英语语法系列_Chapter_VI_主谓一致.pptVIP

15. 在“a number/total of+名词复数”结构中，中心词是名词，谓语动词用复数形式。但在“the number/total of+ 名词复数”结构中，中心词却是number或total，故谓语动词用单数形式。 ? A number of students are playing basketball on the playground. 操场上有相当多的学生在打篮球。 ? The number of pages in this book is 900. 这本书的页数是900。 A total of 3000 letters were received last month. 上个月共收到3000封信。 The total of letters received last month was 3000. 上个月收到信件共3000封。 16. 在“a great deal of?/a large amount of + 不可数名词”结构作主语时，谓语动词通常用单数。但“large amounts of + 不可数名词”结构作主语，谓语动词通常用复数。? A great deal of rice was taken from the country to the city by railway. 很多大米通过铁路从乡下运往城市。 A large amo