主谓一致专题)

第一篇：主谓一致专题)

主谓一致

主谓一致指的是主语和位于动词在“数”的方面一定要保持一致，而这种一致关系通常是由下列三种原则支配的

一、语法一致：主语是单数形式或不可数名词，谓语动词也用单数形式；主语用复数形式，位于也用复数形式。

The library does not open until nine o’clock.The Great Wall draws numbers of tourists every year.The best reward I get from teaching is the joy of seeing my students grow and develop.Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.二、意义一致原则：主语虽在语法形式上是复数形式，但意义上是单数，谓语动词也要用单数；主语虽在语法形式上不是复数形式，但意义上时复数，谓语动词也要用复数。Cattle are grazing peacefully on the pasture.The police have arrested a lot of suspects.Two miles is a long walk for the 80-year-old man.One thousand dollars is a large sum of money for the couple.Five pounds is enough.Twenty years is a long time on one’s life.三、就近原则：有时谓语动词的形式是和它最近的词（或词组）保持一致的。Neither you nor I am right.Not only the boy but also his parents enjoy playing that game.Twenty percent of students are from Wuhan.Only half of the members agree with him.易出现问题的地方：

一、集体名词与以“s”结尾的名词作主语时主谓一致 1.people, cattle, police, poultry, militia, youth等形式上是单数，但意义上时复数，所以谓语用复数。

The police are questioning him.People often hear him telling about his experience in the Second World War.The militia are determined to fight the enemy to the finish.2.audience, committee, family, government, group, staff, team, public, class, crew, arm等若表示整体概念，谓语动词用单数，若强调成员或个体，谓语动词用复数。His family are proud of him.His family is not very large.The audience burst into thunderous applause.A large audience was watching their performance.某些表示疾病的词，如mumps, arthritis, bronchitis, rickets, diabetes等，以及某些表示游戏的词，如cards, ninepins, darts, bowls, marbles, billiards, chequers等，它们在形式上虽然是复数，但在意义上是单数，因此谓语动词要用单数。Sometimes mumps is rather dangerous.Arthritis is not a kind of infectious disease.Marbles is greatly enjoyed by the children here.Diabetes is a kind of chronic disease.4.某些以-ics 结尾的表示学科的词，如physics, mathematics, economics, politics, linguistics, optics, electronics, acoustics等，形式上是复数形式，但意义上是单数，因此谓语动词要用单数。

Some students say physics is much more interesting than mathematics.I don’t think linguistics is difficult to learn.但当这些词不表示“学科”时，有时可当复数用，谓语动词也要用复数。

Statistics show that the divorce rate in China is much higher than ten years ago.Politics have never interested her.5.以“s”结尾的国家、组织、机构等虽然形式上是复数，但却表示单数意义，所以谓语动词要用单数形式。

Some people say the United States is a large “melting pot”.The United Nations was founded on October 24, 1945.但表示群岛、瀑布、山脉等以“s”结尾的专有名词常被看成是复数，谓语动词也要用复数。The Niagara Falls attracts tourists from many countries every year.The Rocky Mountains are vast and spectacular.6.某些表示由两部分组成的物体的名词在形式和意义上都是复数如：scissors, pants, trousers, shorts, glasses, spectacles, jeans等，谓语动词也用复数。His glasses were broken this morning.Your trousers are in the wardrobe.另外还有一些常以“s”结尾的词，如：contents, archives, arms, goods, suburbs, stairs, earnings, surroundings, belongings, particulars等也通常被看成是复数，作主语时谓语也用复数形式。

The suburbs are more and more seriously polluted.The surroundings are very beautiful.All his belongings are in that big bag.二、表示数量概念的名词（或词组）作主语时主谓一致

1.表示时间、距离、价值、重量等的名词或词组作主语时，常把这些数量看成一个整体，谓语动词用单数形式。

Seven months is needed to translate this book into Chinese.Five hundred miles is a long distance.Where is the ten dollars I gave you yesterday? 2.“分数或百分数+of„”构成的短语作主语，如果of后面是单数，谓语动词用单数；如果of后面是复数，谓语动词要用复数。Two-thirds of the gasoline has been used.Over forty percent of the employees are women.Ninety percent of the wasteland has been turned into rice fields.Three-fifths of the trees have been cut down.3.“all(half, most, some, the rest, none等）+of„”构成的短语作主语，如果of后面是复数，谓语动词用复数；如果of后面是单数，谓语动词也用单数。All of his energy has been used up.All of the restaurants are closed.Most of the oil is imported from Saudi Arabian.Most of the rubbish has been removed from the playground.4.“lots（plenty, heaps, loads, scads等）+of„”构成的短语作主语时，如果of 后gender是复数，谓语动词也用复数；如果of后跟的是不可数名词单数，谓语动词用单数 Plenty of time has been spent on this experiment.Loads of friends have come to attend his wedding.Scads of money has been wasted in the past 2 years.5.当“many a+名词”或“more than one+名词”作主语时，谓语动词用单数。Many a customer complains about the poor quality of the washing machines.More than one train was delayed.6.“a portion(series, pile, panel, kind, sort, type等)+of+名词”构成的短语作主语，谓语动词用单数（无论名词时单数还是复数）。A portion of the products is being inspected.A series of questions was asked by the students.A pile of reference books is on his desk.7.“a number(或numbers)of +可数名词复数”作主语时，谓语用复数形式，但a great deal（an amount, a quantity)of +不可数名词单数作主语时，谓语动词用单数形式。A large number of workers were dismissed.Numbers of houses were destroyed.A great deal of time has been wasted.但the number of „作主语时，谓语动词要用单数形式 The number of students is increasing.8.“an average(或total)of +名词复数”构成的短语作主语，谓语动词一般用复数。An average of 500 students graduate from this school every year.A total of 200 bicycles were sold last month.但the average（或total)of +名词复数作主语时谓语要用单数形式

The average of students who graduate from this school every year is 500.9.“a group(crowd, gang, flock, herd)of +可数名词复数”构成的短语作主语时，谓语动词既可以单数也可以用复数。

A group of people was /were standing under the big tree.A gang of gunmen was/were robbing the jeweler's.A herd of cows was/were grazing there.三、并列结构作主语时主谓一致

1.由and或both„and„连接的并列结构作主语，如果意义为单数，谓语动词就用单数；如果意义为复数，谓语动词就要用复数。

Asia, Africa and Latin America make up the third world.Both families and society are responsible for juvenile delinquency.下面由and连接的并列结构表面上是复数，实际上表示复数意义，所以谓语动词要用复数。Chinese and America culture are quite different.What they have said and done are quite disappointing.当each„and each„, every„and every„, no„and no„作主语时，谓语动词要用单数形式

Each boy and each girl was given an apple.Every teacher and every student was looking at him.No bus and no taxi was found in the street.2.由or, either..or„, neither„nor„, not only„but also„连接的并列结构作主语时，谓语动词的单复数形式与离它最近的主语保持一致。Neither he nor I am able to get there in ten minutes.Not only he but also I am curious about this.Neither her husband nor the doctors have told her about her condition.3.由某些介词或准并列连词连接的短语作主语，谓语动词的形式应与真正的主语保持一致。

常见的这类介词有：with, along with, together with, besides, in addition to, except, but, like, including等，准并列连词有：as well as, as much as, no less than, more than, rather than等。

Practical experience as well as formal education is considered very important in today’s job market.No one except hi relatives helps him.The bus driver, as much as the passengers, was very impatient.Jack, like many other children, often dreams of travelling in the space.The school, rather than the parents, is mainly responsible for the children’s safety.四、动名词、不定式和短语作主语时主谓一致

动名词或不定式短语作主语，谓语动词一般用单数形式。To err is human.To learn three foreign languages at the same time is very difficult.Smoking is very harmful to one’s health.Walking is the easiest way to exercise.五、名词性从句作主语时主谓一致 名词性从句作主语，谓语动词通常用单数

Whether you go or not makes no difference to me.It’s quite obvious that they have nor received the letter.How the plan is to be carried out still needs to be discussed.六、there be„ 句型中的主谓一致

be 动词的形式由它后面的主语决定，但当be 动词后是并列结构作主语时，遵循就近原则，be动词的形式要与它最近的主语保持一致。There are servants in the house.There is no water on the moon.There are a lot of spectators in the stadium.七、定语从句中的主谓一致

定语从句中谓语动词的单、复数形式是由先行词所决定的。That’s the young man who comes to the library every week.Yesterday they visited the palaces which were built 200 years ago.在one of+名词复数+定语从句的句型中，定语从句的谓语动词通常用复数形式，但当one 前有the或the only 时，谓语动词用单数：

She is one of the few passengers who were not killed in the crash.This is the only one of the books which is worth reading.

第二篇：主谓一致练习

定语从句专项练习题1.Nearly all the streets are in straight lines, ________ from east to west.Those ________ run from north to south are called avenues.A.running;that B.run;who C.running;who D.run;that 2.This is the case ________ he’s had all his money stolen.A.when B.where C.that D.on which 3.Mr.Smith will pay a visit to Beijing this autumn, ________ we will enjoy the Olympic Games in 2008.A.where B.when C.which D.how 4.The artist will not paint people or animals but he will paint anything ________.A.that the little girl asks him B.the little girl asks him to C.for the little girl to ask him D.what the little girl asks him 5.—How did you get in touch with the travel agent, Robin? —Oh, that’s easy.I surfed the Internet and then called one ________ the telephone number is provided.A.which B.in which C.of which D.whose 6.October 15 th is my birthday, ________ I will never forget.A.when B.that C.what D.which 7.The treatment will continue until the patient reaches the point ________ he can walk correctly and safely.A.when B.where C.which D.whose 8.There are several research centers in China ________ a certain disease called Bird Flu is being studied.A.which B.where C.when D.what 9.I hope that the little ________ I have been able to do does good to them all.A.which B.what C.that D.when 10.The time is not far away ________ modern communications will become widespread in China’s vast countryside.A.as B.when C.until D.before 11.________ is known to everybody, Taiwan is a part of China.We must unify it.A.It B.As C.Which D.What 12.I shall never forget the day ________ Shen Zhou V was launched, ________ has a great effect on my life.A.when, which B.that, which C.which, that D.when, that 13.The bread my wife makes is much better than ________ you can buy at a store.A.that which B.one that C.that of which D.this of which 14.There is no such place ________ you dream of in all this world.A.that B.what C.which D.as 15.The people, ________ had been damaged by the flood, were given help by the Red Cross.A.all whose homes B.all of whose homes C.all their homes D.all of their homes 16.The humans are destroying nature day by day, ________ of course, will cause severe punishment from it sooner or later.A.who B.when C.on which D.which 17.Is this research center ________ you visited the modern equipment last year? A.where B.that C.the one that D.the one where

18.Some pictures of the river brought the days back to the old ________ they swam in it.A.when B.that C.who D.where 19.The man showed us so heavy a stone ________ no man can lift.A.that B.as C.which D.and 20.He stayed there for quite a long time, during ________ time he learned much spoken English.A.that B.this C.which D.same 答案与解析：

1.A.主语与run(延伸)是主动关系，所以用现在分词。Those指街道，所以不用who而用that来引导定语从句。2.B.因为在此题中where引导定语从句，表示“在这种种况下”，与in which相当。3.A.因为先行词是Beijing而不是this autumn所以用where引导定语从句。

4.B.答案B是省略了关系代词that的定语从句，另外，to后还省略了动词原形paint。5.C.因为of which引导定语从句，并在从句中作定语。of which the telephone number = whose telephone number。6.D.因为这是个非限制性定语从句，先行词是前面一句话的内容。

7.B.因为表示“阶段、程度、地步”的the point在定语从句中作地点状语，所以用where引导定

语从句。8.B.因为先行词是research centers并在定语从句中作状语，所以用where。

9.C.因为当先行词是表示事物的all, little, few, much, anything, everything, nothing等时，多用that引导定语从句。

10.因为先行词是the time，且在定语从句中作状语，所以用when引导。此题的先行词与定语从句被主句谓语分开了，要善于辨别。11.B.先行词是Taiwan is a part of China整个主句，一般由as或which引导定语从句，但which引导的定语从句只能放在主句之后，另外，as有“正如”之意，而which没有，所以用as。顺便说说，原句改为：It is known to everybody that Taiwan is„= What is known to everybody is that Taiwan is„

12.A.两空都是考查定语从句，先行词分别是the day和Shen Zhou V was launched, the day在定语从句中作状语，用when引导；后句是非限制性定语从句，不能用that，要用which。13.A.因为替代不可数名词(the bread)只能用that，排除B和D；又因为先行词that(the bread)在定语从句中作buy的宾语，用which，所以选A。14.D.当定语从句的先行词前有such, so, as等词语时，由as引导，并且as在定语从句中作主语或宾语，as在此题中作dream of的宾语。注意：在表示“如此„以致„”的such /so„that„结构中，that不作任何句子成份。15.B.考查非限制性定语从句，all of whose homes = all of their homes他们所有的房子。16.D.因为先行词是前面整个句子，且在从句中作主语，所以用which。of course是插入语。17.D.将疑问句改为陈述句：this research center is„显然缺少先行词，必须加上代词the one来作先行词，又因定语从句不缺主语或宾语，所以用关系副词where。假若在this后加the，就选where，请想想这是为什么。18.A.因为先行词是the days，并在定语从句中作状语。19.B.当先行词前有so时，用as引导定语从句，as在从句中作主语或宾语。假若在lift后加上it，答案就是that了，请想想这是为什么。

20.C.因前后均的句子，必须要选连词，排除B和D；又因在介词后不能用that来引导定语从 主谓一致练习

1.About 60 percent of the students _____ from the south, the rest of them _____ from the north and foreign countries.A.are/is B.are/are C.is/are D.are 2.Half of the workers here _____ under 30 _____.A.is/years

B.are/year old C.is/years old D.are/years of age 3.Now Tom with his classmates _____ football on the playground.A.play

B.are playing C.plays D.is playing 4.The number of pages in this dictionary _____ about two thousand.A.are

B.has C.have

D.is 5.Thirty dollars _____ too expensive.A.are

B.is C.were

D.be 6.The audience _____ so large that no seat was left unoccupied in the great hall.A.is

B.are

C.was D.has 7.The secretary and principal _____ at the meeting now.A.are speaking

B.is speaking

C.were making a speech D.have a speech 8.“If anybody _____, please put down _____ name,” said the teacher to the monitor.A.wants to buy the book/his B.want to buy the book/their

C.will buy the book/one's

D.wants to have the book bought/her 9.Nothing but one desk and six chairs _____ in the room.A.are B.is stayed

C.is

D.are left 10.Having arrived at the station, _____.A.it was found that the train had left

B.the train had left

C.the train was found left

D.he found that the train had left 11.Between the two roads _____ a TV tower called “Skyscraper Tower”.A.stands

B.standing

C.which stands D.stand 12.Either of you _____ going there tonight.A.will

B.was

C.is

D.are 13.You as well _____ right.A.I are

B.I am

C.as I am D.as I are 14.All but Dick _____ in Class Three this term.A.are

B.is

C.were D.was 15.-Shall I wait here for three hours?

-Yes.Three hours _____ to wait for such a doctor.A.are not very long for you

B.is not long enough for you

C.was not long enough for you

D.will be too long for you 16.Where to get the materials and how to get them _____ at the meeting.A.have not discussed

B.have not been discussed

C.has not discussed

D.has not been discussed 17.I took mathematics and physics because I think that _____ very important for me to make further research in this field.A.what is

B.they are

C.this

D.which are 18.Every student and every teacher _____.A.are going to attend the meeting B.have attended the meeting

C.has attended the meeting

D.is attended the meeting 19.Three fourths of the bread _____ by Bob, and the rest of the bread _____ left on the table.A.was eaten/were

B.were eaten/was

C.were eaten/were D.was eaten/was 20.This pair of shoes _____.A.is her

B.is hers C.are hers

D.are her

21.There ______ no life on the moon.A.is said to have

B.are said to have

C.is said to be

D.are said to be

22.A group of ______ are eating ______ and ______ at the foot of the hill

A.sheep;grass;leaves

B.sheeps grasses

leaves

C.sheep;grass leaf

D.sheeps grass leafs

23.My family raise a lot of _______, including two______.A.cattles cows

B.cows cattle C.cattle cows

D.cow, cattles

24.What he says and what he does_______.A.does not agree

B.do not agree C.does not agree with D.not agree

25.The boy and the girl each ______ toys.A.have their own B.has their own C.have her own D.has her own

26.She is the only one among the ______ writers who ______stories for children.A.woman, writes B.women write C.women writes

D.woman write

27.The railway station is ______from our school.A.two hour`s drive

B.two hours` drive

C.two hour drive

D.two hours drive

28.Mike and John`s ______.A.father is a teacher

B.fathers are teachers

C.father are teachers

D.fathers are teacher

29.A great deal of talking and listening that ______ under casual circumstance may seem to be aimless.A.is occurred

B.are occurred

C.occurs

D.occur

30._______ the classroom needs to be cleaned.A.Either the offices or

B.The offices and C.Both the office and

D.The office and

31.Three-fourths of the homework ______today.A.has finished B.has been finished C.have finished D.have been finished

32.More than 60 percent of the world`s radio programmes ______in England.A.is

B.was

C.are

D.be

33.______work has been done to improve the people`s living standard A.A great deal of

B.A great many

C.A large number of

D.Many

34.The rest of the magazines ______ within half an hour.A.is sold out

B.are sold out

C.was sold out D.were sold out

35.There ______ a lot of sugar in the jar.A.has B.have C.is D.are

36.“All ______present and all ______going on well”, our monitor said.A.is is

B.are, are

C.are is

D.is are

37.Yesterday the League secretary and monitor ______ asked to make a speech at the meeting.A.is

B.was

C.are

D.were.38.Mary as well as her sisters ______ Chinese in China.A.are studying

B.have studied C.studies D.study

39.The rich______ not always happy.A.are B.is C.will

D.may

40.______can be done ______done.A.All, have been B.All that ,have been

C.All has

D.All that ,has been

41.Either of the plans ______equally dangerous.A.are

B.is C.has

D.have

42.The police ______the murderer everywhere when he suddenly appeared in a theatre.A.is searching

B.were searching for

C.are searching

D.was searching for

43.Your trousers ______dirty, you must have______ washed.A.is it

B.are it

C.are them D.is them

44.The Olympic games ______held every four ______.A.is years

B.are years C.is year

D.are year

45.He is the oly one of the students who______elected.A.are

B.have C.has

D.is

46.______a good enough price for this book

A.Two yuans are

B.Two yuan are

C.Two yuans is

D.Two yuan is

47.No bird and no beast ______in the lonely island A.are seen

B.is seen

C.see

D.sees

48.Every means ______prevent the water from______ A.are used to

polluting

B.get used to polluting C.is used to , polluted

D.is used to ,being polluted

49.Each of the ______in the ship.A.passenger has his own room B.passengers have their own room C.passenger have their own room D.passengers has his own room

50.What we need ______good textbooks.A.is

B.are

C.have

D.has

第三篇：主谓一致讲稿

英语主谓一致的三个原则

1.形式一致的原则

即单复数形式与谓语要一致。一般说来，当作主语的名词或代词是第三人称单数时，谓语动词就用单数形式；当作主语的名词或代词是复数时，谓语动词就复数形式：如：

(1)He likes skating in winter.他喜欢冬天滑冰。(2)They don’t live here.他们不住这里。2.意义一致的原则

即主语意义上的单复数要与谓语的单复数形式一致。英语中，有些名词或代词形式上是单数，而意义上可能是复数，这时，谓语动词的形式就须依据名词或代词的意义决定。如：

(1)People there were very glad to see our team win the match.在那里的人们看到我们队赢了比赛时都非常高兴。

(2)His family were watching TV when I got to his home.我到他家时，他家的人在看电视。(3)Our class are working hard to make ours a good class.我们班的同学都在努力工作以便是我们班成为优秀班。

3.邻近一致的原则

英语中，有时几个名词或代词有某些此连接起来一起作句子的主语，此时，谓语动词的形式就须有与之最接近的名词或代词的人称和数决定。如：

(1)There is a desk and five chairs in his room.他房间里有一张办公桌和五把椅子。(2)There are five chairs and a desk in his room.他房间里有五把椅子和一张办公桌。(3)Either you or Li Lei is going to be sent there.要么是你要么是李蕾将被派到那里去。(4)Are either you or Li Lei going to be sent there.是你将被派到那里去还是李蕾将被派到那里去？

英语主谓一致详解

1.代词做主语

A．主语是he, she, it, either, neither, each, one, the other, another, anything, anyone, something, someone, somebody, everybody, everyone, everything, nobody, no one, nothing等代词时，谓语动词用第三人称单数形式。如：

(1)Everyone is here.大家都来了。

(2)There is something wrong with my bike.没有的单车有点毛病。

B．主语是I(除be 动词用am外), you, we, they代词时，谓语动词用第三人称复数形式。如：(1)I like to stay here with you.我喜欢跟你在这儿。(2)They are all soldiers.他们都是战士。

C．主语是：who, what, which, all, more, most, some, any, none, the rest, the remainder时，谓语动词的形式须依具体情况而定。如：

(1)Who’s the girl over there? 那边的那个女孩是谁？

(2)Who are the boys playing games there? 在那里做游戏的男孩子是哪些人？(3)What’s this? 这是什么？(4)What are those? 哪些是什么？(5)Which is yours? 哪一个是你的？(6)Which are children’s? 哪一些是孩子们的？(7)What’s under the tree? 树下有什么？(8)All is right.一切顺利。

(9)All are present.所有人都到齐了。

2.名词做主语

A.一般说来，不可数名词及可数名词的单数做主语时，谓语动词用第三人称单数形式。如：(1)Water is necessary for living things.水对于生物来说是必须的。(2)The dog is a useful animal.狗是一种有用的动物。

B.表示总称意义只能单数形式作复数用的集合名词people 人们, cattle 牛, police，youth年轻人，做主语时，谓语动词用第三人称复数形式。如：

(1)English people are fond of talking about weather.英国人喜欢谈论天气。(2)Cattle are farmers’ friends.牛是农民的朋友。

只能作不可数名词的集体名词如mankind 人类, furniture 家具, clothing 衣服, machinery总称的机械，equipment（设备）等做主语时，谓语动词要用单数形式。

(1)The advanced equipment has been offered to the factory.(2)All the furniture in my home is made in Hong Kong.C.主语是集合名词：army（军队）, audience（观众、听众）, board（委员会）, class, committee（委员会）, crew（全体队员、船员、机组人员等）, family, firm（公司）, government（政府）, group（组、群）, public（公众）, team, staff（全体工作人员）, union（联盟）等时，如果是作为整体的，谓语动词用第三人称单数形式；如果作为其中一个个的成员，谓语动词用第三人称复数形式。如：

(1)Our class is made up of fifty students.我们班有五十个学生组成。(2)Our class are working very hard.我们班的同学学习都很努力。(3)His team is very strong.他们队很强大。

(4)His team are talking with the coach.他们队在跟教练谈话。(5)His family isn't very large.他家不是一个大家庭。

(6)His family are music lovers.他的家人都是音乐爱好者。

D.主语是以 s 结尾的名词表示的是学科或国家时： politics, physics, mathematics（数学）politics（政治学），economics（经济学），谓语动词也只能用第三人称单数形式。如：

(1)Physics is very interesting and useful.物理既很有趣也很有用。

(2)The United Nations is made up of more than one hundred countries.联合国由100多个国家组成。

E.主语是两个对称部分组成的事物时：clothes, compasses(圆规), glasses, trousers, scissors, shoes, socks, gloves，它们单独作主语时谓语动词要用复数，但如果前面有 a / this pair / sort / kind of 等修饰时，则谓语动词要用单数形式。

(1)The trousers are not expensive.这条裤子不贵。(2)Your socks are over there.你的袜子在那边。

F.主语是：goods, arms（武器），clothes（衣服），thanks（感谢）等通常以复数形式出现在句子里的名词时，谓语动词用第三人称复数形式。如：

(1)All the goods were shipped from America.(2)All the arms you want have been prepared.G.主语是：works（工厂）, series(系列), means, data(资料数据), sheep, fish, Japanese, Chinese等其单复数形式相同的名词时，谓语动词的形式须依照它们在句中的意义来确定。如：

(1)That Japanese has been to China for twenty times.（这位日本人已来过中国20次了。）(2)Those Japanese are visitors to our university.（那些日本人是到我们大学来参观的客人。）注意：Chinese, Japanese这样的词不仅可做名词，还可和定冠词一起连用，表示“……一类人”，是种集合名词的表达形式。因此，用于后者时，其动词的单复数不能取决于内容，而是一定要用复数。

(3)The Japanese are united.日本人很团结。

H.主语是：时间、距离、金钱、价格、度量衡单位等名词或短语，通常把这些名词看作一个整体，谓语动词用第三人称单数形式。如果强调个体则谓语动词用复数形式。常见的这种词有：years, dollars, dozens, miles, length, width等。如：

(1)Three years passes quickly.三年很快过去了。

(2)Twenty dollars is not enough to buy this book.20元不够买这本书。(3)There are twenty dollars on the desk.桌上有20元。

I.主语若是书名，剧名、报刊、杂志名称或单位名称时，即使名词是复数形式，谓语动词也只能用第三人称单数形式。如：

(1)The Arabian Nights is very interesting.《一千零一夜》很有趣。

(2)The New York Times is popular in America.《纽约时报》在美国很受欢迎。J.在算式里，主语是数词时，加法和乘法的谓语动词单复数皆可；而减法和除法的谓语动词一律用单数。如：

(1)Three and five is/are eight.三加五等于八。(2)Twelve divided by six is two.十二除以六等于二。

K.主语里面有：a lot of, lots of, plenty, half of, part of, most of, a portion of, 分数 / 百分数of +名词时，谓语动词的形式须依照名词的数而确定（一个形容词性词组修饰主语的中心部分）。如：

(1)A lot of people have taken part in the activity.很多人参加了这次活动。(2)Lots of water is lost.大量的水被流失了。

(3)Two thirds of the students in this school have been admitted to universities.(4)Two thirds of the water has been polluted in this river.主语是：kind of, type of, pair of, amount of, quantity of + 名词时，谓语动词的形式须依照kind, type, amount, pair, quantity的数而确定。（名词性词组，一般主语就是它，A of B）如：

(1)This pair of trousers was made by Master Li.这条裤子是李师傅做的。

(2)A large quantity of water in the sea has been polluted.这个海里大量的水被污染了。(3)Large quantities of rice have been destroyed in the flood.大量的庄稼在洪水中被毁坏了。在一些短语，如 many a 或 more than one 所修饰的词作主语时，谓语动词多用单数形式。但由more than„ of 作主语时，动词应与其后的名词或代词保持一致。

Many a person has read the novel.许多人都读过这本书。

More than 60 percent of the students are from the city.百分之六十多的学生都来自这个城市。L.主语是：the number of + 名词的复数时，谓语动词用第三人称单数形式。如： The number of students in our class is seventy-eight.我们班的学生数是七十八。主语是：a number of + 名词复数时，谓语动词用第三人称复数形式。如：

A number of students of our school come from the countryside.我们学校很多学生来自农村。M.主语是：the population时，谓语动词用第三人称单数形式。如：(1)What is the population of your town? 你们镇的人口多少？

(2)The population of America is a little over two hundred million.美国人口数大约是两亿多一点。主语是：分数 + population时，谓语动词常用第三人称复数形式。如：

About eighty percent of the population in our country are farmers.我们国家大约有百分之八十的人口是农民。

N.A)every, each, either, neither, one, no one, somebody, anybody, nobody, everyone, someone, anyone, everyone, something, anything, nothing, everything在句中做限定词限定一个名词时，后面的谓语一律用单数。做限定词加of时，后面的名词或代词都应该用复数，但谓语却用单数。即使有定语从句，其主句、从句谓语仍用单数。(1)Either of them isn't going to give up their chance of education.（他们两个都不想放弃受教育的权利。）

(2)Each one of us who is now living is destined to witness remarkable scientific discoveries.（现在活着的人一定会见到伟大的科学发现。）

B)限定词加名词做主语：all, any, many, more, most, some, none, half,的谓语动词的单复数取决于它们所修饰的名词。

a)all, any, many, more, most, some修饰单数名词时，谓语为单数；当修饰复数名词谓语为复数。例：All of the world is against wars.（全世界都反对战争。）

There is some girl at the telephone who wants to speak to you.（有个女孩打电话来，找你。）b)all, any, many, more, most, some加复数名词时，谓语用复数动词。例：All roads lead to Rome.（条条大路通罗马。）There are scarcely any flies left.（几乎没有什么苍蝇了。）

c)all, any, many, more, most, some修饰不可数名词时，谓语用单数动词。

例：If there is any trouble, please don't hesitate to turn to me.（如果有什么困难，请立刻来找我。）More experience is essential for getting a higher position.（要得到更高的职位，重要的是要有更多的经验。）

3.两个或两个以上的名词连在一起做主语(一)and, both...and 连接名词或代词做主语 A．谓语一般用复数形式。如：

(1)Li Lei and Liu Mei are both interested in English.李蕾和魏方都对英语感兴趣。(2)He and she are good friends.他跟她是好朋友。

B．and 连接的两个成对的名词，如fork and knife（一套刀叉）, bread and butter（涂黄油的面包片，基本生活所需品）；soda and water（小苏打水）；aim and end(终极目标)等，虽有and 连接，但仍表示单一的概念，谓语动词常用第三人称单数形式。如：

(1)Where is your fork and knife? 你的刀叉在哪儿？

(2)Fish and chips is a popular supper here.炸鱼土豆片在这里是一种很受欢迎的晚餐。(3)The iron and steel industry is very important to our life.钢铁工业于我们生活很重要。

C．and 连接的两个名词若是指同一个人, 即： and前的名词前有冠词,而and后面的名词前没有冠词。谓语动词常用第三人称单数形式。如：

(1)The writer and the singer are going to pay a visit to our school.(2)The writer and singer is going to pay a visit to our school.D．and所连接的连个名词前分别有: every, each, no, many a等修饰时，谓语动词用第三人称单数形式。如：

(1)Every hour and every minute is important.每一小时，每一分钟，都很重要。

(2)Many a teacher and(many a)student has spoken at the meeting.在会上，很多老师和学生发言。(二)主语是：连接词or, either„or„, neither„nor„, whether„or„, not„but„, not only„but also„等连接的名词或代词时，谓语动词的形式须跟与之最接近的名词或代词决定（就近原则）。如：

(1)Neither he nor you are to blame.他和你都不应该受责备。(2)Is neither he nor you to blame? 他和你都不应该受责备吗？(3)Not only the nurses but also the doctor is coming to the meeting.not only A but also B(强调B)= A as well as B(强调A), not only...but also...是平行结构，的确采用就近原则，但是，as well as...就其本质而言是个短语介词，与其宾语形成完整的介词短语做伴随状语，不影响句子的单复数，所以，不采用就近原则。

Not only..., but also...这个句型用于表示“不仅...，而且...”也可以用于倒装句型。

倒装的时候，not only+倒装，but also+正常语序。

(4)Not only did I go to the park ,but also I went to the forbidden City.我不仅去过公园，我也去过北京故宫。

(三)主语是：介词in, out of, with, except, besides, without, as well as, no less than, rather than, more than, but, along with, together with, like, including, in addition to等所连接的两个名词时，谓语动词的形式应与这些词前面的名词的数保持一致。“主语 + 后置定语”谓语动词只看主语，不看后置定语部分。如：

(1)At the meeting, one in four is against the decision.会上由四分之一的人反对这一决议。(2)The teacher with his students is discussing a question.老师和学生们在讨论问题。(3)He as well as I wants to go boating.他和我想去划船。

(四)one and a half + 名词复数做主语，即名词超过一，但不满二时，谓语动词用第三人称单数形式。如：

One and a half oranges is enough for the baby.这个孩子有一个半桔子就够了。

(五)many a + 名词单数；more than one + 名词单数；a + 名词单数 + or two等做句子的主语时，谓语动词用第三人称单数形式。如：

(1)Many a student is interested in English movies.很多学生对英语电影感兴趣。

(2)A worker or two is going to be sent to work abroad.一两个工人将被派往国外去工作。(六)one or two +名词复数做句子的主语时，谓语动词第三人称复数形式。如：

One or two spelling mistakes have been found in your composition.在你的作文中发现了一两个拼写错误 4.The + 形容词做主语

A．The + 形容词指人做主语时，指具有形容词性质的一个群体，谓语动词一般用第三人称复数形式。如：

(1)The poor were usually looked down upon by the rich.过去，穷人常被富人瞧不起。(2)The wounded have been taken good care of in the hospital.伤员在医院受到了很好的照护。B．The + 形容词指抽象概念做主语时，谓语动词一般用单数形式。如：(1)The true is to be distinguished from the false.真假必须辨明。5.主语是句子、短语

A．主语是非谓语动词短语时，谓语动词用第三人称单数形式。如：

(1)Reading is of much help for learning a language.阅读对学语言很有帮助。

(2)To keep on doing morning exercises is good.(= It is good to keep on doing morning exercises.)

坚持做早操很有好处。

如果主语是两个或以上非谓语动词短语并列出现时，谓语动词用第三人称复数形式。如：(1)Reading and speaking is of much help for learning a language.阅读对学语言很有帮助。B．主语是从句时，谓语动词一般用第三人称单数形式，如：

(1)Why he was absent yesterday is being questioned.他昨天为什么没来正在询问之中。

(2)Where we can get so much money is still a problem.我们到哪里去弄这么多钱还是个问题。但what，who引导的从句做主语时，当指具体的东西或人时，谓语动词的形式必须根据具体的意思而定。如：

What I want are these things.Who I am going to meet are Tom and Mike.C．定语从句中谓语动词的形式必须跟先行词的单、复数形式保持一致。如：

(1)The girl who is speaking on the stage is Zhang Li’s sister.在台上讲话的那个女孩是张力的姐姐。

(2)The children that are playing games over there are from Guangdong.在那边做游戏的孩子们是广东人。

注意：在“one of + 名词复数 + 定语从句”结构中，定语从句的谓语动词一般用第三人称复数形式，但当one前面有the, the very, the less, the only或形容词最高级修饰时，定语从句的谓语动词一般用第三人称单数形式，如：

(1)Li Lei is one of the students who are good at English.李蕾是英语学得好的学生之一。(2)Alice is the only one of the girls that is from America.艾利斯是唯一的一个来美国的女孩。D．there be结构中be动词的形式由紧接近be后面的名词的形式所决定。如：

(1)There is a teacher and seventy students in the classroom.教室里有一个老师和七十个学生。(2)There are seventy students and a teacher in the classroom.教室里有七十个学生和一个老师。

如果句子是由here引导，而主语又不止一个时，谓语通常也和最邻近的主语一致。(1)Here is a pen, a few envelopes and some paper for you.E．在某些虚拟语气的句子中，无论主语是谁，be动词总是为were的形式。如：

(1)If I were a bird, I would fly in the sky freely.要是我是一只鸟，我将自由自在地在天空飞翔。(2)If he were here, I would talk to him face to face.如果他在这里，我将面对面地跟他谈。

第四篇：英语语法主谓一致

主谓一致

Step1 定义

1.语法形式上要一致，即单复数形式与谓语要一致。

2.意义上要一致，即主语意义上的单复数要与谓语的单复数形式上一致。eg.I am seventeen.She is sixteen.There is a desk in the room.There are no chairs in it.They have not come yet.Step2.Rules

1.例句

 is the biggest city in China. lies in North America. is read all over china. plays an important part in the world affairs.归纳：表示国家、城市、人名、书名、报纸、杂志及组织等专有名词作主语，通常作为整体看，谓语动词用单数

2.例句

 is a professor from a university. plays an important part in our national economy  has come to the meeting. do not agree. were over there.归纳: And 连接两个名词做主语，若and前后的名词指的是同一个人或物，谓语用单数。若指的是不同的人或物，谓语用复数。

3.例句

 are twin sisters. were surprised when they heard the news. was in the room. likes it.归纳：由and连接的两个单数名词做主语，谓语动词用复数。如在分词前由

every, each, no, many a时，谓语动词用单数。

4.例句

 was in the classroom. was getting on the bus. is to blame. Mr.Smith, his wife and children, is arriving in Beijing next

Monday.归纳：由with, together with, as well as, besides, except, along with, including, rather than等连接两个名词作主语，谓语动词根据第一个名词来判断。

5.例句

 is a large one with seven members. is a big one. 归纳：集合名词做主语，若表示整体时谓语用单数，若表示集体中的成员时

谓语用复数。

6.例句

is a long distance. is a large sum of money. is a long time.归纳：有些表示时间、数量、金钱、距离等的名词可以作为一个整体来对待，谓语动词用单数。

7.例句

have been tried. has been tried. is at the other end of the town. were closed for lack of raw material.归纳：有些单复数同型的名词，要根据意思决定谓语动词的形式。

8.例句

 Walking on the moon is very difficult. What he said is wrong. To walk with him is a great pleasure. Smoking is harmful to people’s health.归纳：动名词、不定式或从句做主语时，谓语用单数。

9.例句

are taken good care of in our village. were sent to hospital immediately. are for the plan, but the poor are against it.gives pleasure to all.归纳：定冠词the 加上某些形容词，如the rich, the wounded, the old, the dead, the

sick 等表示一类人，谓语用复数。表示一类物，用单数。

10.例句

 am to go.is wholly right. am going to be punished for playing computer games

after school.归纳：当两个主语由either…or, neither…nor, not only…but also等连接时，谓

语动词与邻近的主语保持一致。

11.例句

 is a computer and many books for you. were many pictures of him on the wall.归纳：Here, there 引导的句子，谓语动词也采用就近原则。

12.例句

is covered with water. were bad.归纳：分数或百分数做主语时，谓语动词根据后面的名词来判断。若名词为

可数名词，谓语用复数，若名词为不可数名词，谓语用单数

13.例句

 None of them has arrived yet at the area. None of them have arrived yet. Neither of them knows the answers. Neither of them know the answers.归纳：代词none, neither 有时作单数看，有时作复数看待，主要 根据说话人的意思来判断。

14.例句

 have been to shanghai. has been to shanghai.归纳：“One of+复数名词” 后的定语从句中的谓语用复数，而“the(only/very)one of+复数名词”后的定语从句中的谓语用单数

15.例句

 Everyone is here. Everything is ready.归纳：Everybody, everyone, someone ,nobody, everything, nothing, something等

不定代词作主语，谓语动词用单数

Step3.Exx.1.Mike and John’s __________.A.father is a teacherB.fathers are teachers

C.father are teacherD.fathers are teachers

2.Three fourths of the homework ________ today.A.has finishedB.has been finished

C.have finishedD.have been finished

3.Jane is the only one of the best students in her class who _______ by their teacher.A.are praisedB.is praisedC.praiseD.praised

4.The whole class _____ the teacher attentively.A.are listening toB.is listening toC.are listening D.is listening

5.The United States of America___one of the most developed countries in the world.A.isB.areC.wasD.were

6.Nobody_______to smoke in the cinema.A.allowsB.allowC.is allowedD.are allowed

7.Mary as well as her sisters______Chinese in China.A.are studying B.have studied C.is studying D.study

8.I, who_______your teacher,will try my best to help you with your study.A.beB.amC.areD.is

9.The rich _______ not always happy.A.areB.isC.hasD.have

10.Many a man ______ come to help me.A.haveB.hasC.doesD.had

11.No one but her parents _______ it.A.knowB.knowsC.is knowingD.are knowing

单元检测

一． 单词拼写

1.The old man came in, with two young men ______（搀扶）his body.2.Flying across the high mountain for the first time is a great a___________.3.Devoted to the cause of education all her life, she was r________ by all the

people in her country.4.________（鉴于）his age, he did it quite well.5.His first song was __________（给予灵感）by the memory of his mother.二． 完成句子

6.She worked hard to _______ ________ ________ _________ ________ ________ ________ not to use them.她努力工作让尽可能多的国家同意不再使用他们。

7.But the evening _______ _______ all __________.但是到傍晚时分我们觉得这一切都是值得的。

8.________ unusual _________ __________ in the forest.对女性来说住进大森林是一件稀罕的事。

9.Why not study a medical college like Lin Qiaozhi and ______ __ her good work?

为什么不像林巧稚一样在医学院学习然后继续她高尚的工作呢？

10.They are _______ ________ ________ to learners of English.他们对学习英语的人很有帮助。

三． 单项选择

11.It can be said that reaching the agreement so quickly was a great ____ for the

meeting

A.appointmentB.achievementC.progressD.accident

12.----What are the students _____ about?

-----Whether Senior Three students should join in the coming school sports meet.A.quarrelingB.inspiringC.fightingD.arguing

13.______ the stars carefully, and you will find that they are not shining themselves..A.ObserveB.NoticeC.Glance atD.Mind

14.Although there are many _____ programs on TV, I think it’s wise of you not to

sit watching too much.A.worthB.worthwhileC.meaninglessD.sensible

15.Actually, the newly-published English magazine is not _______ to enlarge vocabulary.A.intendedB.instructedC.writtentD.translated

16.______ with so many fans of the famous Super Girl, the stadium is hard for us to enter.A.CrowdingB.To be crowdedC.CrowdedD.Crowded out

17.It’s my daily duty to have the English newspapers ______ to the senior students.A.printedB.publishedC.deliveredD.advertised

18.I was about to give up my effort to work on the puzzle when a good idea ___ me.A.attackedB.beatC.caughtD.hit

19.It was foolish of him to _____ his notes during that important test, and as a result,he got punished.A.stick toB.refer toC.keep toD.point to

20.In a way, I think we both won---I won the game, but you won my _______.A.supportB.favourC.respectD.impression

21.Greatly _____, the students made up their minds to carry _____ the experiment.A.inspiring;outB.inspired;on

C.having inspired;throughD.to be inspired;away

22.----What is his suggestion?

-----Just guess the meaning of it whenever you _____ a new word in reading.A.come intoB.come atC.come acrossD.come about

23.______ modeling business is by no means easy to get into, the good model will

always be in demand.A.WhileB.SinceC.AsD.If

24.-----Anything different today?

-----Er, no teacher and no student______ absent today, which means all _______ present at the meeting.A.are;areB.was;wereC.were;wasD.is;is

25.-----Am I free to run around here?

-------_______.Don’t you know the school rules?

A.Behave yourselfB.Believe in yourself

C.Cheer upD.Never mind

第五篇：高中英语主谓一致

高中英语主谓一致

一）主谓一致的种类

1．语法形式上的一致

主语为单数形式，谓语动词用单数形式；主语为复数形式，谓语动词也用复数形式。如： The number of the students present is 200.Jane and Mary look alike.2．意义上一致

1）主语形式虽为单数，但意义为复数，谓语动词用复数。如：The crowd were shouting.单数形式代表复数内容的词有：people, police, cattle等。2）主语形式为复数，而意义上却是单数，谓语动词用单数。如：The news was so surprising.形复意单的单词有news和一些以ics结尾的学科名称，如physics，politics, economics等。

3．就近原则

即谓语动词的单、复数形式取决于最靠近它的词语。如用连词or，either…or, neither…not, not only…but also等连接的并列主语，如果一个是单数，一个是复数，谓语动词与靠近它的主语一致。如：

Either your students or Mr.Wang knows this.（二）主谓一致的应用 1．名词作主语

1）某些集体名词，如family, team等作主语时，如果作为一个整体看待，谓语动词用单数形式，如果就其中一个个成员而言，谓语动词用复数形式。如：

His family is a happy one.The whole family are watching TV.这类名词有：audience，class，club，company，crew，enemy，crowd，government，group，party，public，team等。

名词population一词的使用情况类似。“a group(crowd)of +复数名词”等短语之后的谓语动词也同样可用单数或复数，前者强调整体，后者强调各个部分。

2）某些集体名词，如people, police, cattle等，只当复数看待，谓语动词必须用复数。如： The police are searching for the thief.3）单、复数同形的名词主语时，谓语动词应根据意义决定单、复数。如： A sheep is over there.Some sheep are over there.4）名词所有格之后的名词被省略，这种情况一般只指商店、工厂、住宅等，作主语时，动词一般用单数。如：

The doctor’s is across the street.My uncle’s is not far from here.常见的省略名词有：the baker’s, the barber’s, the carpenter’s, the Zhang’s等。

表示店铺的名词，一般作集体名词看待，但用作主语时，谓语动词往往用复数。如： Richardson’s have a lot of goods to sell.5）当名词词组中心词为表示度量、距离、金额、时间、书名等复数名词时，往往可以根据意义一致的原则，把这些复数名词看作一个整体，谓语用单数形式。如：

Three years has passed since then.6）不定代词each, every, no所修饰的名词即使以and或逗号连接成多主语时，谓语动词仍用单数形式。如： Each boy and each girl wants to go to the cinema.7）如果主语有more than one…或many 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.但是，“more +复数名词+than one”结构之后，谓语动词一般多用复数形式。如： More members than one are against your plan.8）一些有两个部分构成的名词表示衣物或工具作主语时，谓语动词通常用复数形式，例如：glasses, clothes, trousers, shoes, compasses, chopsticks, scissors等。但如果主语用“a kind of, a pair of , a series of等加名词”构成时，谓语动词一般用单数形式。如：

A pair of shoes was on the desk.9）this kind of book =a book of this kind（这种书），其谓语动词用单数；短语this kind of men =men of this kind =these kind of men(口语)（这一类人），但this kind of men的谓语动词用单数，men of this kind和these kind of men的谓语动词用复数，all kinds of后跟复数名词，谓语动词用复数形式。如：

This kind of men is dangerous.Men of this kind are dangerous.10）复数形式的单、复数同形名词作主语时，按意义一致原则，作用单数意义时，谓语用单数，反之，谓语用复数。这类名词有：means（方法），works（工厂），species（种类），Chinese，Japanese等。如：

The(This)glass works was set up in 1980.(这家玻璃厂建于1980年。)The（These）glass works are near the railway station.（这些玻璃厂在火车站附近。）当它们前面有a, such a , this, that修饰时，谓语用单数；有all, such, these, those修饰时，谓语用复数，但means, no means, the means等词前没有以上修饰词时，可用作单数，也可用作复数。

11）如果名词词组中心词是all，most, half, rest等词语，所指的复数意义，谓语动词用复数形式；反之，用单数。如：

All of my classmates like music.All of the water is gone.12)在主谓倒装的句子中，谓语动词的数应与其后的主语一致。如： Between the two windows hangs a picture.2．由连接词连接的名词作主语

1）用and或both…and连接并列主语，谓语动词通常用复数形式。如： Plastics and rubber never rot.Walking and riding are good exercises.但是，并列主语如果指的是同一个人、同一事物或同一概念时，谓语动词用单数形式，这时and后面的名词没有冠词。如：

Truth and honesty is the best policy.The girl’s teacher and friend is a young doctor.To love and to be loved is great happiness.Going to bed early and getting up early is a good habit.A knife and fork is on the table.2）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, in addition to等引导的词组时，其谓语动词的单、复数而定。如：

The teacher as well as the students was reading in the library.３）以or, either…or, neither…nor, not only…but also等连接的名词（代词）作主语时，谓语动词的单复数应根据就近一致的原则。如：

Tom or his brothers are waiting in the room.Either you or he is to go.3．代词作主语

1）名词性物主代词作主语时，既可以用作单数，也可以用作复数，这取决于它所代替的是单数还是复数。如：

Ours(Our Party)is a great party.Your shoes are black, and mine(=my shoes)are brown.2）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。如： Such is our plan.Such are his words.3）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。如：

Those who want to go please put up your hands.Some of the energy that is used by man comes from the sun.4）疑问代词who, what, which作主语时，谓语动词可根据说话人所要表达的意思决定单、复数。如：

Who lives next door ? It is Xiao Liu.Who live next door ? It is Zhang and Liu.What produce(s)heat ?

5）不定代词any, either, neither, none, all some, more等作主语时，有以下两种情况：

单独作主语时，视其在文中的意义，动词用单数或复数形式，例如： Now all has been changed.All are present.either, neither单独作主语时，谓语通常用单数。

但后接of时，若of的宾语为不可数名词，动词当然用单数形式，若of的宾语为复数名词或代词时，动词可以是单数，也可以是复数，在正式文体中，单数形式的动词更常用。如：

Do(es)any of you know his address ? None of them has(have)seen the film.4．分数、量词作主语

1）“分数或百分数+名词”构成的短语以及由“a lot of, lots of plenty of, a large quantity of, a heap of, heaps of, half of +名词”构成的短语作主语时，其谓语动词要与短语中of后面的名词的数保持一致，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，例如：

Lots of damage was caused by fire.About three-fourths of the earth’s surface is covered with water.Three-fifths of the workers here are women.和这种情况类似的还有“a number of+名词复数”，但是，“the number of +名词”的中心词却是number, 试比较：

A number of students have gone home.The number of pages in this book is two hundred.注意：(large)quantities of修饰可数或不可数名词，其短语作主语时，谓语动词一般用复数，例如：

Quantities of food(nuts)were on the table.短语in quantity, in large quantities意为“大量”；in small quantities意为“少量”。2）a great deal of , a large amount of修饰不可数名词，其短语作主语时，谓语动词通常用单数；large amounts of修饰不可数名词，其短语作主语时，谓语动词通常用复数，例如：

A large amount of(A great deal of)damage was done in a very short time.Large amounts of money were spent on the bridge.3）表示数量的one and a half后，名词要用复数形式，但是其短语作主语时，谓语动词用单数形式，例如：

One and a half bananas is left on the table.4）half of,(a)part of修饰可数名词单数及不可数名词时，谓语动词用单数，修饰可数名词复数时，谓语动词用复数。

5．名词化的形容词作主语

如果主语由“the+形容词（或过去分词）”结构担任时，谓语通常用复数，这类词有：the brave, the poor, the rich, the blind, the young, the old, the sick, the dead, the deaf and dumb, the oppressed, the injured, the wounded, the unemployed等；但也有少数的过去分词与定冠词连用时指个别，则用单数。如：

The blind study in special schools.The departed was a well-known engineer.这类形容词或分词如果要表示个体时，就要与名词man, person或表示人的单数连和，如：an old man, a rich person, the(a)wounded soldier 6．从句作主语

1）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.2）在“one of+复数名词++who/that/which”引导的从句结构中，关系代词who/that/which的先行词是靠近它的复数名词而不是one，因此，从句中的动词应该是复数形式。如：

This is one of the most interesting stories that have been told.但是当one之前有the only等修饰语时，关系代词的先行词是one，而不是靠近它的复数名词，因此从句的动词应是单数形式。如：

She was the only one of the girls who was late.