Subject –verb Concord-1.pptVIP

Subject –verb Concord 2013.3 Subject –verb Concord Grammatical Concord Notional Concord Principle of Proximity (1)There ___ a long springboard and three rafts at varying distances from the shore. There ___three books and a note you can take. (2) He is the only one of those boys who ___ willing to take on another assignment. Selfishness is the one of her many faults which _____ itself. (defeat) One of those (people ) + are/is The one (the only one ) of those (people )+is (3) Over 60% of the city ____ destroyed in the war. 35% of the doctors ____ women. (4) 40 minus 15 ____ 25.(leave) 40 divided by 8 ____ 5. (be) 7 plus 5 _____ 12. ( make ) 　　5 times 8 _____ 40. (be) 加和乘(单,复均可) 减和除(仅单) (5) All of the cargo ____ lost. (be, past tense) All of the crew ______ saved. (be) ① all of … , some of…, none of …, half of…., most of… 等，其后动词，依OF后的名词类别而定． ② lots of , heaps of, loads of , scads of , plenty of +n.其后动词，依OF后的名词类别而定． (6) A pile of logs_____ set beside the hearth. ( be, past tense ) A series of accidents _____ been reported. (have, present tense) A substantial portion of the reports _____ missing. ( be, present tense) A pile of ,a portion of , a series of , a panel of 无论of 后名词类别为何, 动词通常用单数. (7) Many a man ____ done his duty. (have) 　　More than one game ____lost. (be, past tense) Many a, more than one (8) My sisters or my brother ___ likely to be at home. (be) My brother or my sisters ____likely to be at home. (be) Or, nor, either…or, neither…nor, not only…but also 就近原则(正式文体中) 非正式文体中，不然。 * * is are is defeats is are leaves is makes /make is /are was were was has is has was is are *