谓语动词

最后冲刺：谓语动词谓语动词用复数的情况谓语动词用复数的情况1) both, some, few, many等用作主语或修饰主语时，谓语动词用复数。

【例如】Both of my parents are over seventy years old.Many students in my class have creative thoughts and wide knowledge.2)“the +形容词”作主语，在表示一类人或事物时，谓语动词用复数。

【例如】The aged are well taken care of by the government.The poor are often looked down upon by the rich.The young have respect for the old in China.3) a number of, a lot of, any of, most of, the rest of, some of, none of, all of修饰复数名词时，谓语动词用复数。

【例如】Most of the teachers are responsible and knowledgeable.A number of books have been published on the subject.None of the books attract me a lot. the number of表示“……的数量”，谓语动词用单数。

【例如】The number of books published on this subject is simply amazing.The number of foreign visitors to China has been increasing over the last several years.4)集合名词作主语时，当名词表示整体时，谓语动词用单数；当名词强调集体中的个体时，谓语动词用复数。

【例如】The family is the basic unit of society. The family have agreed among themselves to spend their vocation in Europe.谓语动词常用单数的情况1)名词性从句及不定式、动名词作主语时，谓语动词一般用单数形式。

【例如】To finish the work in advance is what he wants.Smoking cigarettes is dangerous to your healthWhat seems easy in theory is difficult in practice.What caused the accident is a complete mystery.但是，what引导名词从句作主语时，其表语是复数形式时，系动词也可以是复数形式。

【例如】What we badly need here are qualified teachers.2)当主语是单数，后面跟着由including, with, together with, along with, like, in addition to, as well as, rather than, but, except, more than, accompanied by等连接的短语时，谓语动词用单数。

【例如】Mary as well as her sister likes listening to music.Doctor Richards, together with his wife and three children, is to arrive on the afternoon flight.My best friend rather than anyone else has got the first prize in the speech contest.3) one, one of, every, everyone, everybody, each, many a, either, neither, no one, nobody, anyone, anybody, someone, somebody用作主语或修饰主语时，谓语动词用单数形式。

【例如】Each man, woman and child has the same right.Many a student doesn't like to do their homework.(many a student＝many students)Either of students is going to compete for the president of the students' union.More than one person was involved in the case.Neither of the young men who had applied for a position in the university ____. A) has been acceptedB) have been acceptedC) was acceptedD) were acceptedneither用作主语或修饰主语时，谓语动词用单数形式。

此外，定语从句用过去完成时，主句应用一般过去时，故答案为C。

4) and所连接的两个单数名词作主语，指同一人、同一件事或同一概念时，其谓语动词用单数。

例如：My best friend and adviser has changed his mind again.Bread, butter and eggs is typical American Breakfast .If law andsgroupsis not preserved, neither the citizen nor his property is safe.如果不能维持治安，公民和他的财产都不安全。

5)表示时间、距离、重量、体积、金钱的复数名词，作主语时作为整体来看待，谓语动词通常用单数。

【例如】Five thousands dollars is quite a large sum of money to me.Fifty miles is too long a distance for one to walk on foot.Ten years has passed but he didn't change at all.6)“a portion of , a series of, a kind of, a body of, a species of, a pair of+名词”作主语时，其谓语动词一般用单数形式。

【例如】A series of accidents has occurred recently in America.A pair of new glasses is quite expensive.7)事件、机构、国名、作品等专有名词作主语时，谓语动词用单数。

【例如】The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was written by Mark Twain and it is an interesting book.The United Nations is an organization to defend world peace.关系从句中的谓语动词在“one of +名词(复数)+关系从句”中的单复数在“one of+名词(复数)+关系从句”中，关系从句中的谓语动词常采用复数形式。

【例如】She is one of the students who have passed Band Six.This is one of the best books that have been published recently.one之前有the only等修饰语时从句动词要用单数。

【例如】She is the only one of the girls who is chosen as the member of student union.He was the only one of the boys who was given a prize.1)并列谓语的时态一致。

【例如】Yesterday I went shopping, bought some books and had dinner at a good restaurant.The soldier looked at him, exchanged glances with his comrade and took out the gun.2)主从复合句的时态一致。

a)主句为现在时、将来时、现在完成时，宾语从句谓语动词时态按情况而定。

【例如】I wonder what will happen tomorrow.I wonder what happened to him yesterday.I wonder what is happening now outside.b)主句为过去时态，宾语从句一般用过去时态。

如果宾语从句说明的是客观真理，用一般现在时。

【例如】He told me he made a big mistake.He told me he would go to Beijing the next day.He told he had finished his task.The teacher told students that the earth moves around the sun.(客观真理)3)定语从句和比较状语从句时态不受主句影响。

【例如】The universityswhereshe is studying was founded in 1950.You now speak English better than you spoke it last year.4)时间和条件状语从句中，常用现在时表示将来。

【例如】We will cancel our trip if it rains tomorrow.I will go to visit the Summer Palace as soon as I arrive in Beijing.练习题(159-166)1) They searched for hours, but ____be found.A) at no time could the missing bookB) nowhere could the missing bookC) nowhere the missing book couldD) at nowhere the missing book could2) ____ he ill mannered, ____the laziest and the most irresponsible creature you could ever hope to meet.A) Not only is...but he is alsoB) Not only is...but alsoC) Not only is...but also is heD) Not only...but also3) ____left unguarded.A) At no time the gateB) At no time was the gateC) At no time the gate wasD) At no time did the gate4) ____did he realize that he had made a mistake.A) Upon entering the classroomB) Only after entering the classroomC) After he had entered the classroomD) As soon as he entered the classroom5) ____ a machine been so efficient and accurate as the electronic computer.A) More than ever beforeB) Never before hasC) In the past, there never hasD) Formerly there never was6) Little ____ about him when I first met him in that company.A) have I knownB) had I knownC) do I knowD) did I know7) At no time, and under no circumstances ____ the first to use nuclear weapon.A) China will beB) will be ChinaC) will China beD) shall China be8) I didn't like our new English teacher, and ____.A) neither did my classmatesB) neither my classmates didC) my classmates don't tooD) my classmates did not also9) Only when you have acquired a good knowledge of grammar ____ fluently.A) you will writeB) can you writeC) you can writeD) you could write10) Only when David did it a second time ____.A) he realized his mistakeB) he was realizing his mistakeC) did he realize his mistakeD) he did realize his mistake11) Surroundings have changed and ____ in them.A) so have the peopleB) the people have soC) have the people soD) the people so have12) ____ dark was the night that we had to rely on our ears instead of our eyes.A) HowB) ExtremelyC) VeryD) So13) ____ that the pilot couldn't fly through it.A) The storm so severe wasB) So severe was the stormC) So the storm was severeD) Such was the storm severe14) ____, I couldn't lift the box.A) As I might tryB) As try I mightC) Try as I mightD) Try though I might15) ____ you were coming today, I'd have met you at the airport.A) Have I knownB) I have knownC) Had I knownD) I had known16) Nowhere but in China ____ the reform so clearly, which have surprised us allA) we have seenB) we soC) we must have seenD) have we seen17) By no means ____ their own language well.A) it is true that all people knowB) is it true that do all people knowC) it is that do all people knowD) is it true that all people know18) Scarcely ____ when the murderer shot him down.A) did he finish his opening addressB) he did finish his opening addressC) had he finished his opening addressD) he had finished his opening address19) Only recently ____ to deal with the problem.A) something has doneB) has something doneC) has something been doneD) something has been done20) Never before that night ____ the limit of my own power.A) had I feltB) I had feltC) did I feelD) I did feel21) No one realized ____ it was until much later.A) how serious a crimeB) what serious a crimeC) how a serious crimeD) how a crime serious22) On no condition ____ with him.A) we cannot agreeB) would we agreeC) can we agreeD) we can agree23) Factory workers have to work very hard, ____.A) farmers do soB) farmers work soC) so hard farmersD) so do farmers24) Rarely ____ such a silly thing.A) have I heard ofB) I have heard ofC) have I been heard ofD) I have been heard of25) Not until I went to America ____ what kind of a country she is.A) did I knowB) I knowC) I didn't knowD) I could know26) So instructive ____ the student wanted to see it again.A) was the filmB) it was the filmC) the film wasD) the film it was27) ____ a postgraduate, I would at least master two foreign languages.A) Should I becomeB) Were I to becomeC) Had I becomeD) I should become28) Seldom ____ any mistakes during my past five years of teaching in thisuniversity.A) would I makeB) I did makeC) should I makeD) did I make29) ____ she would have avoided the accident.A) She was more carefulB) If she was more carefulC) Had she been more carefulD) She had been more careful30) ____ forget my hometown and my happy childhood.A) Never I willB) Never will IC) Never ID) I never have倒装部分练习题(159-166)1)B 2)A 3)B 4)B 5)B6)D 7)C 8)A 9)B 10)C11)A 12)D 13)B 14)C 15)C16)D 17)D 18)C 19)C 20)A21)A 22)B 23)D 24)A 25)A26)A 27)B 28)D 29)C 30)B。