1、Subject-verb Agreement主谓一致What is S-V agreement?用动词的适当形式填空1.I _ a teacher.(be)2.He _ good at swimming.(be)3.You _ late for school again.(be)4.They _ many new books.(have)5.She _ two sisters.(have)amisarehavehas根据主语决定与其一致的单数或复数的谓语Ex 1&2 On P5 Rule:集体名词如:group,class,company,government,family,army,enem
2、y,population,team,public,crowd,audience等作主语时,如果强调整体,谓语用单数,如果强调个体(其中的各个成员)就用复数The team is the best in the league这个队在联赛中打得最好。The football team are having baths足球队队员们在洗澡。Ex 3 on P5 Rule:every one,everybody,everything,any one,anybody,anything,no one,nobody,nothing,some one,somebody,something,(none除外)等不定
3、代词及each,the other作主语时,谓语动词用单数形式。如:Nothing in the box is mine.Rule:None 作主语时,谓语动词可用单数也可以用复数;但在代表不可数的东西时总是看作单数,因而谓语动词要用单数。1.The teacher with two students _ at the meeting.(was/were)2.A woman with a baby in her arms _ waiting for the bus in the rain.Awas Bwere Chas Dhave3.E-mail,as well as the telephon
4、es,_ an important part in daily communication.A.is playing B.have played C.are playing D.playwasAAExercise and Rules语法一致 Rule:单数主语即使后面带有由with,along with,together with,like,but except,besides,as well as,more than,no less than,rather than,including,in addition to 引导的短语,谓语动词仍用单数。也可称为就远原则如:My sister tog
5、ether with/along with/with/as well as/besides my parents has gone to Beijing.The book,including ten science stories,sells well.Exercise and Rules3.Reading English papers and magazines _helpful to our study of English.(is/are)4.Whether he comes or not _ of no matter.(is/are)5.To say _ one thing;to do
6、 _another.(is/are)6.Listening,speaking,reading and writing _four skills for English study.(is/are)7.Where to find the plant and what to do with it _still the problems to settle.(is/are)isisisisareare语法一致 Rule:单个不定式(短语)、动名词(短语)或从句作主语时谓语用单数;多个时看作复数Exercise and Rules8.Many a boy _ made such a funny exp
7、eriment.A.have B.are C.has D.is 9.Every means _ been tried since then.A.has B.were C.was D.has been10.Each actor and(each)actress_ invited to our school.(is/are)11.Every boy and(every)girl _ got a toy train.(has/have)12.No teacher and no student _ to have classes on Sunday.(agree/agrees)CAishasagree
8、s语法一致 Rule:连接的并列主语被each,every、no 修饰或many a+名词,谓语动词用单数 Rule:each of+复数代词,谓语动用单数Exercise and Rules13.A number of the students_ gone for an outing.(is/are)14.The number of the students_ increasing year after year.(is/are)areisn Rule:A number of+复数名词,表许多的谓语用复数,The number of+复数名词,表的数量谓语用单数。Exercise and R
9、ules15.70 percent of the surface _covered with water.(is/are)16.70 percent of the farmers _ improved their living conditions.(have/has)17.The rest of his journey _ pleasant.(was/were)18.The rest of the girls _ fond of music.(is/are)19.All of your work _well done.(is/are)20.All of your answers _ corr
10、ect.(is/are)ishavewasareisare意思一致 Rule:all(some,a lot,plenty,any,part,the rest,most,percent,分数,half)+of+名词,谓语动词根据of后面的名词决定,如果of后面是可数名词单数或不可数名词,谓语用单数;如果of后面是名词复数,谓语用复数形式,意思一致Exercise and Rules Rule:the+adj./p.p 结构作主语指人时,谓语动词用复数,但如果指事物或抽象概念时,用单数谓语动词.21.The poor_to be helped.(is/are)22.The beautiful _
11、not always good.(is/are)areis就近一致Exercise and Rules Rule:用here,there,where等引导的倒装句中,谓语动词与靠近它的主语在数上一致。21.There _ three chairs,a desk and a computer in the room.(is/are)22.There _ a desk,a table and three chairs in the room.(is/are)areisExercise and Rules23.Either the girl or the boy _ from Canada.(is/
12、are)24.Not only the door but also the windows _ open.(is/are)25.Neither you nor I _ the answer.(knows/know)26.Not you but I _wrong.(am/are/is)27.You or he _ to take part in the competition.(is/are)isareknowamis就近一致 Rule:由eitheror,neithernor,not onlybut also,notbut,or连接两个主语,谓语动词通常和邻近的主语一致。谓语应该跟主语一致还是
13、跟表语一致?We Chinese _ a hard-working peopleAis Bare Cis being Dare being此题应选BB。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。注意:并列主语中谓语应与哪个保持一致?1.You or he _ to blame.你或他有一人要受责备。2._ you or he to blame?受责备的是你还是他?Ais,Is Bare,Are Cis,Are D are,Is答案:C,就近一致是否and连接的主语,谓语都用复数?(is/are)1.Both bread and sugar _sold out.2.The worker and the writer _ from Beijing.3.The worker and writer _ from Wuhan.4.Bread and butter _ a daily food in the West.由and 连接的并列成分指的是同一概念,兼具身份或匹配出现,谓语用单数。由and 连接的两个并列成分表示两个不同的概念,谓语用复数。areareisis