Dreams and Dreamers电子课件2.pptVIP

Grammar Subject-Verb Agreement ;Read the following sentences, paying special attention to the coloured parts. 1. Joe’s new trousers are black and white. 2. The family go shopping at weekends together. 3. To eat well is all he asks. 4. Physics is an important subject in the middle school.;5. Playing tennis is very good exercise. 6. There are many people on the street at weekends. 7. What caused this accident is a mystery. 8. The merchandise has arrived undamaged. 9. The glasses are not enough for him to see that object in the distance. 10. The family goes to the church every Sunday.;Subject;Subject;Subject;主谓一致的定义;1. 一些以 -ics结尾的学科名词如 politics， mathematics, physics, mechanics, economics等, 形式上是复数，实际上却为不可数名词，它们作主语时，其谓语动词常用单数形式。 e.g. I don’t think politics is easy to study. 我认为政治难学。;2. 若主语是书名、影片名、格言、剧名、报名、国名等，作为一个单一的概念，其谓语动词通常用单数形式。 e.g. The United States is smaller than China. 美国比中国小。 War and Peace is the longest book I’ve read. 《战争与和平》是我读过的最长的书。;3. 表示单一概念的动名词、不定式或句子 作主语时，谓语动词用单数。 e.g. When and where to go for the holiday has not been decided yet.;4. trousers, glasses, clothes, shoes, scissors (剪刀) 等词作主语时，谓语用复数，但如果这些名词前有a (the) pair of 等量词修饰时(clothes被a suit of修饰),谓语动词用单数。 e.g. The pair of shoes under the bed is his. 床下面的那双鞋子是他的。 The two pairs of trousers are broken. 两条裤子都破了。;5. 有些集合名词如 crowd, family, team, group, government, committee, class, school, union, firm, staff, public等，它们作主语时，谓语动词的数要根据语言内容而定。如果它们是作为一个集体单位，谓语动词用单数形式，如果是就其中的各个成员来说，则谓语动词用复数形式。;e.g. My family was here two years ago. 两年前，我家就搬到这儿了。 My family aren’t enjoying music. 我们家人都不喜欢音乐。 The team is the best in the league. 这个队在联赛中打得最好。 The football team are having baths. 足球队队员们在洗澡。;【注意】 有时没有特定的语境，用单复数谓语均可: e.g. The audience was (were) very excited by the show. 观众对演出甚感激动。 The public has (have) a right to know what’s in the report. 公众有权知道这篇报告的内容。