[英语学习]Subject-Verb Concord.ppt

Darts(投标游戏)is essentially a free and easy game. Three darts are throw n at each turn. Marbles(打弹子游戏) is one of the oldest of games and was not confined to children. Marbles(各种弹子) vary in kind and quality. 但也有个别表游戏名称的n作复数，如 cards. My mathematics（运算能力） is/are rather shaky. The acoustics(音响效果) in the new concert hall are faultless. The tactics（策略） employed in this campaign were great. 2.集合名词做主语时的一致问题 1. 通常作复数的集合名词， 如 poultry（家禽） vermin（害虫）, police ， people(人民）, cattle，militia (民兵)等，谓语动词用复数 Domestic cattle provide us with milk, beef, and hides. The police are running after a thief. 2. 通常作不可数的集合名词 foliage（数叶的总称）， merchandise（商品）, equipment(设备)， furniture(家具)通常作不可数n，随后的动词用单数 All the machinery in the factory is made in China. 3. 既可以作单数也可以作复数n的集合名词 如将该n所表示的集合看为一个整体，则动词用单数，如将重点放在组成集合的成员上，动词则用复数。 Audience, committee, class, crew，family, government, public， association, club, community, company, enemy, team, school, university, army 随后的谓语单复数按‘就近原则’处理 My colleagues or my boss is likely to be at the reception desk. Either my father or my brothers are coming to see me next week. Neither the players nor the coach was confident enough before the match. Not only the furniture but also the decorations were old-fashioned. 主语+ as much as, as well as, along with, in addition to, together with, apart from, except 谓语由主语的单复数意义决定 The scientist, along with his assistants, is about to arrive around 3:00 this afternoon. The truck together with its contents was destroyed. The barn, in addition to the houses, was burned. No one else except two girls was absent for the class. 1）表示确定数量的， 如数量概念看做一个整体， 则谓语用单数。 Sixty dollars was too much for such an item. 200 miles was once a long distance. some of , all of, none of, most of, lots of, plenty of等， 其后的谓语动词单复数形式， 由of 后面的名词决定。 Most of the money was spent on daily necessities. Most of the members were there. All of the cargo was lost. Half of the furniture was imported from Europe. Lots of waste is to be processed here. Lots of people a