Subject-verb Agreement主谓一致What is S-V agreement? 用动词的适当形式填空1. I ____ a teacher. (be)2. He _____ good at swimming. (be)3. You ____ late for school again.(be) 4. They ______ many new books. (have)5. She _____ two sisters.(have)根据主语决定与其一致的单数或复数的谓语意思一致Rule1: 集体名词如: group, class, company, government, family, army, enemy, population, team, public, crowd, audience 等 作主语时，如果强调整体，谓语用单数，如果强调个体（其中的各个成员）就用复数The team is the best in the league．这个队在联赛中打得最好。 The football team are having baths．足球队队员们在洗澡。 Rule: every one, everybody, everything, any one, anybody, anything, no one, nobody, nothing, some one, somebody, something, (none 除外)等不定代词及 each, the other 作主语时，谓语动词用单数形式。如： Nothing in the box is mine.Rule: None 作主语时，谓语动词可用单数也可以用复数；但在代表不可数的东西时总是看作单数，因而谓语动词要用单数。Exercise and Rules1．The teacher with two students _____ at the meeting . (was / were)2. A woman with a baby in her arms _____ waiting for the bus in the rain. A．was B．were C．has D．have3. E-mail, as well as the telephones, _____ an important part in daily communication. A. is playing B. have played C. are playing D. play语法一致Rule：单数主语即使后面带有由 with, along with, together with, like, but excep t, besides, as well as, more than, no less than, rather than, including, in addition to 引导的短语，谓语动词仍用单数。如：1 My sister together with/along with/with/as well as/besides my parents has gone to B eijing. The book, including ten science stories, sells well Exercise and Rules3. Reading English papers and magazines ___ helpful to our study of English. (is/ are)4. Whether he comes or not ____ of no matter. (is /are)5...
