英语语法主谓一致 大学英语专业(课堂PPT)

equipment, furniture, merchandise [ˈmə:tʃəndaiz] （商品、货
物）,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 18 A、集体名词，如team, group, crowd, audience,
measles usually occurs in children.
（二）以-s结尾的地理名称作主语的主谓一致问题 如the United States，the Netherlands，因其是单一政治实体，
所以谓语动词用作单数。 例如：
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但如果是群岛、山脉、海峡、瀑布等地理名称作主语，谓语 动词用作复数。 例如：
某些以-ics结尾的学科名称作主语时，如physics, mathematics, mechanics, politics statistics, economics,
physics is a fundamental subject in science. world economics is promising.
committee（委员会）, class, crew（全体工作人员，全体船 员）, family, public, government, council(议会、理事会）等， 既可作单数，也可作复数用。
The city council is meeting to set its agenda（日程）.
3. 主语+as much as等
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当主语后面跟有由as much as, rather than, more than, no less than等引导的从属结构时，随后的形式依主语本身的 单复数而定。
Truth and honesty is the best policy. 真诚为上策。
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结构every…and every…,each…and each…, no…and no… 或many a…and…作主语时，动词用单数。
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Every man and (every) woman has a good reason to be proud of the work done by their fathers.
A smile and handshake show ቤተ መጻሕፍቲ ባይዱelcome. 微笑和握手表示欢迎。
Bread and butter is health food. 涂有黄油的面包是一种有益健康的食物。
The poet and writer has produced many works. 这个诗人兼作家写出了很多作品
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并列结构作主语主要指主语由并列的名词或名词短语构成， 此时主要有如下几种状况：
1.and及both…and…类
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一般来说，两个单数主语用and连接起来，表示两个不同 的人或物，动词用复数；但如果两个并列的单数主语在意 义上指同一个人、同一事物或同一概念，动词须用单数。
25 Her teacher and her friend are in the sitting-room. 她的老师和她的朋友都在客厅。
列主语，如果一个是单数，一个是复数，谓语动词与靠近它 的主语一致。
如： Either your students or Mr. Wang knows this.
比较：Either Mr. Wang or your students know this.
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（2）当主语表示确定数量的名词词组并由“one in/ one out of+ 复数名词” 构成，在正式语体中，动词用单数；在 非正式语体中，动词也可按“就近原则” 用复数。
(3)复数名词、代词作主语，谓语动词 6 一般用复数形式
All the students _____clever. （are）
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(4)如主语后面跟有with,together with, as well as, as much as, no less than, more than, rather than, except, in addition to 等引导的 短语，谓语动词取决于主语本身的形式。
Each boy and each girl has been invited to the tea-party. Many a man and woman in this community finds himself of
herself in need.
2.not…but…, not only…but also, or…, either…or…, neither…nor…类
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英语语法
主谓一致
主谓一致
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Subject-verb Concord
“一致”（concord或agreement）指句子成分之 间或词语之间在语法形式上的协调关系。“主谓 一致”指的是英语句子的谓语动词（Predicate Verb)与其主语(Subject)在数上必须保持一致。
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2.1指导原则
Much effort is wasted. To eat well _is_ (be)all he ask.
（2）不定代词every, each, each one ,each of, everybody, everything, many a+ 名词 作主语时，谓 语动词用单数形式。
Many a ship has been damaged in the storm.（常考）
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在由not…but…, not only…but also, or…, either…or…, neither…nor等连接的并列主语中，谓语动词应该和接近 它的主语相一致。
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Tom or you are to blame. Was he or you able to persuade her? Not you but I am to blame for the
two pairs of scissors are missing from my tool box.
the contents of the book are most amusing.
2.3以集体名词作主语的主谓一 致问题
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1)通常作复数的集体名词 集体名词，如：police, people, cattle（牛）, militia
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练习： The class _____ (consist) twenty-five boys and twenty )girls. The class ____ (do) experiments.
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B、由两部分组成的物质名称，如 trousers（裤子）, pants （裤子）, jeans, compasses（指南针）, glasses, shorts（短 裤） 等做主语时，谓语用复数 These trousers _________( need wash)
mistake.
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Not only I but also my parents are fond of travelling around.
Neither you nor I am fit for the work. Are neither you nor I fit for the work?
[məˈlɪʃə] （民兵组织）, poultry（家禽）等 通常作复数，用复数动词。如： Domestic cattle (家畜)provide us with milk, beef and
hides(皮革).
2)通常作不可数名词的集体名词
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有些集体名词，如 machinery [məˈʃi:nəri]（机器）,
英语中的主谓一致主要遵循三 个原则: 语法一致原则,意义一致 原则和就近原则。
4 一.语法一致原则（Grammatical Concord)
主语和谓语通常是从语法形式上取 得一致，即主语是单数形式，谓语 动词也取单数形式；主语是复数形 式，谓语动词也采用复数形式。
5 （1）不可数名词，动名词，不定式，从句等作主语 时，谓语通常用单数。
, a large amount of, a committee of /a board of（一组） + 名词”
做主语，谓语用单数形式；
但“these (those, all, many, some) kinds/sorts/types/forms /portions of ，two pairs of, large amounts of, quantities of + 名 词”做主语，谓语则用复数形式。
Your glasses ______ very nice.
4)当集体名词被以下量词短语修饰时，
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A： a (the, this, that) kind /sort / type/form/portion（份额）
/series/ species of + 名词”或 “a pair of, a panel of(一组）
如：The crowd were running for their lives. 其主语形式虽为单数，但意义为复数，谓语动词为
复数。
三9 . 就近原则（Principle of Proximity）
谓语动词该用单数还是复数形式，取决于最邻近 它的名词、代词或其它词的数。
（1）谓语动词的单复数形式取决于最靠近它的词语。如用 10 连词or, either…or, neither…nor, not only…, but also等连接的并
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This kind of book is useful for us.
Many kinds of shoes are on sale in that shop.
A committee of five men and three women is to consider the matter.
3.1以并列结构作主语的主谓一 致问题
One in ten students has failed the exam. 比较：One in ten students have failed the exam.
2.2以-s为结尾的名词作主语的主 谓一致问题
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（一）以-s结尾的疾病名称作主语的主谓一致问题
如：arthritis,[ɑ:rˈθraɪtɪs] （关节炎）bronchitis, [brɒŋˈkaɪtɪs] （肺炎）measles（麻疹） diabetes（糖尿病）, mumps （腮腺炎）, phlebitis [fləˈbaɪtɪs ]（静脉炎）, rickets（软骨 病）,这类以-s结尾的疾病名称作主语时，谓语动词通常用 作单数。 例如：
the third
（四）其它以-s结尾的名词的主谓一致问题
3) 表示成双成套的名词，如：chopsticks (筷子), compasses, 15 clothes, glasses, jeans, scissors, shoes, socks, trousers, gloves,
shorts等，作主语时，谓语动词通常用复数形式；但如与a kind of, a pair of, that pair of, a series of 连用，作主语时，谓语 动词用单数形式。如：
the Himalayas have a magnificent variety of plant.
the Niagara falls are perhaps the most splendid waterfall in the world.
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（三）以-ics结尾的学科名称作主语的主谓一致问题
His brother rather than his parents is to blame.
Bill, together with his sisters, was hurt in the accident.
8二. 意义一致原则（Notional Concord）
即谓语动词的单复数形式取决于主语所表达的内容在 含义是单数意义还是复数意义。