《nouns集体名词》PPT课件.ppt

Subject-Verb Agreement,The group _ made up of nine students.,The group_ dancing happily.,is,are,The team _ some good players. (have) The team _ handsome. (be),has,are,Group discussion: Can you find out the grammar rules?,Collective nouns can have a singular or plural verb. If the noun refers to a whole unit, the verb is singular. If it refers to the different members of a unit, the verb is plural.,group, family, class, government, team, public, enemy, crowd, company, audience, club, party, police, army, band, minority and so on.,Collective nouns（集体名词）,由集体名词，如group, family, class, government, team, public, enemy, crowd, company, audience, club, party, crew等作主语时,如果看成一个整体，谓语动词用单数形式,如果看成其中各成员， 则用复数形式. 注意：集体名词为 people, police, cattle，谓语动词用复数形式 e.g. The police are searching for the thief.,Choose the correct verb form to complete the following sentences.,1.The research group (is, are) made up of five people.,2.What (do, does) the group want for their lunch?,3.Our family (is, are) not poor any more.,4.He has to worry. His family (is, are) waiting for him.,5.The class (is, are) more than forty in number.,is,do,is,are,is,6.The class (have, has) disagreed among themselves about where they should go and have a picnic.,7.The government (has, have) spent more than two million yuan in planting trees.,8.The city government ( has, have) different opinions about next years plan.,have,has,have,Neither dog _ big. ( A. is B. are ),Neither of them _ big. ( A. is B. are ),A,Neither of the rabbits _ handsome ( A. is B. are ),A / B,Neither rabbit _ handsome. ( A. is B. are ),A,A / B,一、代词作主语,neither of none of,n. (U),n.(C),neither + n.(singl.),V.,singl. plural.,How to use none and neither,V.(singl.),V.(singl.),3.Neither of us _ (was/were) ready when the party began. 4. None of them _ (has/have) watched the talk show.,have/has,was/were,1.None of these people _ doctors. A. has B. is C. are D. was 2.Neither of them _ a good singer. A. are B. is C. were D. is used to be,C,B,everybody,当这些词做主语时，谓语动词用单数，在句中我们可以用they 来代替它们，有时我们可以用he/she来代替。,anybody,everyone,nobody,somebody,everything,anything,nothing,something,Indefinite pronouns,Nothing_difficult in the world if you set your mind to it . 2. Nobody thought_ would have to pay for_ own ticket(s).,they/he/she,their/his/her,is,Bob,Bob _ a worker.,is,Mike,Mike and Bob _ workers.,are,Both Mike and Bob _ workers.,are,Neither Mike nor Bob _ a teacher.,is,Bill,Neither of them _ (know) how to teach English.,knows/know,None of them _ (know) how to teach English.,knows/know,二、用作主语的两个名词或代词由or, either or, neither nor, both and或not only but also连接,A or B Not A but B Either A or B Neither A nor B Not only A but also B,Verb,Here There,+Verb,A and B,A , B and C,Not only you but also he _ wrong. (is/are),Neither you nor he _ right. (is/are),There _ two shops and a cinema beside the railway station. (is/are),Here _ a map and a handbook for you. (is/are),is,is,are,is,_,a singer and dancer,The singer and dancer _ on the stage.,is,The gift is used to have western meals. What is it?,a knife and fork,A knife and fork is used to have meals.,三、由and连接的两个并列主语指同一个人或物，谓语动词用单数，这时后面的名词没有冠词。,1).The worker and writer _ our school today.( visit ) 2).The worker and the writer _ to the meeting . (have come / has come ),have come,visits,Each man and woman _ the same rights. A. has B. have C. had D. is having 由each, every, no, many a所修饰的名词，即使用 and连接作主语，谓语动词一般用单数。,四、当主语后面跟有as well as, as much as, no less than, along with,with ,like, rather than, together with , but , except, besides, ,including等引导的词组时，其谓语动词的 单、复数由主语的单、复数而定。,1. The teacher with two students _ at the meeting . (was / were),2.E-mail, as well as the telephones, _ an important part in daily communication.,A. is playing B. have played C. are playing D. play,was,A,A library with five thousand books _ to the nation as a gift. A. is offered B. has offered C. are offered D. have offered Nobody but Jane _ the secret. A. know B. knows C. have known D. is known,五、分词、量词作主语 由分数或百分数或a lot of, lots of, plenty of, half of, the rest of, some of, most of, all of , (a) part of +名词作主语时，谓语动词的形式与of 后面的名词的数一致 e.g. Lots of damage was caused by fire. Some students are planting trees. The rest of them are watering them.,e.g. Tom is one of the students who good at playing football. Tom is the only one of the students who good at playing football.,are,is,注意在“one of+复数名词+关系代词” 的结构中，定语从句中谓语动词用复 数形式；但是若前有the only, 将其限定为只有一个时,谓语动词用单数形式.,六、名词化的形容词作主语 e.g. The rich are to help the poor. The wounded was a young boy. 以定冠词the + adj.（或过去分词）结构作主语，谓语动词常用复数形式，如the brave, the poor, the blind, the sick, the unemployed等，但有少数过去分词与定冠词连用时指个体，用单数形式。,七、当主语由不定式、动名词或疑问词引导的 句子充当时，谓语动词用单数。,1).To hold the Olympic Games_ a rich prize for a country. (be),2). Choosing what to eat _ no longer as easy as it once was.,is,is,What we need is more time and more materials. 由what, who, why, how, whether等引导的主语 从句，谓语动词通常用单数，(但所指的具体内 容为复数意义，则可以用复数形式. What we need are teachers.),3),八、表示时间、金钱、距离、重量等复数名词，在表示单位数量用作主语时，通常被看作整体，谓语动词用单数。,A million dollars _(is/are) really a lot of money.,is,Sixty years a long time. Three thousand miles a long distance. Fifty kilogrammes not too heavy to be carried.,is,is,is,1One or two days _ enough to see the city Ais Bare Cam Dbe 2Neither my wife nor I myself _ able to persuade my daughter to change her mind Ais Bare Cam Dbe,Exercises:,3Not only I but also Jane and Mary _ tired of having one examination after another Ais Bare Cam Dbe 4Not the teacher，but the students _ looking forward to seeing the film Ais Bare Cam Dbe,5Nobody but Betty and Mary _ late for class yesterday Awas Bwere Chas been Dhave been 6A woman with some children _ soon Ais coming Bare coming Chas come Dhave come,7No one except my parents _ anything about this. Aknow Bknows Cis known Dare known 8The teacher as well as the students _ the book already