专四词汇及语法.docVIP

集体名词作主语主谓一致1)通常作复数的集体名词如：police, people,cattle,militia,poultry等，用复数动词。如：Domestic cattle provide us with milk, beef and hides.2)通常作不可数名词的集体名词如foliage,machinery,equipment,furniture,merchandise,通常作不可数名词，随后的动词用单数。例如：All the machinery in the factory is made in China.3)既可作单数也可作复数的集体名词如audience, committee, class, crew, family, public, government The city council is meeting to set its agenda.4)a committee,etc. of +复数名词如果主语是由“a committee of /a panel of /a board of +复数名词”构成，随后的动词通常用单数。例如：A committee of five men and three women is to consider the matter.tired, exhausted, fatigued, weary, wornout这组词均含有“疲