注意:"a series of+n."和"a species of+n."做主语时,谓语动词用单数形式
A series of articles on physics is said to be written by Mr White.
The practical means of preventing disease is washing hands frequently. The means of transportation are various, including buses, subways, cars and trains.
the+adj./Ven
表示某一类人时,谓语动词用复数
The old are taken good care of here.
表示抽象概念或个人,谓语动词用单数
The accused was found guilty and sentenced into prison.(指个人) The older gives place to the news.新陈代谢。 (指抽象概念)
例句 Both he and I are satisfied with the final result. Steam and ice are different forms of water.
注意
若and连接的名词表达的是同一人、同一事或同一概念, 即两个名词共用一个限定词,谓语动词用单数
例句 The singer and dancer is to attend the party. Bread and butter is her favorite food. 对比 The singer and the dancer are to attend the party.
由and连接的两个名词表示同一概念的常见短语还有 a horse and cart 一套马车 a knife and fork 一副刀叉 a cup and saucer 一套茶盘 a needle and thread 针线 fish and chips 炸鱼薯条
谓语动词视情况而定
就近原则
该原则出现情况 当either...or..., neither...nor..., not only...but also..., not... but..., or等连接并列主语时,谓语动词由靠近谓语动词的主语决定
例句 Either you of she is responsible for the loss of the company. Not Jack but his classmates are to blame for the fight in the school.
there be 句型的就近原则
对主语的补充
主语后有with, together with, along with besides, but, including, as well as, rather than, expect, in addition to等连接的短语时,谓语动词的单复数与前面的主语保持一致
Mary, together with her friends, lives abroad. 玛丽和她的朋友们一起住在国外。 All the students besides Jim have gone to the cinema. 所有的学生都去看电影了,包括吉姆。 The father as well as his two children is going skating every Sunday in winter. 冬天里,父亲和他的两个孩子每周日都会去溜冰。 I, rather than you, am to blame for it. 我, 而不是你,应对这件事负责。
不定式、动名词或名词性状从做主语的主谓一致
由单个动名词(短语)、动词不定式(短语)或名词性状语从句做主语时, 谓语动词用单数
Reading widely helps me grasp more words. To do regular exercise is good for us. What the professor said has a great influence on the students.
注意
when and where,等做主语时,指的是一件事,谓语用单数
When and where they had the party was unknown. 他们是在何时何地举行的聚会还不得而知。
when+从句 and where+从句,等做主语时,指的是两件事,谓语用复数
When they had the party and where they had it were unknown. 他们什么时候举办的聚会以及在哪里举行的不得而知。
固定短语和名词搭配的主谓一致
由 some of plenty of a lot of lots of most of the rest of all (of) half (of) 分数/百分数+of+名词 等短语做主语时 谓语动词与of后的名词保持一致
例句 Some of the books about investment fund have been published recently. A lot of money in the shop was stolen yesterday when the electricity was suddenly cut off. Sixty percent of the students in our class are from big cities. About three-fourths of the surface of the earth is sea.
由此可以判断这些短语即可加可名复,也可加不可数名词
large的相关搭配
large和amount
a large amount of+不可数名词,作主语时,谓语动词用单数
large+amounts of+不可数名词,做主语时,谓语动词用复数
large和quantity
a large quantity of+不可数名词,做主语时,谓语动词用单数
a large quantity of+可数名词复数,做主语时 large+quantities of+复数名词/不可数名词,做主语时 谓语动词用复数
the number of 和a number of
the number of+n.复数 表示 ... 的数目 谓语动词用单数
The number of the people present at the meeting was about four hundred.
a number of+n.单数 表示 许多,大量 谓语动词用复数
A number of the people were absent from the meeting.