主谓一致用法详细讲解40例

主谓一致详细讲解

1.由and所连接的两个名词指同一人物、同一事物、同一概念时，谓语动词要用单数形式。

例如：

Both bread and butter were sold out in that grocery.

Zhang Hua and Li Ming are good students.

注意:当两个主语为不可分的东西时，谓语动词用单数形式。例如：

A watch and chain was found on the desk. Bread and butter is nutritious.

When and where this took place is still unknown.

注意：一身兼二职的情况：The writer and runner is attending the conference.

2. 由every…and every…, each…and each…, many a…and many a …, no ...and no…等构

成复合主语时,谓语动词用单数形式。例如:

Each man and each woman is invited.每个男人和女人都邀请了。

No boy and no girl is there now. 现在那里没有一个男孩和女孩。

Many a boy and many a girl has been invited.很多男孩和女孩都被邀请了。

In China every boy and every girl has the right to receive education.

在中国每个男孩和女孩都有接受教育的权利。

3. 由or, not only... but also..., not…but…, either...or, neither...nor，whether……or……连接

主语时,谓语与靠近的主语一致，即就近一致的原则。例如：

He or his brothers were to blame .Either you or I am mad. Are either you or I mad? Neither you nor he is right. Not only the teacher but also his family were friendly to me.

4. 当主语后跟有with, along with, together with, besides, except, like, including, in addition

to, as well as, rather than等词时,谓语动词根据前面的主语变化。例如：

All but one were here just now. A library with five thousand books is offered to the nation. She as well as the other teachers is going t o Nanjing.

5. 某些词结尾字母为s, 但并不是复数形式,如: physics, maths , economics (经济学), politics,

news…作主语时用单数形式。means, works(著作)单复同形。例如：

Physics is very important. Every means has been tried.

Every possible means has been used to prevent air pollution, but the sky is still not clear .

6. 当一些由两部分构成的表示衣物或工具的名称作主语时, 谓语用复数形式, 如:

trousers , shorts, shoes, glasses, goods, clothes, chopsticks, scissors. 如果这些词由a pair, piece, kind , type ,box + of 修饰,则用单数形式.例如：

My trousers are white and his clothes are black. A pair of shoes is lying here. These kinds of glasses are popular.

7.单复数同形的名词，如sheep, deer 等做主语时，应根据主语的单复数意义确定谓语动词

的形式。例如：

A deer is over there. Some deer are over there .

8.population做主语时，通常看作单数，若population前有分数、百分数修饰时，则句子谓

语通常用复数。例如：

The population in China is very large and 80% of the population live in rural areas .

9. 复数名词, 如: people, police, public ,crew ,cattle作主语时, 谓语动词用复数形式。例如：The police like to help people. People are talking abou t the news ..

The cattle are grazing in the fields .

10. 集体名词, 如: family ,crowd ,class ,team ,audience ,committee ,club, group ,enemy ,

population, government等, 如把它们当作整体看, 谓语动词用单数; 如把它们当作若干个体来看, 谓语动词用复数。例如：

Our family is very happy. My family are all football fans.

11.表示某一国人或某一民族、种族的人的名词作主语时，谓语动词用复数。例如：

The Chinese were a highly civilized people long before the Europeans .

12. 表示距离, 时间, 长度,价值, 金额, 重量等的词, 用复数形式时, 谓语动词一般用单数。Two thousand dollars is a large sum. Two hours is enough.

但是算式中表示数字的主语一般视为单数,谓语动词多用单数形式..例如:

Five times six makes (make ) thirty . 5乘6等于30.

Five plus /and five is / are ten . 5加5等于10 .

Ten minus six leaves four . 10 减6 等于4 .

Twenty-five divided by five equals five . 25除以5等于5 .

13.“more than one+名词”作主语时，谓语动词用单数; “more than two, three ...+名词”作主语时，谓语动词用复数。例如：

More than one student is going to be a lawyer in the future .

14. the + 形容词，表示一类人，谓语动词用复数；若the + 形容词，表示一类物，谓语

动词用单数。例如：

The rich are for the decision but the poor are against it. The beautiful lives forever.

15. 关系代词who, that, which等在定语从句中作主语时，其谓语动词的数应该与句中先行

词的数一致。例如：

I, who am only a common worker, will retire in two years.

但是one of +复数名词+从句，从句的谓语动词应用复数，而the ( only/very ) one of +复数名词+从句，从句的谓语动词应用单数。例如：

This is one of the most interesting questions that have been asked .

Sarah is the only one of the girls who plays in the band .

17.由what引导的主语从句,谓语动词一般用单数形式,但若从句谓语或从句后的表语是复数

形式,则谓语动词用复数. 例如:

What you said is quite to the point . What we need are qualified teachers .

WhatＩsay and think are no business of his .=What I say and what I think

What I miss badly are those happy hours I spent together with them .

22.在it引导的强调句中，who 或that 后的谓语动词在人称和数上应与前面被强调的名词

或代词在人称和数上保持一致。例如：

It’s I who am to blame. It is you who are to blame.

It is the people who / that are really powerful.

25.由There ,Here引起的句子，主语又不止一个，其谓语动词通常和邻近的那个词保持一致。例如：

There is a knife and some apples here. Here are some envelopes and paper.

26.在倒装句中，与后面的主语一致。例如：

South of the city is a large stadium. On the wall hang two large portraits.

27.“分数或百分数+ of +名词”结构作主语时，谓语动词的单复数取决于其中的名词.例如：

Three—fourths of the surface of the earth is sea. Two-thirds of the youth support the plan. 29. 代词none和neither 做主语时，有时作单数看待，有时作复数看待，主要根据说话人

的意思来决定。但是代表不可数名词时，只作单数。neither 作形容词时与单数名词连用，谓语动词用单数形式。例如：