“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. 美是永存的。 ◇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 good news. 没有消息就是好消息。Maths is very popular in our class 在我们班数学很受欢迎。 more than one+◇ 单数名词作主语，谓语用单数。例如：More than one student has ever been to Beijing. 不止一种学生 曾经去过北京。 ◇表达时间，价格，重量，数目，长度，数学运算等的词或短语作主语时，这些一般作一种整体概 念，谓语用单数形式。例如：Three years has passed since then.Two months is a long holiday. 两个月是一种长假。Twenty pounds isn’t so heavy. 20 英镑并不太重。Ten miles isn’t a long distance. 1 0 英里并不是一段很长的距 离。Five minus four is one. 5 减 4 等于 1 。 a number of+◇复数名词作主语，谓语动词用复数；the number of +复数名词作主语，谓语动词用 单数。例如：A number of famous people were invited to party. 许多名人都 被邀请参与这个聚会。The number o...
