Subject-Verb Agreement.ppt

一、由连接词连接的名词或带有后置定语的名词作主语 1.[考例]： When and where to build the new factory ___ yet. (NET’91) A. is not decided B. are not decided C. has not decided D. have not decided 解析：当and连接的两个词表同一概念，或同一人（物）时，谓语动词用单数形式。 2.[考例]: A library with five thousand books ___ to the nation as a gift. A. is offered B. has offered C. are offered D. have offered E-mail, as well as telephones, ___ an important part in daily communication. (上海’90) A. is playing B. have played C. are playing D. play Nobody but Jane ___ the secret. (MET’86) A. know B. knows C. have known D. is known 当主语前有as well as, as much as, no less than, along with, with, like, rather than, together with, besides, in addition to等引起的短语作后置定语时,谓语动词的形式视主语的单复数而定. 3[考例] Either you or the headmaster___ the prizes to these gifted students at the meeting. (上海‘94) A. is handing out B. are to hand out C. are handing out D. is to hand out 由either…or, neither…nor, not only…but also连接的两个词作主语时，根据就近原则，谓语动词的形式以邻近的主语的数而定。 二、代词作主语 1.[考例] --- Each of the students , working hard at his or her lessons, ___ to go to university. --- So do I. (上海’98) A. hope B. hopes C. hoping D. hoped 当either (each, one)+ of+复数名词,或some, any, no, every和body, one或thing构成复合不定代词作主语时,谓语动词用单数形式. none, neither作主语时,谓语动词单复数都可. 2.考例： She is one of the few girls who ___in the kindergarten. (上海‘94) A. is well paid B. are well paid