Subject-verb Agreement主谓一致语法

1、Book 4 Unit 1 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 Rule1: 集体名词如集体名词如: group, class, company, : group, class, company, gover

2、nment, family, army, enemy, government, family, army, enemy, population, team, public, crowd, audiencepopulation, team, public, crowd, audience等作主语时，如果强调等作主语时，如果强调整体整体，谓语用，谓语用单数单数，如，如果强调果强调个体（其中的各个成员）个体（其中的各个成员）就用就用复数复数The team is the best in the league 这个队在联赛中打得最好。这个队在联赛中打得最好。 The football team are

3、 having baths 足球队队员们在洗澡。足球队队员们在洗澡。 Rule2: every one, everybody, everything, any one, anybody, anything, no one, nobody, nothing, some one, somebody, something, (none除外除外)等不定代词及等不定代词及each, the other作主语时，谓语动词用作主语时，谓语动词用单数单数形式。如：形式。如： NothingNothing in the box in the box isis mine. mine.Rule: None 作主语时

4、，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 telephones, _ an important part in daily communication. A. is playing B. h

5、ave played C. are playing D. playwasAAExercises Rule3：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。如： My sister together with/along with/with/as well as/besides my parents has gone to

6、 Beijing. The book, including ten science stories, sells well.Exercises3. 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 _another. (is/are)6. Listening, speaking, reading and writing _fo

7、ur 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 Rule4：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Exercises8.Many a boy _ made such a funny experiment. A. have B. are C. has D. is 9.Every means _ been tried

8、 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)CAishasagrees语法一致 Rule5:连接的并列主语被each,every、no 修饰或many a

9、+ 名词,谓语动词用单数 Rule6:each of +复数代词，谓语动用单数Exercises13.A number of the students_ gone for an outing. (is/ are)14.The number of the students_ increasing year after year. (is/are)areisnRule: 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。Exercises15. 70 percent of the surface _covered with wa

10、ter.（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 _ correct.(is/are)ishavewasareisare意思一致 Rule7：a

11、ll (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 Exercises Rule8：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 _ not always good.(is/are)areis

12、就近一致 Exercises Rule9：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 )areisExercises23. Either the girl or the boy _ from Canada. (is /are)24. Not only the door but

13、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 Rule10: 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。 We Chinese _ a hard-workin

14、g people Ais Bare Cis being Dare being 此题应选此题应选 。这里应注意的是：我们通常说的是主谓一致。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（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语与表语一致），本题意为：我们中国人是一个勤劳的民族。族。1. You or he _ to blame. 你或他有一人要受责备。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？受责备的是你还是他？ Ais，Is Bare，Are

15、 Cis，Are D are，Is答案：C，就近一致 (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. 由由and and 连接的并列成分指的是连接的并列成分指的是同一概念同一概念，兼具身份，兼具身份或匹配出现或匹配出现, ,谓语用谓语用单数单数。由由and and 连接的两个并列成分表示连接的两个

16、并列成分表示两个不同的概念两个不同的概念，谓语用谓语用复数复数。areareisisdo some research on sth.death rateget a medical trainingcant wait to do sth.deliver a babydevote to做某方面的研究死亡率学医迫不及待要做某事接生投身于补充：补充：Explain the following phrases.1. was to change “不可避免的，命中注不可避免的，命中注定的事定的事”。 e.g. They were sure that he was to become a very famo

17、us person.“be +不定式不定式” 还可以表示计划，打算还可以表示计划，打算 She is to go to Raoping tomorrow.“be +不定式不定式” 还可以表示命令，意为还可以表示命令，意为“必须，不得不必须，不得不” e.g. You are to do your homework before you have lunch. In such dry weather, the flowers will have to be watered if they_.A. have survivedB. are to surviveC. would surviveD. w

18、ill surviveB2.It was a book explaining how to cut the death rate from having and caring for babies by following some simple rules for keeping babies clean and healthy.现在分词做定语，修饰现在分词做定语，修饰book, 相当与相当与 一个定一个定语从句语从句 which explained how一本介绍如何在妇女怀孕到护理婴儿的过程中，通过一本介绍如何在妇女怀孕到护理婴儿的过程中，通过一些使婴儿保持清洁的简单规则来降低死亡率的书。一些使婴儿保持清洁的简单规则来降低死亡率的