摘要：主谓一致就是谓语动词的单、复数形式由主语决定。如be动词是用is，还是用are。考试中经常以单项选择，完形填空，语法填空和动词填空等形式考查学生。学生除了在上面四种题型中扣分，往往还会在书面表达中出现错误。今天我从九个方面，谈谈我的观点。特别是第六种情况的9-

主谓一致就是谓语动词的单、复数形式由主语决定。如be动词是用is，还是用are。考试中经常以单项选择，完形填空，语法填空和动词填空等形式考查学生。学生除了在上面四种题型中扣分，往往还会在书面表达中出现错误。今天我从九个方面，谈谈我的观点。特别是第六种情况的9-10我的观点与众不同。

一.就近原则: 谓语动词由最近的主语决定。

1.There is a dictionary, two books and three pencils in the bag.

2.Neither your parents nor your uncle has been to America.

3.Either you or I am mad.

4.Not only I but also Tom and Henry are in Class Three.

5.More than one boy was late yesterday.

6.Many a student likes music class. 许多学生喜欢音乐课。

7.Both Tom and his brother are in Grade Three.

二.有each,every时,都用单数。

1.Each girl and boy likes English.每个同学都喜欢英语。

2.Every means has been tried, but we can’t solve the problem.

三.表示一个概念时,是单数。

1.The professor and writer was ill the other day. 这位教授兼作家前几天生病了。

2.Four hundred dollars is a lot of money.

3.Butter and bread is his favorite.

4.Twenty times five makes one hundred.

四.非谓语动词(词组),主语从句都是单数。

1.To do my homework takes me three hours every day.我每天要花三个小时才完成我的家庭作业。

2.Buying students different kinds of books is your job every year.

3.Why he bought so many toys is not clear.

4.What they need is more time.

5.Whether he will buy one ticket or more tickets isn’t decided.

6.When and where to build the hospital isn’t decided.

五.The 加形容词是复数。The 加姓的复数也是复数。

1.The old are respected in the country.老人在那个国家很受尊重。

2.The young walk faster than the old.

3.The blind are unable to see.瞎子看不见。

4.The Smiths are like many American and British parents.斯密斯夫妇像许多美国和英国家长。

5.The Whites enjoyed themselves last night.

六.注意中心主语。

1.The book on the three rulers is mine.主语是the book，介词短语是定语，不是主语。

2.The dictionaries the big bag are mine.

3.The number of the college students is large.

4.A number of students are standing there.

5.Some of the oranges are mine. The rest are yours.一些橘子是我的，剩下的是你的。

6.Some of the milk is mine. The rest is yours.

7.Seventy percent of the surface of the earth is covered by water.

8.Two fifths of the meat is clean.

9. Tom, as well as Mary, wants to go home.句中的as well as 不是主语，是状语，完全可以放在句末。

10. Mary, together with her parents, has been to Shanghai.主语是Mary，介词短语together with her parents 不是主语，是状语，可以放在句末。

七.有些名词本身就以s结尾,本身就是单数。

1.Physics is difficult.

2.Politics is easy .政治容易学。

3.Maths is hard. 数学难学。

八．有些名词只有复数，没有单数。

1.There were people in the room.

2.She wears good clothes.

3.Your trousers are too short. Take them off.

4.While the police were coming, Mary walked around the station and called my name.

5.The crew are leaving for the island.

6.The cattle are eating grass.牛在吃草。

九.有些要看上下文意思而定。

1.The family are doing chores now. The family is the best in our village.

2.Class Four are good at English, and Class Four is the best in our school.

思考题：根据提示完成下列句子。欢迎讨论评论区留言。

1. The number of people invited ____fifty, but a number of them___absent for different reasons.

2. E-mail, as well as telephones, ___(play) an important part in daily communication.

3._____(五分之二) of the land in that district ___ (be)covered with trees and grass.

4. Ten minutes _____(seem)a long time for one who waits.

5. Eric is the only one of the boys who __(有驾照)

6. When __(be) the United Nations founded?

7. The means __(be) useful , and we have solved many problems with it.

8. What she says and does ___(有) nothing to do with me.

9. There____a dictionary and several books on the desk.

10. When and where to build the new factory __(decide) yet.

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