主谓一致(一)谓语动词常用复数的情况(一)谓语动词常用复数的情况1)主语为复数名词或代词Theteachersarerespectedintheworld
2)当police,cattle,people,clothes,trousers等集体名词作主语,形式上为单数而意义却是复数,谓语用复数Thepolicearelookingforthemissingchild
Thecattlearekeptinhisfarm
3)山脉、群岛、瀑布、运动会等s结尾的复数名词作主语
TheOlympicGamesareheldonceeveryfouryears
TheRockymountainsstandinthewestofthenorthAmerica4)the+adj
表示一类人或物做主语时Therichliveahappylife
Thedeadaresoonforgotten
Thericharenotalwayshappy
Generallyspeakingtheyoungareeagerforsuccess
5)the+姓的复数形式表一家人TheGreenshaveboughtanewhouse
TheWhitesaregoingtomakeatriptoLondon
TheGreenswerewatchingTVwhenafirebrokeout
6)what从句的并列式做主语,并列完整式常用复数;并列缩略式常用单数
Whathesaysandwhathethinkshavenothingtodowithme
WhatIsayanddoismyownaffair
(二)谓语动词常用单数的情况(二)谓语动词常用单数的情况1)可数名词的单数及不可数名词作主语时
2)表示时间、距离、金钱、长度、重量等复数名词表达一个整体概念时,以及“the+adj/过去分词”指个人或抽象概念