“单数还是复数”——主谓一致使用方法归纳“”——单数还是复数
主谓一致使用方法归纳 名词作主语family, class, group, team◇等集体名词作主语,若指一种整体时,谓语动词用单数形式,若指其中一种个详细组员时,谓语动词复数形式
His family is a happy one
His family isn’t large
他家的人不多
My family all like watching TV
我们一家人都喜欢看电视
people, police, cattle◇等集体名词作主语,谓语动词用复数形式,The police are waiting for the boy
The police are searching for the thief
People here are very friendly
这儿的人很友好
“the+◇”姓氏复数 表达一家人时,谓语一般用复数
The Smiths are having dinner
“the+◇”形容词 表达一类人时,谓语动词用复数形式,此类词有:the brave, the poor, the rich,the blind, the young, the old, the sick, the dead, the deaf and dumb, the injured,the wounded,the unemployed 等
表达抽象概念时,用单数形式
例如:The poor are very happy, but the rich are sad
穷人很快乐,富 人却过得不快乐
The beautiful lives forever
◇以-s 结尾的名词自身不表达复数意义,谓语一般用单数形式,如 news, maths, physics 等,例如:No news is go