主謂一緻
主謂一緻是指主語和謂語必須保持人稱和數的變化一緻,即句中謂語的變化形式由句子主語的人稱和數的形式決定。主謂一緻通常遵循三個原則:語法一緻、意義一緻和就近一緻原則。
考點一:一般情況下,主語爲單(dān)數可數名詞(cí)或代詞(cí)、不可數名詞(cí)時,謂語動詞(cí)用單(dān)數形式;主語爲複數可數名詞(cí)或代詞(cí)時,謂語動詞(cí)用複數形式。
考點二:動詞(cí)不定式或動詞(cí)-ing形式作主語時,謂語動詞(cí)用單(dān)數形式。
【考例鏈接】
( )1. The twins ______ fond of the new idea in the magazine article.
A. be B. am
C. is D. are
( )2. One of my friends ______ moved to America. I miss her so much.
A. has B. have C. are
( )3. Playing computer games too much ______ bad for students’ health .
A. am B. is C. are
考點三:
1. 複合不定代詞(cí)anyone, anybody, anything, someone, somebody, something, everyone, everybody, everything, no one, nobody, nothing作主語時,謂語動詞(cí)用單(dān)數形式。
2. neither of ... / none of ... 作主語時,謂語動詞(cí)用單(dān)、複數形式均可。
3. either指“兩者之中任何一個”,作主語時,謂語動詞(cí)用單(dān)數形式。either of ... 作主語時,謂語動詞(cí)用單(dān)、複數形式均可。
4. each作同位語時,謂語動詞(cí)的單、複數形式取決於(yú)主語的數;each of ... 作主語時,謂語動詞(cí)用單數形式。
考點四:當用both ... and ... 連接並(bìng)列主語時,謂語動詞(cí)常用複數形式。當and連接的兩個名詞(cí)表示兩個不同的概念時,謂語動詞(cí)用複數形式;當表示同一人、同一物或同一個概念,或表示不可分的整體時,謂語動詞(cí)仍用單數形式。
考點五:當主語後面跟有with, except, including, along with, together with, as well as, in addition to等詞(cí)語引導的短語時,謂語動詞(cí)的單(dān)、複數形式由主語的單(dān)、複數形式決定。
【考例鏈接】
( ) 1. We each ______ WeChat nowadays, even the old people.
A. play B. plays C. playing
( )2. —What would you like, coffee or tea?
—Either ______ OK. I don’t mind.
A. is B. are C. was
( )3. My sister with my parents ______ dumplings when I got home yesterday evening.
A. are making B. is making
C. was making D. were making
考點(diǎn)六:一些由兩部分構成的表示物體的名詞(cí)作主語時,謂語動詞(cí)通常用複數形式,如shoes, trousers, jeans, scissors, chopsticks等。但如果這些名詞(cí)前有量詞(cí)如pair等修飾時,謂語動詞(cí)的數與量詞(cí)保持一緻。
【考例鏈接】
( ) The pair of trousers ______ me. I’ll take it.
A. fit B. fits C. will fit
考點七:
1. “a (large / small) number of + 複數可數名詞(cí) / 代詞(cí)”作主語時,謂語動詞(cí)用複數形式;“the number of + 複數可數名詞(cí) / 代詞(cí)”作主語時,謂語動詞(cí)用單(dān)數形式。
2. “分數 / 百分數+ of + 名詞(cí)”和“the rest / most of +名詞(cí)”作主語時,謂語動(dòng)詞(cí)的數由名詞(cí)決定。
【考例鏈接】
( )1. In our city there ______ a number of cars and the number of them ______ growing larger and larger.
A. are; is B. have; is C. is; are
( )2. About ______ of the land ______ covered with trees and grass.
A. three fifths; is
B. three fifths; are
C. three fifth; are
( )3. The number of the volunteers in our city ______ 2,000. And sixty percent of them ______ teachers and students.
A. is; is B. is; are
C. are; is D. are; are
考點一:當數詞(cí)作主語或當表示距離、金額、時間等名詞(cí)(短語)作主語時,通常作爲整體看待,謂語動詞(cí)用單(dān)數形式。
【考例鏈接】
( )1. Fifty yuan ______ enough.
A. is B. am C. are
( )2. —Mom, I watched TV for only forty minutes. Sometimes ______ TV is good for us.
—Forty minutes ______ enough. Now you must do your homework.
A. watch; is
B. watching; was
C. watched; are
D. watching; were
考點二:有些集體名詞(cí)常指複數的人或物,謂語動詞(cí)用複數形式,如police;有些集體名詞(cí)作主語時,如果作爲一個整體看待,謂語動詞(cí)用單(dān)數形式;如果指集體中的成員,謂語動詞(cí)用複數形式,如family, class, team, group, crowd等;當population意爲“人口數量”時,謂語動詞(cí)用單(dān)數形式;意爲“全體居民”時,謂語動詞(cí)用單(dān)、複數形式均可。
【考例鏈接】
( )1. The population of China ______ over 1.3 billion and China has bigger population than ______ in the world.
A. is; any country
B. is; any other country
C. are; the other countries
D. are; any other countries
( )2. Look! The police ______ the food onto the bank of the river.
A. am carrying B. is carrying
C. are carrying D. are carried
考點三:以-s結尾的單(dān)數名詞(cí)如news, physics, maths, politics等作主語時,謂語動詞(cí)用單(dān)數形式。
【考例鏈接】
( )—Politics ______ my favorite subject. What about you?
—Physics ______. I think it’s very interesting.
A. is; is B. are; are C. are;is
考點四:
1. “the + 形容詞(cí)”表示一類人作主語時,謂語動(dòng)詞(cí)常用複數形式。這類詞(cí)有the brave, the poor, the rich, the blind, the young, the old, the sick, the dead等。
2. “the + 姓氏的複數形式”表示某一家人或夫婦兩人,其作主語時,謂語動(dòng)詞(cí)用複數形式。
【考例鏈接】
( )1. The old ______ our help, so we should care for them.
A. refuses B. refuse
C. needs D. need
( )2. The Greens ______ a TV show now.
A. is watching B. are watching
C. watch D. watches
考點五:定語從句中謂語動詞(cí)的單複數取決於(yú)其先行詞(cí)的單複數。
【考例鏈接】
( )—I really want to relax myself. Could we see City Danger tonight?
—Sure! The actor ______ a hero used to be a schoolteacher. I like him very much.
A. who play B. which plays
C. who plays D. that play
就近一緻是指謂語動詞(cí)的數要與其最近的主語在人稱(chēng)和數上保持一緻。
考點一:以or, not only ... but also ..., either ... or ..., neither ... nor ... 等連接的名詞(cí)(或代詞(cí))作主語時,謂語動詞(cí)要和離它最近的主語在人稱(chēng)和數上保持一緻。
【考例鏈接】
( )1. Not only you but also everyone here ______ watching football matches.
A. likes B. like C. is like
( )2. Neither Li Hua nor I ______ good at writing.
A. am B. is C. are
( )3. —What would you like to have for supper?
—Either noodles or rice ______ OK. I don’t mind.
A. are B. were C. is D. was
考點(diǎn)二:在there be 句型中,如果有兩個(gè)或兩個(gè)以上的主語時,主語與謂語的一緻通常遵循就近一緻原則。
【考例鏈接】
( )1. There ______ a pencil and some pens in the box.
A. is B. are C. aren’t
( )2. Don’t worry. There ______ enough water, vegetables and fruits in the fridge.
A. have B. are C. is