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1、主谓一致精讲英语中的主谓一致主要应注意以下一些情况:1)由and连接两个或两个以上单数名词或代词作主语时，如果指两个或两个以上的人或物，谓语动词用复数形式；如果指同一个人或物，或指同一概念时，谓语动词用单数形式。例如：He and I are both students of physics in this university.他和我都是这所大学学物理的学生。（主语是两个人）The singer and dancer is going to give us a performance this evening.那名歌星也是舞跟演员今晚要给我们演出。（主语是一个人）Bread and butt
2、er is a common food for breakfast in England.面包黄油是英国的普通早餐食物。（同一概念）Bread and butter are sold in this shop.这家商店里有卖的面包和黄油。（不同概念）另外，由and连接的并列主语的前面分别有each, every或no修饰时，其谓语动词用单数形式。例如：Every boy and every girl has to receive education in our country.在我们国家每个男孩和每个女孩都必须接受教育。No student and no teacher was invite
3、d to the party last week.上个周没有学生，也没有老师被邀请参加那次聚会。there be句型中and连接两个并列主语时，谓语和就近的一个保持一致。例如：There is only an old piano and some broken chairs in the room.房间里只有一架旧钢琴和几把破椅子。There are still some eggs and meat in the plate.盘子里有鸡蛋和肉。2)当主语带有with, along with, together with, as well as, besides, like, without,
4、except/but, including等介词引出的短语时，谓语动词和连接词前一部分主语保持一致。例如：Alice, together with two other boys, was punished for having broken the rule.艾丽斯，还有另外两个男孩因为违反规则而受到惩罚。Mary as well as her three classmates studies Chinese in our school.玛丽还有她有三个同学都在我们学校学习中文。All the soldiers, including my brother, are leaving for th
5、e front tomorrow.所有的战士，包括我哥哥，明天将要去前线。No one except my parents knows the truth.除了我的父母没有人知道真相。3)由or, eitheror, neithernor, not onlybut also连接两个并列主语时，谓语动词与靠近的主语保持一致。例如：Either he or you are to do the work in the forest.要么他，要么是你将要去森林里做这项工作。Not only the students but also the teacher wishes for a holiday.不
6、仅是学生，老师也盼望着放假。4)一个动名词或不定式表示某种抽象概念，谓语动词用单数形式，但连接两个动名词或不定式表示不同概念时，则用复数形式。例如：To see one time is better than to hear a hundred times.看见一次比听说百遍更好。Collecting stamps is the old mans only interest in life.收集邮票是老人一生唯一的爱好。Laying eggs and looking for food are their main jobs.产卵和寻觅食物是它们的主要工作。5)名词性从句作主语，谓语动词多用单数
7、形式，但若两个或两个以上的从句由and连接表示两个概念，谓语动词用复数形式。shat引导主语从句时，谓语取决于表语的单、复数。例如：What he is doing seems very important.他正在做的事情似乎很重要。What caused the fire and how much the loss was are still unknown.什么导致了大火、损失是多少仍然还不知道。What he needs is just money for the childs disease.他所需要的是给孩子治病的钱。What I need badly are books on sc
8、ience.我非常需要的是有关科学的书籍。6)all, more, most, some, any, part, half, the rest, the majority等表示部分概念或不定数量的名词、代词作主语时，谓语动词取决于后接名词的单、复数形式。例如：All of the newspapers are delivered by post.所有这些报纸都通过邮寄来发出。All of the money is spent in helping those who are out of work.所有这些钱都被用来帮助那些失业的人。Most of the electronic games a
9、re not helpful to childrens study.在多数电子游戏对孩子的学习并没有多大帮助。Most of the rice is shipped to the place where it is more needed.大多数大米用船运往更需要的地方去。The rest of the work has to be finished before Friday.其余的工作必须在周五前完成。The rest of the people present are against your design.其余在场的人都反对你的方案。7)分数和百分数+名词作主语，谓语形式和名词的数保持
10、一致。例如：Three quarters of the money is spent in building roads, railways and so on.四分之三的钱被用来修建公路、铁路等。Three fourths of the bridges were washed away in the flooded area.在洪水地区四分之三的桥梁被冲走。8)public, family, class, crowd, population, team, group, government, company, committee, audience等集合名词作主语时，如果强调整体谓语用单数形
11、式；如果强调个体成员，则谓语用复数形式。例如：My family is not a big one, but the whole family are all music lovers.我的家庭并不太大，但全家人都是音乐爱好者。As is known to all, Chinas population is larger than any other countrys in the world.众所周知，中国的人口比世界上任何其他国家的人口都多。Nearly two thirds of the population are peasants in our country.我们国家三分之二的人口
12、是农民。9)复数形式的专有名词（国家、城市、机构、组织、书报、杂志等）通常作整体看待，谓语动词用单数形式。例如：The New York Times is one of the most important papers in the United States.纽约时报是美国最重要的报纸之一。The United Nations is an important international organization.联合国是一个非常重要的国际组织。10)表时间、重量、长度、距离、金钱等的复数名词作主语，通常看作一个整体，谓语用单数形式。例如：Two hours is not long enou
13、gh for this work.两个小时对于这项工作不是太长。Eighty miles is quite a long distance for children.八十英里对于孩子们来说是很长的距离。11)以s结尾的学科名词，如maths, physics, politics 等作主语时，谓语动词用单数形式。例如：Politics is now taught in all the schools in China.中国所有的学校里都开设政治课。12)由glasses, stockings, trousers, shoes等两个对应部分组成一体的复数名词作主语，谓语用复数形式；但有a pair
14、 of单位量词时，谓语就同pair的数保持一致。例如：Here is a pair of new trousers for you.有一条给你的新裤子。My shoes are worn out.我的鞋子穿坏了。13)the number of+复数名词或代词作主语时，谓语用单数形式；但a number of短语作主语，谓语用复数形式。例如：The numbers of the tigers is only 100 in this district.该地区老虎的数量只有100只。A number of officials were put into prison because of the
15、accident.因为这次事故，许多官员被关进了监狱。14)由every-, some-, any-, no-等构成的复合不定代词作主语时，谓语用单数形式。例如：Everyone obeys the rules; anybody who breaks the rules is punished.每个人都遵守规则，违反这些规则的任何人都要受到惩罚。15)由one, either, each, neither +of+复数名词或代词作主语时，谓语用单数形式。例如：We both fell off, but fortunately neither of us was hurt.我们俩都跌倒了，幸运的是没有一个受伤。One of my classmates is from an African country.我的一位同学是来自非洲的一个国家。16)people, police, cattle等集合名词，形式上是单数，但意义上为复数Chinese, Japanese，因而谓语动词用复数；泛指“中国人”“日本人”时，谓语用复数，但表示“语言”时则用单数。例如：Many people are busy clearing away the snow on the road.许多人正忙着清除路上的积雪。The Chinese people
