1、高中英语之“主谓一致” (*)主谓一致的概念。 所谓主谓一致是指“主语和谓语动词”之间,即(主语的人称和单复数形式)决定着(谓语动词对应的形式)。(一) 主谓一致的种类一、【语法一致】1. 两个或两个以上单数名词或者代词作主语的时候,谓语动词有以下两种情况:(1) 如果指两个或两个以上不同的人或事物的时候,谓语动词用复数。He and she _both students of this school. 他和她都是这个学校的学生。(2)如果连接两个以上的名词指的是同一个人或物, 或者指同一概念的时候, 谓语要用单数。The singer and dancer_ going to give us
2、 a performance. 那个歌唱家兼舞蹈演员要给我们表演。The knife and fork _on the table. 刀叉在桌子上。2. 如果主语是的时候,谓语动词一般用单数。 When he is coming seems very important. 他什么时候要来看起来很重要。 Collecting stamps is his hobby. 收集邮票是他的爱好。 To love her is not to break her wings. 爱她就不该折断她自由飞翔的翅膀。.3. 定语从句的在从句中作主语时,要与的人称和数保持一致。 Those who enjoy sin
3、ging may join us. Tom, who is your friend, should help you.with, along with, together with, as well as, besides, like, without, except, but, including 如果句子中有这些连接词和主语连用,谓语动词的数而变化。例如:The teacher, together with his students, is planting trees in the street. 老师和他的学生们正在街道上植树。 二、意义一致原则 指主谓一致取决于主语的其实际意义。(有
4、的主语名词在形式上是单数, 但在意义上却是复数;有的主语名词在形式上是复数, 但在意义上却是单数。)不定代词all, more, some, any, none作主语,谓语动词视情况而定。All of the apples _rotten. 所有的苹果都烂了。All of the apple _rotten. 整个苹果都烂了。 None of the money_ left. 没有剩下一点钱。None of the students _ there. 没有学生在那里。2. the rest of; half of; part of; majority of; percent of; one t
5、hird of在句子中加名词作主语的时候,。Half of the students _finished their composition. 一半的学生已经完成了他们的作文。Half of the apple _bad. 一半的苹果坏了。About 60 percent of the students in our school _boys. 我们学校, 大约百分之六十的学生是男生.3. 集合名词作主语, 动词可用单数, 也可以用复数。主要由句子的意思决定。强调整体谓语动词用单数;指全体人员时, 动词则用复数。这一类常见的集合名词有public, family, class, crowd,
6、population, team, group。His family _going out. 他们全家要外出。His family _all music lovers. 他们全家人都是音乐爱好者。4. 某些名词如people, police, cattle等,形式上是单数, 但意义上是复数, 谓语动词应用复数。people指“民族”时是例外。 The police are searching for a thief. The cattle are eating grass on the hill.5. 复合不定代词作主语, 谓语动词要用单数,如someone ,somebody, someth
7、ing, anybody, anyone, anything, everybody, everyone, everything, nobody, no one, nothing。Someone is asking for you. 有人找你。Nothing is found in the room. 在屋子里什么也没找到。一些有两个部分构成的名词表示衣物或工具作主语时,谓语动词通常用复数形式,例如:glasses, clothes, trousers, shoes, compasses, chopsticks, scissors等。但如果主语用“a kind of, a pair of , a
8、 series of等加名词”构成时,谓语动词一般用单数形式。如: The pair of shoes is worn out. 这双鞋破了。 The shoes are worn out. 鞋子破了。7.某些名词以s结尾如maths, politics, physics, news, plastics 等,谓语动词应用单数。Physics is a very interesting subject. 物理是一门很有趣的学科。 如:不定代词each, every, no所修饰的名词,谓语动词仍用单数形式。every. and every .; each . and each .; no . a
9、nd no . 在以上短语中and连接的单数名词, 整个短语在句中作主语时, 谓语动词常使用单数。Each boy and each girl wants to go to the cinema. Each man and each woman is asked to attend. Every boy and every girl in the class is diligent. 班级中的每个男孩女孩都很用功。No sound and no voice is heard. 听不到任何声音。9. 以a number of 作主语时, 谓语动词用复数; 以the number of 作主语时,
10、 谓语动词用单数。 A number of new books are on the desk. The number of students in you class is 50.10. 有些名词的单数和复数形式一样, 作主语的时候, 其谓语动词由上下文决定, 这一类名词有: means, works, deer, fish, sheep, Chinese, Japanese等。 Not every means is useful. 不是每种方法都好使。 Not all means are useful. 不是所有的方法都好使。11.如果主语有more than one很多 非常或many
11、a许多构成,one and a half与单数名词组成的短语。尽管从意义上看是复数内容,但它的谓语动词仍用单数形式。如:More than one student has read the book. Many a girl has been there. 但是,“more +复数名词+than one”结构之后,谓语动词一般多用复数形式。如:More members than one are against your plan. A pair of shoes was on the desk. Many a boy has seen it. 许多孩子都看到了。12. 书刊名、时间、距离、价格
12、、度量衡等的复数名词作主语时, 谓语动词常用单数。 Thirty years is not a long time. Roots is a famous American novel.三、就近原则either . or; neither . nor; not only . but also, whether.or在句子中连接主语的时候或者在there be句型中,谓语动词要和就近的主语保持一致。Neither you nor I am wrong. There is a cup of tea and some apples on the table.Not only the students
13、but also the teacher wishes for a holiday.四、就前原则as well as, together with, but, except,like,besides,ratherthan在句子中连接主语的时候,谓语动词要与前面的主语保持一致Everybodyexceptyouisdownonme.除了你,大家都看不起我。Awomanwithtwochildrenhascome.一位妇女带着两个孩子已经来了John,ratherthanhisroommates,istoblame.约翰,而不是他的室友,应受责备Jim,togetherwithhisclassma
14、tes,hasseenthefilm.吉姆和他的同学都看看过这电影注意事项this kind of book = a book of this kind (这种书) , 其谓语用单数; 短语this kind of men = men of this kind = these kind of men (口语) (这一类人), 但this kind of men 的谓语用单数, men of this kind 和these kind of men 的谓语用复数, all kinds of 后跟复数名词, 谓语用复数形式。例如:This kind of men is dangerous.Men
15、of this kind are dangerous.2. 在主谓倒装的句子中,谓语动词的数应与其后的主语一致。例如: Between the two windows hangs a picture.3. “分数或百分数+名词”构成的短语以及由“ a lot of, lots of, plenty of, a large quantity of, a heap of, heaps of, half of + 名词”构成的短语作主语时,其谓语动词要与短语中of 后面的名词的数保持一致,这是因为短语中后面的名词是中心词,而短语中前面的量词是修饰语。例如:Lots of damage was cau
16、sed by fire.About three-fourths of the earths surface is covered with water.Three-fifths of the workers here are women.和这种情况类似的还有“a number of + 名词复数”。但是,“the number of + 名词”的中心词却是number。试比较:A number of students have gone to the countryside to help with the autumn harvest.The number of pages in this
17、book is two hundred.a (large) quantity of 修饰可数或不可数名词, 其短语作主语时,谓语动词用单数。A large quantity of people is needed here.quantities of 修饰可数或不可数名词,其短语作主语时,谓语动词一般用复数。例如:Quantities of food (nuts) were on the table.短语in quantity, in large quantities 意为 “大量”; in small quantities 意为“少量”。 4. a great deal of, a larg
18、e amount of, 修饰不可数名词, 其短语作主语时, 谓语动词通常用单数; large amounts of 修饰不可数名词, 其短语作主语时, 谓语动词通常用复数。例如:5. 表示数量的one and a half 后, 名词要用复数形式, 但是其短语作主语时,谓语动词用单数形式。例如: One and a half bananas is left on the table. 6.单复数同形的名词作主语时,依照意义一致的原则,表示单数意义时,谓语用单数;反之,谓语用复数形式。这类名词有:sheep, deer, means(方法、手段),works(工厂),species(种类)7.
19、在主谓倒装的句子中,谓语动词的数应与其后的主语一致。如:Between the two windows hangs a picture.高中英语主谓一致专项练习题及答案从A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 1. 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; has2. The number of teachers in our co
20、llege _ greatly increased last term.A number of teachers in this school _ from the countryside. A. was; is B. was; are C. were; are D. were; is3. What _ the population of China? One-third of the population _ workers here. A. is; are B. are; are C. is; is D. are; is4. Not only he but also we _ right.
21、 He as well as we _ right. A. are; are B. are; is C. is; is D. is; are5. What hed like _ a digital watch. What hed like _ textbooks. A. are; are B. is; is C. is; are D. are; is6. 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. ha
22、ve come; has come C. has come; has come D. have come; have come7. 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; Is8. Many a professor _ looking forward to visiting Germany now. Many scientists _ studied animals and plan
23、ts in the last two years. A. is; have B. is; has C. are; have D. is; are9. 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; are10. Her family _ much larger than mine four years ago. Her family _ dancing and singing when I came in last night.
24、 A. were; was B. was; were C. was; was D. were; were11. 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; have12. Now Tom together with his classmates _ football on the playground. A. play B. are playing
25、 C. plays D. is playing13. Two hundred and fifty pounds _ too unreasonable a price for a second-hand car. A. is B. are C. were D. be14. All but Dick _ in Class Three this term. A. are B. is C. were D. was15. Soon after the earthquake, every man, woman and child _ about it. A. were talking B. was tal
26、king C. talk D. talks16. 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; has17. My friend and classmate Paul _ motorcycles in his spare time. A. race B. races C. is raced D. is racing18. There _ a pen, two pencils, and three boo
27、ks on the desk. A. are B. is C. has D. have19. The factory, including its machines and buildings, _ burnt last night. A. is B. are C. were D. was20. Climbing hills _ of great help to health. A. is B. are C. were D. be21. Time and tide _ for no man. A. wait B. waited C. is waiting D. has waited22. Th
28、e injured in the tsunami _ good care of by some medical teams. A. is taken B. are being taken C. are taking D. is being taken23. It is not J. K. Rowling but her works that _ us excited. A. makes B. is made C. make D. are made24. On the closet _ a pair of trousers his parents bought for his birthday.
29、 A. lying B. lies C. lie D. is laid25. Each man and each woman _ asked to help when the fire broke out. A. is B. was C. are D. were26. About 60 percent of the students _ from the south; the rest of them _ from the north and foreign countries. A. are; is B. is; is C. is; are D. are; are27. Is there a
30、nybody in the classroom ?No, the teacher, together with the students _ to the playground.A. goB. went C. has goneD. have gone28. Are these your sheep ?No. Mine _ on grass at the foot of the hill.A. are feedingB. feedC. is fedD. is feeding29. Sitting at the back of the room but in front of some old m
31、en and women _ a very shy girl with two bright eyes.A. wasB. are C. were D. there was30. Mr. Bush, together with his wife and daughter _ going to Japan next week.A. are B. isC. will beD. would be31. Not the teacher but the students _ excited.A. is B. hasC. are D. have32. As I have a meeting at four,
32、 ten minutes _ all that I can spare to talk with you.A. areB. wasC. is D. were33. _ of the land in that district _ covered with trees and grass.A. Two fifth; is B. Two fifths; are C. Two fifth; are D. Two fifths; is答案及部分解析:1-5 CBABC 6-10 BBACB 11-15 ADAAB 16-20 DBBDA 21-26 ABCBBD 27-33 C A A B C C D
33、1. “分数或百分数+of the+名词或代词”作主语时,谓语动词的单、复数形式取决于名词或代词的单、复数形式。2. “the number of+名词”作主语,谓语动词常用单数形式。“a number of+名词” 作主语,谓语动词常用复数形式。3. “分数或百分数+of the population”作主语,谓语动词常用复数形式。4. or, either.or, neither.nor, not only.but also等(关联)连词连接两个并列主语时,谓语动词的数按“就近原则”处理。注意:即使在疑问句中,动词的数也应与最近的主语保持一致。as well as连接两个并列主语时,谓语动
34、词的数应与前一主语保持一致。5. what引导的名词性从句作主语时,谓语动词常用单数形式。但当作表语的名词为复数,或what从句是一个具有复数意义的并列结构时,谓语动词常用复数形式,如:What I say and think are no business of yours.6. 在“one of +复数名词+定语从句”的结构中,定语从句中谓语动词常用复数;在“the (only) one of +复数名词+定语从句”的结构中,定语从句中谓语动词常用单数。8. “many a +单数名词,more than one+单数名词”作主语,尽管从意义上看是复数,但谓语常用单数形式。9. 通常情况下
35、,由and或bothand连接两个单数形式的名词(词组)作主语时,谓语动词常用复数形式。当并列主语在意义上指同一人、同一物、同一事或同一概念时,谓语动词则常用单数形式。10. 第一句的her family应理解为“她的家庭”;第二句中的her family应理解为“她一家人”。12. 当主语后有together with, but, rather than, including等引导的词组时,谓语动词的数由主语的数来决定。13. 表示度量、时间等的复数名词作主语时,往往把其看作一个整体,谓语动词采用单数形式。16. 第一空前each作同位语,不影响谓语动词的数;第二空each为主语部分的中心词
36、,谓语动词应用单数形式。18. There be句型中,谓语动词的数按“就近原则”处理。20. 非谓语动词短语作主语时,谓语动词常用单数形式。21. Time and tide wait(s) for no man.时不待人。22. “the+形容词/-ing形式/-ed分词”作主语表示“一类人”时,谓语动词常用复数形式。再者,此处应用被动语态。24. 题干为倒装结构。a pair of trousers为主语部分的中心词,谓语动词应用单数形式。25. each.each., every.every.或no.no.连接两个并列主语时,谓语动词常用单数形式。26. “the rest of +名
37、词”作主语时,谓语动词的单、复数形式取决于of后面的名词或代词的单、复数形式。27. C 本题考查的主谓一致的内容与上一题相同,从句子的语境判断,应当用现在完成时。28. A mine指my sheep 为复数形式。是主动语态。29. A本句为倒装句。主语是a very shy girl with two bright eyes.核心主语是a very shy girl,为单数,全句为过去时。30. B 全句的核心主语是Mr. Bush,为单数,全句为将来时。31. C运用就近原则,谓语动词和主语the students 一致,此处为主系表结构,用be动词。32. C 主语ten minutes表示时间,被视为一个整体,为单数形式。全句是现在时。33. D本句核心主语是land,为单数形式,同时注意分数的表达形式。