【考點直擊】
1. 語法一致的原則
2. 意義一致的原則
3. 鄰近一致的原則
【名師點睛】
謂語受主語支配,須和主語在人稱和數(shù)上保持一致,這叫做主謂一致。主謂
一致一般遵循三條原則:語法一致原則,意義一致原則和就近一致原則。
1. 語法一致的原則
(1)以單數(shù)名詞或代詞,動詞不定式短語作主語時,謂語動詞要用單數(shù);主語為復數(shù)時,謂語用復數(shù),例如:
He goes to school early every morning.
The children are playing outside.
To work hard is necessary for a student.
?。?)由and或both……and連接的并列成分作主語時,謂語動詞用復數(shù)。例如:
Both he and I are right.
Mr Black and Mrs Black have a son called Tom.
但并列主語如果指的是同一人,同一事物或同一概念,謂語動詞用單數(shù)。例如:
His teacher and friend is a beautiful girl.
The poet and writer has come.
(3)由and連接的并列單數(shù)主語之前如果分別由each, every修飾時,其謂語動詞要用單數(shù)形式。例如:
In our country every boy and every girl has the right to receive education.
Each man and each woman is asked to help.
?。?)主語是單數(shù)時,盡管后面跟有 but ,except, besides, with 等介詞短語,謂語動詞仍用單數(shù)。例如:
The teacher with his students is going to visit the museum.
Nobody but two boys was late for class.
Bread and butter is a daily food in the west.
?。?) 一些只有復數(shù)形式的名詞,如people, police, cattle, clothes等作主語時,謂語動詞要用復數(shù)。例如:
A lot of people are dancing outside.
The police are looking for lost boy.
(6)由each, some, any, no, every 構成的復合代詞作主語時,謂語動詞都用單數(shù)。例如:
Is everybody ready?
Somebody is using the phone.
(7)有兩部分構成的物體的名詞,如glasses, shoes, trousers, chopsticks, scissors 等作主語時,謂語動詞用復數(shù)。例如:
Where are my shoes? I can’t find them.
Your trousers are dirty. You’d better change them.
如果這類名詞前用了a pair of等,則往往用作單數(shù),謂語動詞的單復數(shù)形式往往取決于pair的單復數(shù)形式。例如:
Here are some new pairs of shoes.
My new pair of socks is on the bed.
2. 意義一致的原則
?。?)表時間、距離、價格、度量衡等的名詞作主語時,謂語動詞通常用單數(shù)。例如:
Twenty years is not a long time.
Ten dollars is too dear.
(2)有些集合名詞,如family, team等作主語時,如作為一個整體看待,謂語動詞用單數(shù);如指其中每個成員,則用復數(shù)。例如:
My family is big one.
My family are watching TV.
(3)不定代詞由all, most, more, some, any, none作主語時,也要依這些代詞表示的意義來決定謂語動詞的單復數(shù)形式。如果代詞代表復數(shù)可數(shù)名詞,謂語動詞用復數(shù);如果代詞代表單數(shù)可數(shù)名詞或不可數(shù)名詞,謂語動詞用單數(shù)。例如:
All of the work has been finished.
All of the people have gone.
(4)疑問代詞作主語時,其謂語動詞也有兩種情況:主語表示復數(shù)意義,謂語動詞用復數(shù);主語表示單數(shù)意義,則謂語動詞用單數(shù)。例如:
Who is your brother?
Who are League members?
(5)“分數(shù)或百分數(shù)+of+名詞”構成的詞組作主語時,其謂語動詞要以of后面的名詞而定。名詞是復數(shù),謂語動詞用復數(shù):名詞是單數(shù),謂語動詞用單數(shù)。例如:
It is said that 35 per cent of the doctors are women.
Three –fourths of the surface of the earth is sea.
?。?)half, the rest等表示不定數(shù)量的名詞作主語時,如果所指為復數(shù)意義,動詞用復數(shù);如果所指為單數(shù)意義,動詞用單數(shù)。例如:
I have read a large part of the book, the rest is more difficult.
Only ten students attended the class because all the rest were off sick.
(7)由what 引導地主于從句作主語時,通常謂語動詞用單數(shù)形式。但如果所指內(nèi)容為復數(shù)意義時,謂語動詞用復數(shù)形式。例如:
What she said is correct.
What she left me are a few old books.
(8)凡是以“定冠詞+形容詞(或分詞)”作主語,往往根據(jù)意義一致的原則決定謂語動詞的單復數(shù)形式。如果這種主語指的是一類人,謂語動詞用復數(shù);如果指的是一個人或抽象概念,謂語動詞用單數(shù)形式。例如:
The sick have been cured and the lost have been found.
The dead is a famous person.
3. 鄰近一致的原則
?。?)由連詞or, either……or, neither……nor, not only…but also,等連接的并列主語,如果一個是單數(shù),一個是復數(shù),則謂語動詞按就近一致原則,與最靠近它的主語一致。例如:
Either you or I am right.
Neither the children nor the teacher knows anything about it.
?。?)在“There be” 句型中,謂語動詞和靠近的主語一致。
There are two apples and one egg in it.
?。?)as well as 和名詞連用時,謂語動詞和第一個名詞相一致。
He as well as I is responsible for it.
不但是我,他對這件事也有責任。
(4)以here開頭的句子,其謂語動詞和靠近的主語一致。
Here is a letter and some books for you.
【實例解析】
1. (2004年天津市中考試題)
How time flies! Ten years ________ passed.
A. have B. has C. is D. are
答案:B。該題考查的是主謂一致。Ten years通常被看作是一個時間整體,謂語動詞用單數(shù)形式。
2. (2004年南通市中考試題)
Not only his parents but also his brother ________ to the Summer Palace. They haven’t been back.
A. have been B. have gone C. has been D. has gone
答案:D。該題考查的是主謂一致。如果由not only…but also連接兩個并列主語,其謂語動詞同相鄰的主語保持一致,謂語動詞應用單數(shù)形式。又因為他們還都沒有回來,所以用has gone而不用has been。
3. (2004年吉林市中考試題)
Neither my father ________ going to see the patient.
A. nor I am B. nor I are
C. or me are D. or me is
答案:A。該題考查的是主謂一致。Neither…nor是一組連詞,可連接連個并列主語,其謂語動詞應同靠近的主語I保持一致, 因此應選A。
4. (2004年包頭市中考試題)
Look! There _______ playing with the tourists on Yinhe Square.
A. are a number of deer B. are a number of deers
C. is a number of deer D. is a number of deers
答案:A。該題考查的是主謂一致。這個句子的主語是a number of deer, 是個復數(shù)概念,因此謂語動詞應用復數(shù)形式。(deer單復數(shù)相同)
【中考演練】
一. 選擇填空
1. They said the eighteenth and last lesson _______ quite easy.
A. is B. was C. are D. were
2. ---When are you going to Kumming for your holidays?
---I haven’t decided. ______ this Sunday ______ next Sunday is OK.
A. Both; and B. Either; or C. Neither; nor D. Not only; but also
3. ______ Helen ______ Joan speaks beautiful Chinese after they came to China.
A. Neither; nor B. Not only; but also C. Both; and D. A and B
4. _______ of them has his own opinion.
A. Both B. Some C. Every D. Each
5. Are there any _______ on the farm?
A. horse B. duck C. chicken D. sheep
6. My shirt _____ white and my trousers _____ blue.
A. are; are B. are; is
C. is; is D. is; are
7. ------Two months _______ quite a long time.
------Yes. I’m afraid that he will miss a lot of lessons.
A. is B. are C. was D. were
8. The old man has two children but _____ of them lives with him.
A. both B. none C. neither D. all
9. Our knowledge of computer _____ growing all the time.
A. be B. is C. are D. were
10. Everyone except Tom and John _____ there when the meeting began.
A. is B. was C. are D. were
11. Most of the houses _______ this year.
A. has built B. have built
C. has been built D. have been built
12. I think maths _____ very difficult to learn.
A. is B. are C. has D. have
13. A large number of students _____ to work in Xingjiang.
A. have gone B. has gone C. goes D. is going
14. The number of the students in the class ______ small.
A. are B. is C. have D. were
15. There _____ a lot of good news in today’s newspaper.
A. is B. are C. was D. were
二. 用所給動詞的適當形式填空
1. _____ (be) everything OK?
2. Nobody _______ (know) the answer to the question.
3. Ten divided by two _______ (be) five.
4. Most of the drinking water ______ (be) from the Black River.
5. Not only she but also I _______ (do) morning exercises every day.
6. Either you or she _____ (have) made a wrong decision.
7. The family _____(be) spending the weekend together.
8. Bread and butter ______ (be) her daily breakfast.
9. The police _____ (be) trying to catch the thief.
10. The number of people invited _____ fifty, but a number of them ____ absent for different reasons.
三. 翻譯下列句子
1.我們兩個人都沒有看這部電影。
___________________________.
2.我的茶杯里沒有水了。
___________________________.
3.不是他就是我要到哪兒去。
___________________________.
4.學生們和老師都不知道這件事。
___________________________.
5.我們家正在一起度周末。
___________________________.
【練習答案】
一. 1. B 2.B 3.D 4.D 5.D 6.D 7.A 8.C 9.B 10.B11.D 12.A 13.A 14.B 15.A
二. 1.Is 2.knows 3.is 4.is 5.do 6.has 7.are 8.is 9.are 10.was; were
三. 1.Neither of us has seen the film.
2.There is no water in my cup.
3.Either he or I is going there.
4.Neither the students nor the teacher knows this matter.
5.Our family are spending the weekend together.