LESSON 2

　　Subject-Verb Agreement （II）

　　1.带确定数量词的名词词组做主语时的主谓一致

　　1）当主语是表示数目、时间、重量、距离等的复数名词时，如果该名词所表示的数量看作一个整体，其后的动词用单数。

　　Ten seconds of silence appears very awkward on television.

　　A thousand dollars a month is more than I can afford.

　　Four years I too long for me to wait.

　　Sixty miles is a short run in a car.

　　2） 当主语是表示数目、时间、重量、距离等的复数名词时，如该名词所表示的数量看作单个个体，其后的动词用复数。

　　The past three weeks were the hardest time in his life.

　　Hundreds of buildings were put up in the city last year.

　　Five kilos of apples are placed into the basket.

　　3） 当主语为“分数或百分数+of+名词”时，其后的动词形式依照of后名词的单复数形式来定。

　　Three-fourths of the surface of the earth is sea.

　　Three-fourths of the people do not agree with the president.

　　One-fourth of the region is underdeveloped.

　　Thirty percent of the oil in that country is imported.

　　Ten percent of the eggs have gone bad.

　　Fifty percent of the land in that region has been used to build factories.

　　4）当主语为sheep， fish， deer， aircraft， means， steelworks 等单数与复数同形的词时，动词的形式以名词单、复数意义为准。

　　An American aircraft was brought down by the anti-aircraft fire.

　　Three aircraft are reported missing.

　　Various means have been tried to solve the problem.

　　Two steelworks were built ten years ago.

　　Ten fish have been caught today.

　　One sheep was killed by a wolf.

　　2.all的主谓一致

　　1） 代词all表示可数的人或物时，其后的动词用复数形式。

　　All were hungry and desperate for food.

　　All who have seen the film love it.

　　All of them enjoyed themselves at the party.

　　2） 代词all表示不可数的名词时，其后的动词用单数。

　　All is going well.

　　All is quite in the middle of the night.

　　All you have to do now is wait.

　　All that glitters is not gold.

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