[英语]M1P3 Grammar2 Subject and Verb Agreement.ppt

Homework 17. 当 there be/here be 句型的主语是一系列事物时，谓语应与最邻近的主语保持一致。 1. There is a pen, a knife and several  books on the desk. 2. There are twenty boy-students and  twenty-three girl-students in the class. 3. Here is a letter and a book for you. 4. There are three chairs, two tables and  a bike in the house. 18. 主语后跟 “with, along with, together with, like, unlike, besides, but, except, including, as well as, as much as, rather than, more than, no less than, and not +名词”结构时，谓语动词一般和前面的主语保持一致。 1. The teacher with a number of students is in the classroom. 2. Tom, as much as you, was responsible for the loss. 3. He more than you is anxious to go there. 19. 谓语应该跟主语一致还是跟表语一致? We Chinese ____ a hard-working people． A. is B. are C. is being D. are being 此题应选B。这里应注意的是：我们通常说的是主谓一致（即谓语与主语保持一致），而不是表谓一致（即不是谓语与表语一致），本题意为：我们中国人是一个勤劳的民族。 注意以下类似例子： 1. These two dictionaries are a present for my best friend Jim. 2. The planets were the object of his study. 3. The most important thing I need is books. 4. The countrys leading export is watches. 5. The best part of the meal is the coffee and cookies. 复习主谓一致。 subject and verb agreement 1. ___ you or he the teacher of English? Neither my sister nor my mother ____ present at the meeting. A. Are, was B. Is, were C. Are, are D. Is, is 2. When and where to build the new factory ____ yet. A. is not decided B. are not decided C. has not decided D. have not decided 单选 3. One or two days ____ enough to see  the city. A. is B. are C. am D. be 4. Neither my wife nor I myself ____ able  to persuade my daughter to change  her mind. A. is B. are C. am D. be 5. Not the teacher, but the students  ____ looking forward to seeing the  film. A. is B. are C. am D. be 6. His “Selected Poems” ____ first  published in 1965. A. were B. was  C. has been D. have