外研版高一年级必修3 Module 1Grammar 2Subject and verb agreement课件.pptVIP

8. The number of people invited _____ (be) forty. However, a number of people _____ (be) absent for different reasons. 9. All that can be done _____ (have) been done. 10. All present at the meeting ____ (be) in favor of my idea. is are has are 11. The whole class _____ (be) listening to the teacher carefully. 12. We are surprised to find that every man and every woman _____ (be) at work. are is 外研版 高一年级(必修3) Module 1 Subject and verb agreement Read the sentences and answer the questions. My family lives in Cardiff. Our soccer team is fantastic. The whole class is here. What have the words family, team, and class got in common? (a) They are all singular nouns. (b) They are followed by a singular verb. (c) They refer to only one person. (d) They refer to a number of people. (b) (d) The key: 对于这些集体名词：family, class, team, committee, audience, public, government 等,如果强调这个集体是一个整体就被看作单数，如果强调组成这个整体的每个成员就当作复数用。 如：① The class is a good one. ② The class are all there. ③ My family is in Beijing. ④ My family are all soccer fans. ⑤ The team is loved by all the people  in the city. ⑥ The team has now known the whole story. ⑦ The audience was large. ⑧ The audience are now enjoying the play so much. Complete each sentence using a verb live play have 1. The Valencia soccer team _____ in a large stadium. 2. Carlos’s class ____ a meeting. 3. Amy ____ in London but her family ________ in Cardiff. plays has lives live/lives Finish the following sentences. 1) The class __ (be) big. 2) The class ___ (be) taking notes at the moment. 3) His family ___ (be) small in the past, but now it __ (be) big. is are was is 4) His family ____ (be) all soccer fans. 5) The team ___ (have) made progress. 6) The team ____ (have) all forgot the  meeting. are has have neither指“两者都不”, 在一般情况下用单数（特别是正式文本和英国英语中）在neither…nor…连接主语的情况下, 动词谓语和 nor 后面的成分保持数的一致none 表示“否定”, 既能指人又能指物, 可用单数,