第 1 页 共 8 页 在英语的句子中,谓语动词的形式应与主语的人称和数保持一致
近几年来,高考关于该内容的考查主要集中在语法一致、逻辑意义一致以及就近(远)一致原则等三个方面
一、语法一致原则 只要确定句子的主语是单数意义,则谓语用单数,句子的主语意义复数,则谓语用复数
具体表现如下: 1
不可数名词作主语,一律视为单数
某些以s 结尾的单数名词作主语,仍视为单数
No news is good news
His task was to collect information
How much machinery has been installed
表示单一概念的动名词、不定式或句子作主语时,谓语动词用单数
When and where to go for the on-salary holiday has not been decided yet
“ one, either, neither, each of +复数名词或代词”作主语时, 谓语用单数
Either of the stories is very funny
something, everything, anything, nothing,somebody, nobody, no one 等不定代词作主语,谓语通常是单数
Nothing is impossible
表示时间、金钱、距离、重量、数量的复数名词作主语,通常看作一个整体,谓语动词用单数
Ten pounds was missing from the box
a series of, a kind of, a piece of, a pair of 等量词修饰名词,通常以量词的单复数形式来决定谓语的单复数
This pair of glasses is very expensive