“单数还是复数”主谓一致用法归纳

1、名词作主语 family, class, group, team等集体名词作主语，若指一个整体时，谓语动词用单数形式， 若指其中一个个具体成员时，谓语动词复数形式。His family is a happy one.His family isnt large.他家的人不多。My family all like watching TV.我们一家人都喜欢看电视。 people, police, cattle 等集体名词作主语，谓语动词用复数形 式，The police are waiting for the boy.The police are searching for the thief.Pe

2、ople here are very friendly.这儿的人很友好。“the+ 姓氏复数”表示一家人时，谓语一般用复数。The Smiths are having dinner.“the+ 形容词”表示一类人时， 谓语动词用复数形式， 这类词有： the brave, the poor, the rich,the blind, the young, the old, the sick, the dead, the deafand dumb, the injured,the wounded,the unemployed 等。表示抽象概念时，用单数形式。例如：The poor are very

3、 happy, but the rich are sad.穷人很快乐，富人却过得不快乐。以-s结尾的名词本身不表示复数意义，谓语通常用单数形式，如news, maths, physics 等，例如：No news is good news. 没有消息就是好消息。Maths is very popular in our class在我们班数学很受欢迎。more than one+ 单数名词作主语，谓语用单数。例如：More than one student has ever been to Beijing.不止一个学生曾经去过北京。表示时间，价格，重量，数目，长度，数学运算等的词或短语作 主语时

4、，这些通常作一个整体概念，谓语用单数形式。例如：Three years has passed since then.Two months is a long holiday.两个月是一个长假。Twenty pounds isn t so heavy. 20 英镑并不太重。Ten miles isn t a long distance. 1 0英里并不是一段很长的距离。Five minus four is one. 5减 4 等于 1。a number of+ 复数名词作主语，谓语动词用复数； the number of +复数名词作主语，谓语动词用 单数。例如：许多名人A number of

5、famous people were invited to party. 都被邀请参加这个聚会。我们学校The number of the students is over eight hundred.的学生数超过 800 人。A number of students have gone home.The number of pages in this book is two hundred.动词不定式，动名词作主语时，谓语动词用单数形式。例如：To see is to believe 眼见为实。Doing eye exercises is good for your eyes. 做眼睛保健操

6、对你 的眼睛十分有益。主语为 one of , each of, every one of, any one of加复数名词或代词，谓语用单数。如：One of my favorite sports is basketball.Each of them has an English dictionary. 他们每人都有一本英 语词典。当 kind of, pair of, glass of等表示确定数量的名词短语修饰主语时，谓语与 kind, pair, glass等一致。例如：This pair of shoes is Toms. 这双鞋是汤姆的。There are two glasses

7、of water on the table. 桌上有两杯水。A pair of shoes was on the desk.“ lots of/ a lot of/plenty of/ all/ most/ half / the restof + 名词”或“分数 / 百分数 +名词”作主语时， 谓语动词取决于名词的数；若是不可数名词，用单数；若名词是复数，则用复数。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。 Lots of damage was caused by fire. About three- fourths of the earths surface is co

8、vered withwater.Three-fifths of the workers here are women.Most of his time is spent on study.代词作主语 none与可数名词连用，谓语动词可用单数也可用复数，none如果代表不可数名词时谓语动 词用单数。None of the land has become desert.这些土地都没有变成沙漠。不定代词 somebody, someone, something, anybody, anything, everybody, everyone, everything,nobody, no one, no

9、thing作主语，谓语动词用单数，例如：Is everyone here today?今天大家到齐了吗？Something is wrong with him. 他有毛病。 Nobody was in. 没有人在家。疑问代词 who, what, which 作主语时，如果说话人不知道具体的 内容，谓语动词一般用单数。Who lives next door?Whats in the bag?并列结构作主语由bothand连接两个单数名词作主语时，谓语动词用复数形式；Both his father and his mother are both teachers.他的爸爸和妈妈都是老师。由 an

10、d 连接的两个名词作主语时，一般用复数形式。Walking and riding are good exercises.但 and 所连接的并列主语是同一个人，谓语动词用单数，这时 and 后面的名词没有冠词。如：The writer and teacher is coming.那位作家兼教师来了。 （作家和教师指同一个人 ）The writer and the teacher are coming.作家和老师来了。 （作家和老师是两个人 ）and 前后的并列主语如果表示的是同一个概念， 即前后合起来是一个 整体，不可割裂开来，谓语动词依然用单数形式。Going to bed early an

11、d getting up early is a good habit.A knife and fork is on the table.（刀叉和在一起才是完整的一副。）Too much work and too little rest often leads to illness. （9A 125） 工作太多休息太少常常导致疾病。 or, eitheror，neither nor,not only but also,notbut,连接两个名词或代词作主语时， 根据就近原则决定谓语动词形式。例如：Tom or Jack is wrong. 不是汤姆就是杰克错了。Either you or I a

12、m right. 要么你要么我是对的。当主语后面跟有 with , together with , along with , as well as, besides ， except ， but ， like,including, in addition to, rather than等词或介词短语时，谓语动词由主语的单复数决定。例如：Mike with his father has been to England.迈克同他的父亲去过英格兰。Mike, like his brother, enjoys playing football迈克像他的哥哥一样喜欢踢足球。The teacher as

13、well as the students was reading in the library. 与句式有关的主谓一致由 what 引导的主语从句，谓语动词通常用单数，但所指的具体内 容是复数意义时，谓语动词一般用复数形式，例如：What we need is more time.What we need are doctors.在地点置于句首的倒装句中，谓语动词的数应与其后的主语一致。 如：Here comes Simon.Here are some books and paper for you.这是给你的书和纸。Between the two windows hangs a pictur

14、e. There be结构中，谓语动词与临近的主语一致，即“就近原则”。例如：There is a book and three pens on the desk. 桌子上有一本书， 三只钢笔。关系代词 who, that, which 等在定语从句中作主语时，其谓语动 词的数应与句中先行词的数一致。Those who want to go please put up your hands.Some of the energy that is used by man comes from the sun. 以下为高中阶段主谓一致内容，仅供参考。如果主语有 more than one 或 man

15、y a构成，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.Many a student has been to Shanghai.许多学生到过上海。主语是 each/every/no+ 单数名词 +and(each/every)+ 单数名词时， 谓语动词用单数。例如：Each boy and each girl has got a seat.每个男孩和女孩都有一个座位。每个男人和女人都在工Every man and every woman is at work. 作。Each boy and each girl wants to go to the cinema. one and a half+ 复数名词作主语，谓语动词用单数形式。例如:One and a half hours is enough.一个半小时足够了。One and a half bananas is left on the table.在“ one of+ 复数名词 +who/that/which ”引导的从