谓语动词单,复数形式的几种情况

谓语动词单，复数形式的几种情况

1．集合名词police, people等形式上是单数但意义是复数，谓语动词用复数形式。

1).The police ………(be) searching for the thief.

2) people all over the world ………..(study) English.

2．有些集合名词family, class, team等作主语时，若当整体看，谓语动词用单数形式，若就一个个成员考虑，谓语动词用复数形式。

3) His family ……..(be) a big one. 4) His family ……….(be) waiting for you downstairs.

3．以S结尾的名词作主语时一般谓语动词用复数形式，但如果表示学科，时间，金钱，地名，组织时，谓语动词用单数形式。

5) Maths ……..(be) much easier than English,I think.

6) Two months……...(be)quite a long time.

7) The United Nations………(be) founded in 1945.

4．and连接的两个单数名词做主语时，如果意义上是复数，谓语动词通常用复数。

8) Brain and Jenny………(be) in the same class.

但是在下列情况谓语动词用单数:

1）当连接的两个名词指同一个人或物，或同一概念时，意义上是单数，谓语动词用单数。

9) The teacher and writer………..(be) going to give us a talk tomorrow .

2）当连接的两个名词前有every ,each ,no 时,意义上仍是单数，谓语动词用单数形式。

10) Every desk and every chair……….(be) made of wood .

5．由并列连词either…or ,neither…nor ,not only…but also 连接两个主语时，谓语动词就近的主语相一致原则。

11) Neither he nor I……….(be) good at English and maths .

12) Not only the students but also the teacher……….(like) playing basketball.

6．由there 或here开头而且主语不止一个，谓语动词常常就近的主语相一致原则。

13) Here………(be) a desk and two chair .

14) There………(be) two pens and one pencil under the desk .

7．如果主语是单数名词，尽管后面跟有with ,together with ,as well as ,like ,but ,except等引起的短语，谓语动词仍用单数形式。

15) Tom ,together with his parents ,………..(go) to the zoo by bike .

16) No one except the twins………..(know) the answer to the question .

8．All ,some ,most ,half +of --- 表示部分概念时，谓语动词的单复数形式由of 后面的名词单形式而定。

17) Some of the boys……….(be) late for the meeting .

18) Half of the money……….(be) his uncle’s .

9．有些形容词old , young , rich , poor等在其前加定冠词表示一类人时，谓语动词用复数形式。

19) The old………(be) taken good care of in our town .

10．由every- ,some- ,any- ,no- 等构成的复合不定代词做主语时，谓语动词用单数形式。

20) Something………(be) wrong with your bike , I think .

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11) am ,12) likes ,13) is ,14) are ,15) goes , 16) knows ,17) are ,18) is ,19) are ,20) is .

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