主谓一致
A Humorous Story
Xiaoming: How do you evaluate the portraits (画像)we have painted?
Teacher: Many a student has passed. Some students have done pretty well.(1) Xiaoming: What about me?
Teacher: There is only one student who failed. That’s you!(2)
Xiaoming: Me? But most of my spared time has been spent in painting it.(3) Teacher: OK, guys, here is his work.(4) (Laugh)
Other students: So ugly! None of us has (have) ever seen such an ugly girl!(5)
Xiaoming: But a number of my friends say it is good. More than one of my friends tells me it
is true to life.(6)
Teacher: True to life? Who is the girl in the portrait after all? Xiaoming: She is right outside playing. I’ll go and get her. Teacher: I have to admit it is true to life. 一般说来，谓语必须与主语在人称和数上保持一致，即主谓一致。主谓一致涉及三个方面： _____________,__________________,______________。 一， 语法上的一致
1， 观察下列句子，并总结规律。 Group1:
（1） The professor and the writer have published a few new books on radio. （2） The teacher and writer is going to give us a talk. （3） Every boy and every girl likes the film star.
（4） Many a boy and many a girl has made the same mistake. 总结：
A, 两个名词由and连接作主语时，谓语动词一般用_______。 B, 当and不表示并列意义，连接两个在意义上表示_______，_______，______________，
谓语动词用________。
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C, 两个并列的名词有______________________等修饰语时，谓语动词一般用单数。 D, ___________+名词和__________+名词做主语时谓语用_____ 。 练习：
1)No bird and no beast ____ seen in the bare island. (be)
2)Every possible means____ to prevent the air pollution, but the sky is still not clear(2000上海)。
A is used B are used C has been used D have been used
3)He told us sadly that more than one person _______in the case.(2010河南)
A. involved B. had involved C. was involved D. were involved Group2: (5) The man with his daughters and sons is watching TV. (6) The girls as well as the teacher are dancing. (7) Collecting stamps is what he likes. (8) Whatever was left was taken away. (9) What they need are more people. 总结：
A, 主语+介词（短语）：with, together with, along with, except, as well as, rather than, more than, but, besides, like, including, in addition to等连接的名词时，谓语以介词（短语）前的_____________， 不受介词后的名词影响。 B, 非谓语动词作主语, 谓语动词用_________。
C, 名词性从句作主语，谓语动词常用_____但所指内容为复数意义3，谓语动词用_______。 练习：
1)What we need ____ more time. (be) 2)What he needs _____ books. (be)
3)I, rather than you, _____responsible for the accident. (be) 4)No one except my parents ____ anything about this。 A．know B．knows C．is known D．are known
5)E-mail, as well as telephones,______ an important role in our daily life(1999上海) A playing B play C plays D have played
6) A library with five thousand books_______ to the nation as a gift.(MET 1990) A is offered B has offered C are offered D have offered Group3:
(10) Either of the shirts fits me very well. (11) Nobody but Jane knows the secret. (12) Everything around us is matter.
(13) None of the farmers has (have) been abroad. (14) No news is good news. 总结：
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A, 不定代词either, somebody, something, anyone, anybody, anything, nothing, everything, everyone, everybody, each, one, another, no one, nobody, some one,等作主语时，谓语用_________，none做主语时，谓语单复数均可。 B, 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. 练习：
1) Nobody ____to smoke in the cinema.
A allows B allow C is allowed D are allowed 2)Mathematics ______the language of science. A are B are going to be C is D is to be Group 4 :
（14） Three fourths of the surface of the earth is covered with water. （15） 70 percent of people have known about the truth.
(16) Twenty percent of the workers in the factory are women. (17) The population of the city is large.
(18) Eighty percent of the population are workers.
A, 当分数或百分数+名词作主语时，谓语与后面的名词_________。
B, 表示意义较抽象的“人口”时，表______意义；表示某地区的全体居民时，为集合名
词，既可表示_______意义(视为整体)也可表示______意义(考虑其个体)。 练习：
1)_______ of the land in that district_______covered with trees and grass.(2000上海) A Two fifth, is B Two fifth, are C Two fifth, is D Two fifths, are 2)China’s population _____ by far the largest of any country. (be) 二， 意义上的一致 Group5:
（10） Ten years is quite a long time.
（11） Three thousand miles is a long distance. (12) His family is a small one． (13) His family are fat and short．
(14) The team is the best in the league． (15) The football team are having baths．
(16) The people in the village like the new doctor . 总结：
A, 当表示_______,________,_________,________等的名词作主语时谓语用单数。
B， 当集合名词 family, class, army, group, team, enemy, government, public, couple等作主语时，如果主语看作一个整体，谓语用______，如果看作其中的成员（个体时）谓语用_______。C, 但集合名词people, police, cattle, poultry(家禽).militia(民兵).vermin(害虫)等在任何情况下都用复数形式。 练习:
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1)The class ______won the honor. (have, has ) 2)The class ____jumping for joy. （were, was ）
3)Zhang’s family ____ rather big, with twelve people in all.
A. is B. are C. being D. was 三， 就近一致 Group6:
（14） Either you or I am going to answer his question.
（15） Not only he but also his friends have been to New York. （16） There is a desk and three chairs in the room. （17） There are three chairs and a desk in the room. 总结：
A, 连词 or, either…or, neither…nor, not only…but also, whether…or, not…but,等连词并列作主语时，谓语_____________________。
B, 在there 或here引导的句子，如果主语不只是一个,谓语通常和邻近的,即每一个主语一致。 练习：
1)One or two days ____ enough to see the city．(be)
2)Not only I but also Jane and Mary ____ tired of having one examination after another．(be) 3)You or he _______ to blame．（be） 4)_______ you or he to blame? (be) 5) ----- Is everyone here?
------Not yet… Look, there _____the rest of our guests!（2010江苏） A. come B. comes C. is coming D. are coming
6)The policeman ______standing at the street corner. The police ____searching for him. A.are, is B. are, are C. is, are D. is, is
练习：
1. Either Jane or Steven _____ watching TV now.
A. were B. is C. was D. are
2. Two days _______enough for me to finish the work, I need a third day. A. isn’t B. is C. are’t D. are 3. —How many lessons do you usually haver a day?
—Six lessons a day. And each of them _____45 minutes. A. last B. lasts C. have D. are 4. Neither Liping nor I _______a basketball player. A. am B. is C. be D. are
5. There ______ many new words in lesson one,It is very easy. A. is B. aren’t C. isn’t D. are 6. The number of the students in our school ____1200. A. is B. are C. has D. have
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