Agreement of subject and verb.ppt

* Agreement of subject and verb 1.There ______ a desk and three chairs in the room. 2. Either the boy or the girls _____ (like ) the book. 3. Not only I but also he ______ (be) a football fan. 4. Neither the teacher nor the students______( be) for the plan. 5. Not you but I _____(be) a teacher. 一、就近原则 二、主语后有with, together with, along with, like, rather than, as well as, but, except, including,no less than等词或短语时，谓语动词应与前面的名词或代词保持一致 1.A teacher, together with some students ________(send) to help. 2.English as well as maths ______(be) a very important subject. 三、主语为不定代词时，谓语用单数 1.Everything ____(be) ready, __________? 2. Nobody _________(know) the answer, __________? 四、主语为none时，谓语用单数或复数均可 None of them ________(be) right . 五、主语为neither 时，谓语为单数 Neither boy _______(like) drawing. 六、加、减、乘、除四则运算用单数 Five and two _________(make) seven. Eight minus five _______(be) three. Two times five _______(be) ten. Ten divided by two ________(be) five 七、表物的集合名词作主语时，谓语动词通常用 单数（clothing, machinery, equipment, furniture…) 八、people, police, crew,clothes等作主语时，谓语动词通常用 复数 九、the + adj.指人时，谓语动词用复数； the + adj.指物时，谓语动词用单数 1.The old are paying more attention to their health. 2.The beauty is liked by everyone in the world. 十、单个不定式、动名词或句子作主语时，谓语动词用单数，否则用复数 To say is one thing, to do is another. To say and to do are quite different. Seeing is believing. Listening, speaking, reading and writing are basic abilities for a student of English. That you’ve been here is a great surprise to us. 6.What he says and what he does don’t agree. 十一、如下结构通常用单数no…and no…, every…and every…, each…and each…, many a…and many a… Each pen and each paper is found in its place. No teacher and no student likes the text. 十二、中心名词由many a或more than one 等修饰时，谓语动词用单数 1.More than one student was late this morning. 2. Many a student was late this morning. 十三、时间、距离、重量、金钱、长度等到作主语，谓语通常用单数 Fifty dollars seems too much for this coat. One hundred miles was covered in a single night. 十四、如是“A and B或 both A and B ”结构时，谓语通常用复数 十五、主语