1 集合名词作主语
1-1 people(人、人民),police(警察) 等词作主语时,动词用复数形式。
There **are **three **people **in my family. 我家有3口人。
The police are standing there. 警察们正站在那里。
1-2 all指人时用复数动词,指事物时用单数
All are here. 大家都到了。
All goes well. 一切都很好。
1-3 family, class, team等集合名词作为一个整体看待时,动词用单数形式;指其中各个成员时,动词用复数形式。比较:
My family is a big one. 我家是个大家庭。
His family are all working in Taipei. 他全家人都在台北工作。
The class has fifty students. 这个班有50个学生。
The class are listening to their teacher. 这个班的学生正在听老师讲话。
2 抽象名词作主语
news(消息),math(数学)等词作主语时,动词用单数形式。
The news is very good. Where did you hear it? 这消息很好。你从哪儿听来的?
**Math **is my hardest subject. 数学是我觉得最难的科目。
3 数量概念作主语
表示时间、距离、金钱、重量等名词的复数作主语时,把这些复数词看作一个整体,动词用单数形式。
Ten years is a long time. 10年是很长的时间。
Ten minutes is enough. 10分钟就够了。
Twenty dollars has been paid. 已经付过20美元了。
4 名词化的形容词作主语
主语是由“the + 形容词”结构担任,如果指一类人,动词用复数形式;如果指某一个人,动词用单数形式。
The rich are not always happy. 有钱人也有不开心的时候。
The old are taken good care of in the city. 在这个城市里,老人得到了很好的照顾。
The young like the game. 年轻人喜欢这种游戏。
5 容易犯错的句子
5-1 大家都到齐了,没有人缺席。
Everyone are here. No one are away. ×
Everyone is here. No one is absent. √
不定代词everyone, everybody, anyone, anybody, no one, nobody等,在意义上都被看作单数。它们作主语时,动词用单数形式。
5-2 我们两个人都没去过阳明山。
Neither of us have been to Yang Ming Mountain. ×
Neither of us has been to Yang Ming Mountain. √
当neither, either, any等词单独作主语或与 短语一起作主语时,其后动词用第三人称单数形式。又如:**Either **of the answers **is **right. 两个答案中有一个是正确的。
5-3 他们每个人都有一个苹果。
Each of them have an apple. ×
**Each of them has an apple. **√
不定代词each或与of短语连用作主语时,动词用第三人称单数形式。
5-4 美国是一个发达的国家。
The United States are a developed country. ×
**The United States is a developed country. **√
以-s结尾的国名、书刊名、组织名称等作主语时,动词常用单数形式。
5-5 我认为数学比英语难得多。
I think math are much more dififcult than English. ×
I think math is much more dififcult than English. √
以-s结尾的表示学科的名词如math(数学),physics(物理),politics(政治)等形式上是复数,实际上是单数概念。它们作主语时,其动词要用单数形式。
5-6 格林家一定在吃早饭。
The Greens is having breakfast. ×
The Greens are having breakfast. √
“the+姓的复数”表示“某一家人”或“某某夫妇”,是复数概念,作主语时,其动词须用复数形式。
5-7 她的衣服看起来很漂亮。
Her clothes looks very nice. ×
Her clothes look very nice. √
clothes(衣服)是复数名词,不能作单数用。当clothes作主语时,其动词要用复数形式。
5-8 这双鞋是我的。
This pair of shoes are mine. ×
This pair of shoes is mine. √
一些由两个部分构成的衣物或工具名词,如glasses(眼镜),shoes(鞋),socks(短袜),stocking(长筒袜),trousers(裤子)等作主语时,动词用复数形式。My shoes are worn out.我的鞋穿坏了。但当这些名词前面有pair of, this pair of, a kind of, this kind of等短语修饰时,动词通常用单数,如: **This pair **of shoes **looks **nice. 这双鞋看起来很漂亮。
5-9 我们全家都喜欢看电视。
My family enjoy watching TV. ×
My family enjoys watching TV. √
有些集合名词如family, class, group等作主语时,若看作是各个成员时,动词用复数。若看作整体,动词用单数。
His family is a big one. 他家是个大家庭。
The class has fifty students. 这个班有50个学生。
The class are having an English lesson. 这个班的学生正在上英语课。
5-10 两个月是很长的一段时间。
Two months are a long time. ×
**Two months is a long time. **√
表示时间、距离、金钱、重量等名词的复数作主语时,这些复数名词被看作一个整体,动词用单数形式。Five minutes is enough. 五分钟就够了。
5-11 格林先生和几个学生被派去协助约翰。
Mr. Green with some students were sent to help John. ×
Mr. Green with some students was sent to help John. √
当主语后面跟的with, together with, along with, as well as, like, but, except等短语,动词的单复数形式和这些短语之前的主语在人称和数上保持一致,动词的形式不受这些短语的影响。
No one except my parents knows the secret.除了我的父母外,没有人知道这个秘密。
5-12 你和我都不对。
Neither you nor I are right. ×
**Neither you nor I am right. **√
由:or, either⋯or, neither⋯nor⋯, not only⋯but also⋯等连接的对等主语,其动词的单复数要依最接近它的主语的单复数而定。
Either you or he is right. 你和他其中一个是对的。
5-13 星期天没有老师和学生在校。
No teacher and no student are school on Sundays. ×
**No teacher and no student is at school on Sundays. **√
由and连接的两个单数名词作主语,前面有 each, every或no修饰时,动词通常用单数。
5-14 没有消息就是好消息。
No news are good news. ×
**No news is good news. **√
主语news是不可数名词,意义上是单数,因此动词要用单数形式。
5-15 不定代词all, some, most等作主语,其动词用单数形式还是复数形式?
all, most, some等不定代词作主语时,如指的是单数概念,动词用单数形式;如指的是复数概念,动词用复数形式。
All of us are busy working. 我们所有的人都忙着工作。
**All of the bread was **eaten. 所有的面包都吃完了。
Most of the earth is covered with water. 地球上大部分地区都覆盖着水。
Most of them are young people. 他们当中大部分是年轻人。
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