1、一致关系1. 主语和谓语的一致:单数名词、单数代词、不可数名词等做主语时谓语动词用单数形式;复数名词、复数代词做主语是谓语动词用复数。名词做主语: 集合名词做主语时,如果表示整体概念,谓语动词用单数形式,如果就其中一个成员而言,谓语动词用复数形式。Class 3 is on the second floor.Class 4 are unable to agree upon a monitor. 有些集合名词:folk, people, police, youth 等只当复数看待,谓语动词必须用复数There are many people in the meeting room. (peopl
2、e 做民族讲时用单数) 单复数同型的名词,应根据其意义来决定谓语形式 若复数是书名、片名、剧名、格言、报名、国名等形式,其谓语动词用单数形式:The United States celebrates the birth of its independence every Fourth of July. 当名词词组中心为表示质量、距离、金额、时间等复数名词时,往往可以根据意义一致的原则,把这些复数名词看做一个整体,谓语动词用单数形式:Three years has passed. 不定代词 each, every, no, neither, either 等所修饰的名词即使以 and 或逗号连接
3、多个并列主语,谓语动词仍用单数形式:No man is born wise. 如果主语有 more than one . 或 many a .构成,尽管从意义上看是复数,但它的谓语动词仍用单数形式:More than one student has been seen the film. both, a few, many, several 等限定词修饰主语时,要用复数形式:Both of these films are boring. 主谓倒装的句子,谓语动词的数应与其后的主语一致:between the two windows hangs a picture. “The 形容词或过去分词”结构当主语时,如表示一类可数的人或事物时,用复数谓语;如表示一类不可数的事物或少数分词与定冠词连用时指个别,用单数:The rich are for the plan, but the poor are against it. /The agreeable is not always the useful.