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谓语动词何时用单数

2011-07-23 09:49阅读:
 1.可数名词单数形式作主语,谓语动词用单数形式。例句:   This shirt is too small.这件衬衫太小了。
  The fountain-pen is not mine.这支自来水笔不是我的。
  2.不可数名词作主语,谓语动词用单数形式。例句:
  Money doesn't always bring happiness.金钱并不总是带来幸福。
  Water is changed into steam by heat.水加热就会变成蒸气。
  3.单个的专有名词作主语,谓语动词用单数形式。例句:
  The People's Republic of China was founded in 1949.中华人民共和国成立于1949年。
  Shanghai is the biggest city in China.上海是中国最大的城市。
  4.单数第三人称代词作主语,谓语动词用单数形式。例句:
  Does she come from Japan?她来自日本吗?
  My sister often writes to me.我姐姐经常给我写信。
  5.某些集体名词作主语,并且表示一个整体时,谓语动词用单数形式。例句:
  The Chinese football team has played very well.中国足球队踢得非常好。
  His family is a big one.他家人口多。
  如果就其中一个成员来说,谓语动词用复数形式。
  The family were out.全家人都出去了。
  6.表示单一概念的、成对的名词作主语,谓语动词用单数形式。例句:
  Bread and butter is my favourite food.涂奶油的面包是我最爱吃的食物。
  All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.只工作不玩耍,杰克会变傻。
  7.表示'时间'、'金钱'、'距离'、'重量'、'容量'的名词的复数作主语,谓语动词用单数形式。例句:
  Thirty years is a long time.三十年是一段
很长的时间。
  Twenty dollars is not dear.二十美元不算贵。
  8.像maths,news,physics等表示单数概念复数形式的名词作主语时,谓语动词用单数形式。例句:
  Maths is not easy.数学不容易。(表示学科时,谓语动词用单数)
  如果表示运用这门学科的具体实例时,谓语动词要用复数形式。
  Athletics were held every month.每个月都举行体育比赛。
  The news is very exciting.这消息非常激动人心。
  9.由and连接的两个或两个以上的词、短语及句子作主语,并且表示单一概念时,谓语动词要用单数形式。例句:
  The poet and writer left.那位诗人作家走了。(指同一个人)
  如果两个单数名词前都有no,every,many等词修饰时,谓语动词用单数形式。
  No boy and no girl is going.男孩和女孩都不去。
  10.'the+形容词'变成名词化的形容词,表示一种抽象的概念或品质,这种结构作主语时,谓语动词用单数形式。例句:
  The beautiful is not always the useful.好看的未必实用。
  The true is too cruel.事实太残酷了。
  11.动词不定式、动词V-ing形式和从句作主语时,往往表达一种抽象的概念,谓语动词用单数形式。例句:
  To learn English well is very important for us.学好英语对我们来说是非常重要的。
  Driving cars is difficult.开汽车是困难的。
  How to do it well is an important question.如何把这件事做好是个重要问题。
  12.代词each,either,neither和由some,any,not,every构成的复合代词作主语时,谓语动词用单数形式。例句:
  Each has his merits.各有所长。
  Neither is correct.两个都不对。
  Nobody knows where she lives.没有人知道她住哪里。
  Something is wrong with the recorder.录音机出毛病了。
  13.'more than one+可数名词单词'和'many a+可数名词单数'结构作主语时,谓语动词用单数形式。例句:
  More than one week has passed already.不止一周过去了。
  Many a way has been tried.已经试过许多办法了。
  14.当主语是单数,且后面有with,together with,as well as,along with,but,except等引起的短语时,谓语动词仍用单数形式。例句:
  The teacher with his students is playing football now.老师和他的学生们一起在踢足球。
  Nothing but a desk and a few books is in the classroom.除了一张桌子和几本书,教室里什么也没有。
  15.数词作主语时,谓语动词一般用单数形式。例句:
  Seven and two is nine.七加二等于九。
  '5430456'is the telephone number of my family.'5430456'是我家的电话号码。
  16.'the number of+名词复数'作主语,谓语动词用单数形式。例句:
  The number of the students in our class is fifty.我们班上学生人数是50人。
  The number of books sold every day is large.每天售出的书籍数量很大。
  17.某些形复意单的名词,包括有成双部分的工具、衣物等名词作主语,并用a pair of等量词修饰时,谓语动词用单数形式。例句:
  This pair of trousers is red.这条裤子是红色的。
  That pair of scissors is not mine.那把剪刀不是我的。

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