主谓一致分析

Subject-Verb Agreement（主谓一致）

Observe the following sentences. What can you conclude?

1. Two hours is enough for us to finish the experiment.

40 kilometers is a long distance for him to get there on foot.

Ten dollars is too cheap for this pair of shoes.

2. The writer and the professor come from Australia.

The singer and dancer is to attend our party.

3. The people in the city are very friendly.

The police are searching for the murderer.

The cattle are grazing (吃草) near the river.

4. The steel works was built in the 1950s.

Great Expectations is a book written by Charles Dickens.

Physics is my favorite subject.

Ever since the Second World War United States has been Japan's principal trade partner.

5. My family has moved into the new house.

My family enjoy sports and games.

The committee was made up of 10 members.

The committee were having dinner.

6. The shoes were too big for his feet.

The trousers are worn.

My glasses are broken by my daughter.

The scissors look very lovely.

7. The rich are for the plan, but the poor against.

The departed was a good friend of his.

8. Seventy percent of the youth support the program.

Two thirds of the money has been used up.

9. Every boy in the class was invited to the party.

Only we ourselves could help us, no man stands up for our rights.

Many a student is against her suggestion.

More than one way has been tried to stop noise pollution.

10. A large quantity of water has been polluted.

A large quantity of books were burnt in the fire

Large quantities of water have been polluted.

A large amount of money is spent on advertisements every year.

Large amounts of water are wasted every day.

11. To see is to believe.

Reading in the sun does harm to our eyes.

Whether we’ll go depends on the weather.

12. You or he has taken my dictionary.

Either he or you are not telling the truth.

Not only the kids but also the father likes cartoons.

13. His brothers as well as his mother are very kind to me.

He, like you and Tom, is very clever.

Nobody but three students is in the classroom.

Our school, with some few schools, was built in the 1950s.

14. Someone is waiting for you at the school gate.

Nobody wants to go there.

Neither of the stories is interesting.

Either of them is interested in English.

Each of us has an English dictionary.

We each have an English dictionary.

Choose the best answer.

1.Listening to loud music at rock concerts ____ caused hearing loss in some teenagers.

A. is

B. are

C. has

D. have

2. Traditional folk arts of Tianjin like paper cutting ____ at the culture show of the 2010

Shanghai World Expo.

A. are being exhibited

B. are exhibiting

C. is being exhibited

D. is exhibiting

3. A poet and artist ____ coming to speak to us about Chinese literature and painting

tomorrow.

A. are

B. is

C. was

D. were

4. It is reported that many a new house ____ at present in the disaster area.

A. are being built

B. were being built

C. was being built

D. is being built