(单词翻译:单击)
就近原则
在英语学习中,同学们会逐渐发现随着学习的不断深入,能够充当主语的成分也越来越多,除了常见的名词、代词,还有非谓语、句子等等,那么如何使这些主语和它的谓语动词保持性、数上的一致就成了我们英语学习中的一个重要课题,也是历来高考拟题关注的热点。现总结主谓一致的几点原则如下:
1. 由并列结构或连词(either…or, neither…nor,not…but, not only…but also, or等)连接的并列主语,谓语动词与靠近的那个名词或代词保持一致。
例句:Neither his parents nor Tom is at home. Tom和他的父母都不在家。
Note:“either…or, neither…nor, or”连接的两个主语若是一单一复,最好将复数主词放在后面而接复数动词。
2. 在倒装句和there be句型中,谓语动词与后面的第一个主语保持一致。
例句:There is a book and some pens on the desk. 桌子上有一本书和几支钢笔。
There comes the bus. 汽车来了。
3. 在定语从句中,关系代词作主语,其谓语动词应与它所指代的先行词保持一致。
例句:I know the man who is talking to my father.我认识那个正在和我父亲谈话的人。
4. 在强调句中,连接代词又在句中作主语,这时它应与被强调的主语保持一致。
例句:It is Mary’s brother who was injured in the car accident. 是Mary的哥哥在车祸中受伤了。
意义一致原则
1. 当主语与谓语动词之间插入along with,with,as well as,together with, no less than,besides,except, but, including等短语时,谓语动词不受这些插入语的干扰,依然和主语保持一致。
例句:I, along with my sister, am going to Shanghai next month. 我,还有我姐姐,打算下个月去上海。
2. 英语中有一类单、复数同型的词(people,means,sheep,deer,fish等),其单、复数取决于它在句中的含义。
例句:All of the people in the country have been prepared for the great reformation.这个国家的人都已经为大变革做好了准备。
3. 多数情况下,由“what”引导的名词性从句作主语时,其后的谓语动词通常用单数形式。
例句:What I want to say is just “ Take care!”.我只想说:“多保重!”
4. 当主语与all, none, any,some等不定代词、形容词连用时,应根据具体句意,来决定其后的谓语动词的单复数。
例句:All I know about this company is what he told me yesterday.我对这家公司的了解都是昨天完他告诉我的。
5. “…+ (of) +名词”结构描述数量时,如果“of”后的名词为单数(不可数名词),则谓语动词用单数,如果名词为复数,则谓语动词用复数。
例句:Most of the water here is clean.大部分的水是干净的。
80% cotton has been sent to America.80%的棉花已经被送往美国。
Half of the apples are red.有一半儿的苹果是红的。
6. 词组“a number of, a great/good many, a group of +可数名词复数”的结构作主语时,谓语动词应用复数;如果冠词a变为the,则谓语动词用单数。
例句: A number of ancient buildings are destroyed in the war.许多的古代建筑在战争中被毁。
The number of the visitors has decreased this year. 游客的数量今年减少了。
7. 英语的集体名词(committee, crowd, family, public, group, party, team, class, club, company, union等词),指代“整体”时为单数;指代“其中的各成员”则为复数。
例句:My family was very poor when I was a little girl.当我还是一个小女孩儿的时候,我家很穷。
My family are all looking forward for your coming. 我的家人都在期待着你的到来。
整体原则
1. 从句、不定式、动名词等作主语时谓语动词一律视作一个整体,谓语动词用单数。
例句:When to leave has not been decided.什么时候离开还没有定下来。
Go shopping on Sunday is one of his habits.周日购物是他的一个习惯。
Note:如果主语是两个(或两个以上)的名词性从句,谓语动词常用复数。
例句:What he said and what he did were always different.他所说的和他所做的总是不一样。
2. 如果两个以上的名词组成一个整体概念作主语时,谓语动词须用单数。
例句: The novelist and poet is going to Europe next year.这位小说家兼诗人打算明年去欧洲。
The novelist and the poet are going to Europe next year.小说家和诗人都打算明年去欧洲。
分析:a)句中小说家和诗人the novelist and poet为同一个人,故谓语动词用单数;而b)句中有两个人,一个是小说家the novelist,另一个是诗人the poet。
3. 专用名词,如:书名、剧名、报刊名、国家(组织)名等,通常作单数用。
例句:The United States was found it 1776.美国成立于1776年。
4. 表示时间、距离、金额、度量等词语作主语时,通常被视作整体,谓语动词用单数。
例句:10 minutes is enough.十分钟足够了。
5.加减乘除等数学运算谓语动词通常用单数。
例句:2 times 3 makes 6. 二乘三等于六。
个体原则
1. and连结的两个或多个主语前如果有each, every, no等修饰语时(后面的一个有时也可省略),后面的谓语动词用单数形式。
例句:Every man and every woman is busy at working.每个人都在忙着工作。
2. 英语句中的each, either, neither等词,既可作代词充当主语,又可作形容词修饰主语,这时的谓语动词一律用单数。
例句:Neither of us has been abroad. 我们谁都没出过国。
3. 由some, any every, no构成的复合词(somebody,nobody,everything,anything等)作主语时,谓语动词用单数。
例句:Somebody is waiting for you at the school gate.有人在学校门口等你。
4. many a / more than one + 单数名词,一般接单数谓语动词。
例句:Many a man does not understand Einstein’s relativity.许多人不明白爱因斯坦的相对论。
5. “one and a half + 复数名词”作主语,谓语动词一般用单数。
例句:One and a half hours has passed. 一个半小时过去了。
6. 成双成对出现的复数名词(glasses, scissors, shoes, trousers,pants,gloves,stockings等)作主语时,通常谓语动词用复数,但如果前面有a /the pair of;a /the suit of等词语时,则谓语动词要用单数。
例句:A pair of scissors is useful tool for a dressmaker.剪刀是裁缝的重要工具。
7. 以“-s”结尾的“复数”名词(例如;一些学科名词mathematics, physics, politics等),或以“-s”结尾的地点名词、人名等词后面的谓语动词通常用单数。
例句:Mathematics is my favorite subject.数学是我最喜欢的科目
专项练习
1. Economics, several courses of which I have taken thus far, ______ to be difficult but useful for almost all students.
A. prove B. proves C. have been proved D. are proved
2. A thousand miles no longer _______ much to us today, for modern jets can easily get us to a great distance within a matter of a few hours.
A. meant B. means C. mean D. will mean
3. The secretary and treasurer of our company ______ the meeting.?
A. were to attend? B. are to attend C. is attend D. is to attend?
4. Cattle ______ to graze on the village common.?
A. are allowed B. is allowed C. allows D. allow
5. Mathematics as well as other subjects ____ a science.
A. was B. is C. are D. belong to
6. Either of these young ladies ____ perfectly qualified to teach Greek, Latin and French.
A. were B. are C. is D. have been
7. Large quantities of water ______ cooling purposes.
A. are needed for B. is needed to C. are needed to D. is needed for
8. Copper as well as most metals____.?
A. is a good conductor B. is a good insulator
C. are good conductors D. are good insulators
9. There used to be some trees by the lake, ____ ??
A. was there B. were there? C. weren't there D. wasn't there
10. Cattle____ to graze on the village common.?
A. are allowed B. is allowed C. allows D. allow
答案及解析
1.[答案]B.
[解析]该句考察学生主、谓语一致。其中several courses of which I have taken thus far为设置的干扰项。由于主语为表示学科的单数名词,故谓语应是单数形式。
2.[答案]B.
[解析]表示重量、度量、衡量、价值的复数名词作主语,谓语动词常用单数形式。
3.[答案]D.
[解析]C项结构错误,可先排除;由and所连接的两个名词,如果and后面的名词前没有冠词,谓语要用单数。故D项为正确答案。
4.[答案]A.
[解析]cattle 是集体名词,在形式上是单数,但在句中往往作复数用,谓语动词用复数。这类名词常见的有:clergy mankind, militia, police, people, poultry等。
5.[答案]B.
[解析]此题主语是Mathematics,学科做主语时,是表示单数的意义的词,故只能在A、B两项中选择,而A时态不对, D. belong to属于。
6.[答案]C.
[解析] 当 either, each, neither, everyone等不定代词作主语时,其后谓语需用第三人称单数。例如:a. Neither of these books is very new.这两本书都不新。 B. Each of the students brings a dictionary.学生各自带字典来。 C. Every man and woman is eligible to vote.每个男人或女人都有资格投票。
7.[答案]B.
[解析]表示数量的名词应做单数看待。
8.[答案]A.
[解析]as well as 在此并不是表示与主语并列关系,该句主语仅仅是copper.因此,选项A是正确的(conductor 导体,insulator绝缘体)。
9.[答案]C.
[解析]There used to 句型上相当于there be句型,所以此处用be提问。动词的数应与后面的名词一致。
10.[答案]A.
[解析]cattle 是集体名词,在形式上是单数,但在句中往往作复数用,谓语动词用复数。这类名词常见的有:clergy mankind,militia,police,people,poultry等。