1、一、 1. 表示时间、距离、金钱、长度、重量等复数名词作主语，表达一个整体概念时。 A. Twenty years_ (is/are) only a short time in human history. 2. 主语从句、动词不定式、动名词作主语时。 B. Collecting stamps_(are/is) what he likes. C. Whatever was left_(were/was)taken away。 3. a kind of, a pair of, a series of, the number of 作主语时 . D. One and a half apples_(
2、is/are) left on the table. 4. 以 -S 结尾的单数名词，形复而意单，如表示学科、国家、机构、书籍、报刊等名称作主语时。 E. The United states are/is made up of 50 states. F. The Times is/are a newspaper for the British government. 5. many a /more than one / each / every / either / neither 做主语时 G. Many a student has/have seen the film. H. More t
3、han one student have/has seen the film. 不定代词 little, much, nothing, everything, something, anything, everybody, anybody, nobody, somebody 作主语时，谓语 动词用单数形式。 7. the + 形容词 表示物作主语时，谓语动词用单数形式。 The beautiful is pleasing to eyes. 8. 不可数名词，可数名词单数，抽象名词作主语 9. news, aids 作主语 注意 And连接的并列成分谓语为单数情况 1. 由 and 连接的并列成
4、分指的是同一概念或成对的名词，如 bread and butter， soda and water， knife and fork, iron and steel, law and order, a watch and chain, a needle and thread, a coat and tie 等。 The worker and writer are/is from Wuhan. (比较： The worker and the writer is/are from Beijing. ) Bread and butter is/are a daily food in the West.
5、 2. Everyand every/eachand each/ no and no , m any a and many a 连接两个单数 名词作主语。 Every desk and every chair are/is made of wood. Many a boy and many a girl has/have made the same mistake. 二、谓语动词为复数的情况 1. people , clothes， police, cattle 等形单而意复名词作主语。 . The police are/is looking for the missing child. 2.
6、 the+adj. 表示一类人； the+姓的复数形式表一家人做主语时。 B. The rich are/is not always happy. C. The Whites is/are going to make a trip to London. 3. 复数， and 连接的并列主语 4. 由山脉、群岛、瀑布 (falls)、运动会等 s 结尾的专有名词作主语。 D. The Olympic Games are/is held once every four years. 5. many /a number of /a group of +名词作主语。 E. A group of stu
7、dents is/are absent yesterday. 6. hundreds of/ dozens of/ scores of/ thousands of/ millions of/ tens of + n.(复数 )作主语，谓语动词用复数形式 7. more + 复数 + than one 作主语时，用复数 （比较 more apples than one 与 more than one apple） 8. 两个以上的动名词、动词不定式、或主语从句作主语时，用复数 When to go and where to stay _ not decided. When and where t
8、o go _ not decided. 9. goods, congratulations, earnings, remains, savings, ruins, belongings 作主语 三、谓语动词单、复数视情况 而定 1. 集体名词 class, family, army, team, club, crowd, audience, public , group, government, majority 等作主语。强调整体用单数，指个个成员用复数。 His family is a great one. His family are music lovers. 2. “some/any
9、/half / most / enough / part / the rest / 分数、百分数 + of + 名词， a lot of, lots of, plenty of ”作主语 , 谓语动词要和 of 之后的名词单复数保持一致。 The rest of the students are watering trees. The rest of the wine has gone bad. 3. 定语从句谓语动词的形式取决于其先行词的单复数。 One of+名词复数引导定语从句时，若 one 前有 the only, the very 修饰时，定语从句中谓语动词用单数，反之用复数。 He
10、 is one of the few persons who have a good knowledge of Italian. He is the only one of the boys who has given a prize. 4. what引导的从句作主语时， 且构成系表结构时，与表语一致， 谓语动词有单复数两种形式： what代表单数概念时，谓语动词用单数， what 代表复数概念时，谓语动词用复数。（类似的有 who）如： What we need is more time. What he needs are books. 5. all 做主语表示人时，谓动用复数； 若表物，
11、谓动则用单数。 All are here and all is ready! 注：类似的词还有 none, 名词性物主代词 (mine, his, hers, yours 等 ) 6. 单复数形式相同的名词作主语时，谓语动词的单复数形式根据名词前的修饰词决定。这类名词有 means, sheep, deer, Chinese, species 等 Every means has been tried. All means have been tried. 四 . 就近 /就远一致原则 由 or , either or, neithernor, notbut,not onlybut also 等
12、连接的并列主语，谓语动词常和靠近的作主语的名词有单复数上保持一致。 Not only he but also I am invited. Neither my gloves nor my hat goes with the dress. 但注意： “with / along with / together with / including / but /not / except / like/ as well as / / rather than/other than +名词 ”置于主语后，谓语动词一般仍和前面的名词在单复数上保持一致。 The teacher with a number of
13、 students is in the classroom. 在主谓倒装的句子中 ,谓语动词的数 应与其后的主语一致。 Between the two windows hangs a picture. Here comes a car. In front of our teaching building are many young trees. Such , the same 起指示代词作用时，应根据其所指的内容来决定单复数。 Such _(be ) our plan. Such _(be) his words . 谓语应该跟主语一致还是跟表语一致 ? We Chinese _ a hard
14、-working people A is B are C Is being D are being 此题应选 B。这里应注意的是：我们通常说的是主谓一致（即谓语与主语保持一致），而不是表谓一致（即不是谓语与表语一致），本题意为：我们中国人是一个勤劳的民族。 当 there be/ here be 句型的主语是一系列事物时，谓语动词单、复数应与最邻近的主语保持一致。 e.g. There （ be） a pen, a knife and several books on the desk. e.g. There （ are） twenty boy-students and twenty-thre
15、e girl-students in the class. e.g. Here （ is） a letter and a book for you. e.g. There (are) three chairs, two tables and a bike in the house. 1. On the wall_ two large portraits. A. hangs B. hang C. hanged D. hanging 2. “News of victories _ pouring in as our army advances,” the company commander sai
16、d. A. keep B. keeps C. kept D. have kept 3. There _ a lot of milk in the bottle. A. are B. is C. were D. has 4. Zhangs family _ rather big, with twelve people in all. A. is B. are C. being D. was 5. Nobody but Jane _ the secret. A. know B. knows C. have known D. is known 6. All but one _ here just n
17、ow. A. is B. was C. has been D. were 7. A library with five thousand books _ to the nation as a gift. A. is offered B. has offered C. are offered D. have offered 8. Not only I but also Jane and Mary _ tired of having one exam after another. A. is B. are C. am D. be 9. The number of people invited _
18、fifty, but a number of them_ absent for different reasons. A. were; was B. was; was C. was; were D. were; were 10. When and where to build the new factory _ yet. A. is not decided B. are not decided C. has not decided D. have not decided 一用所给词的适当形式填 空 1. Her advice _ useful to me. ( be ) 2. Laying e
19、ggs _ the queen ants full-time job. ( be ) 3. Everyone _ Tom and Mary will get married next month. (know) 4. Nothing _ been done to stop the lake from being polluted. (have) 5. Either of the rooms _ big enough.( be ) 6. More than one person _ killed in the accident. ( be ) 7. More questions than one
20、 _ been asked. ( have) 8. A poor woman together with her four children _ found begging in the street. ( be ) 9. The professor, including all of his students _ gone abroad. ( have) 10. Two hours _ enough for us to finish the work. ( be ) 11. One hundred dollars a month _ not a high pay. ( be ) 12. Ar
21、abian Nights _ a book popular with the young children. ( be ) 13. Politics _ not easy for the students to learn well. ( be ) 14. The youth _ fond of rock n roll music. ( be ) 15. Fifty tons of coal _ wasted in the factory last year. ( be ) 16. A large quantity of new machines _ been bought by the fa
22、ctory this year. ( have ) 17. Collecting stamps and playing the guitar _ my hobbies. 18. Each boy and each girl _ to finish the work on time. ( be ) 19. What they needed _ some water. ( be ) 20. Nearly 60 percent of the students in our class _ boys. ( be ) 21. More than two thirds of the surface of
23、the earth _ covered by water. ( be ) 22. Neither my parents nor my sister _ known the secret. ( have ) 23. There _ some water and stones in the bottle. ( be ) 1.The number of people invited _ fifty, but a number of them _ absent for different reasons. A. were; was B. was; was C. was; were D. were; w
24、ere 2.The number of students in this school _ by 5% every year. A. rise B. raise C. rises D. raises 3.A library with five thousand books _ to the nation as a gift. A. is offered B. has offered C. are offered D. have offered 4.E-mail, as well as telephones, _ an important part in daily communication.
25、 A. is playing B. have played C. are played D. play 5.Nobody but Jane _ the secret. A. Know B. knows C. have known D. is known 6.All but one _ here just now. A.is B. was C. has been D. were 7.Either you or the headmaster _ the prizes to these gifted students at the meeting. A. is handing out B. are
26、to hand out C. are handing out D. is to hand out 8.Not only I but also Jane and Mary _ tired of having one examination after another. A. is B. are C. am D. / 9.She is one of the few girls who _ in the kindergarten. A. is well paid B. are well paid C. is paying D. are paid well 10._ of the land in th
27、at district _ covered with trees and grass. A. Two fifth; is B. Two fifth; are C. Two fifths; is D. Two fifths; are 11.When and where to build the new factory _ yet. A. is not decided B. are not decided C. has not decided D. have not decided 12.There _ no life on the moon. A. is said to have B. are
28、said to have C. is said to be D. are said to be 13 . -Each of the students, working hard at his or her lessons, _ to go to university. -So do I. A. hope B. hopes C. hoping D. hoped 14. A group of _ are eating _ and _ at the foot of the hill. A. sheep; grass; leaves B. sheeps; grasses; leaves C. shee
29、p; grass; leaf D. sheeps; grass; leafs 15. All the _ are made of _, not plastics. A. glass; glass B. glasses; glass C. glass; glasses D. glasses;glasses 16. It was he and I who _ at your house yesterday. A. was B. am C. were D. is 17. All means that _ possible _ been used to save him A. is; have B. were; have C. was; has D. are; has
