle，police，mankind人类;（统称）男人,folk(人们)等作主语时，谓语动词只用复数形式。The police(not make)any arrests since then.The mankind(long)for peace.温馨提示 people表示“民族”时有单复数形式，但表示“人，人民”时为复数意义，不可加S。3.单复数同形的名词作主语时，谓语形式要根
3、据句义来确定。常见的这类名词有:deer,fish,sheep,species(物种；种类),series(系列片，系列节目),means(方法，手段)，aircraft,crossroads，headquarters(总部)等。Every meansbeen tried.(have)The means of communication between here and outsideinterrupted.(be)4.一些常用作复数或只有复数形式的名词作主语时，谓语动词用复数形式。常见的这类名词有:clothes,trousers(长裤),shorts(短裤),goods(商品,货物),ar
4、ms(武器),compasses(圆规；罗盘),jeans(牛仔裤)，stockings(长袜),gloves(手套),surroundings(周围环境，周围事物),thanks(n.谢谢)等。His clotheshanging on the back of the chair.The house itself beautiful,but the surroundings rather unpleasant.温馨提示 若表示成双的东西的名词前面有数量词pair时，要根据pair的单复数来确定谓语动词用单数还是复数形式。The scissors on the ground.This pair
5、 of scissors to the tailor.(belong)5.表示时间、距离、价格、度量衡等的复数名词或短语作为一个整体看待时，谓语动词一般用单数形式。Four thousand dollars more than she can afford.Three daystoo short a time for me to do it.但若强调这类词组的复数意义，谓语动词也可用复数形式。Two hundred tons of water used last month.6.用作书名、剧名、报纸名、国名、组织机构等的复数名词作主语时，谓语动词用单数形式;但如果是山脉、群岛、瀑布等的名称,谓
6、语动词用复数形式。The New York Times still(have)a wide circulation(发行量).The United Nationsan international organization.The Great Lakes(lie)between the US and Canada.1.“The Arabian Nights”_(be)a veryinteresting story-book.2.The young couple _(quarrel)with each other now.3.This class _(consist)of twenty stude
7、nts.4.The police_(find)out the truth of the matter up to now.isare quarrelingconsistshave found 5.Much of her jewellery _(be)missing,which made her upset.6.The Niagara Falls_(be)the falls on the Niagara River.7.That pair of gloves on the bed_(steal)last night.8.A happy five days _(pass)like a dream
8、already.wasarewas stolenhas passed 9.The young _(be)more likely to abandon themselves to online games.10.The six months _(be)a terrible dream to her.11.Our goods _(prepare)so far.12.The environment can support fewer and fewer people,but the population _(be)increasing.13.Look ahead and you will find
9、the cattle _(be)eating grass on the hillside over there.arewashave been preparedisare 14.My glasses_(be)broken,so I have to get them repaired.15.Its known that the Chinese people _(be)brave and diligent.16.Class One _(move)for a second visit to the Great Wall.17.The United Nations_(form)in San Franc
10、isco in 1945.arearemoveswas formed 18.A series of pro-recorded tapes _(prepare)for language lab so far.19.The Alps_(cover)an area of 200.000 square kilometers and _ the greatest mountain range in Europe.20.The public _ generous in their contributions to the earthquake victims.has been preparedcoverareare
