谓语动词单复数练习题

谓语动词单复数练习题

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谓语动词单复数练习题

1(动名词短语、不定式短语、名词性从句做主语，谓

语用单数。如: Buying clothes is often a time-consuming job because

those clothes that a person likes are rarely the cones that fit him or

her. To understand the situation completely requires more thought than

has been given thus far.

2(表示时间、距离、金额、重量、面积、体积、容

积等度量的名词短语做主语时，谓语用单数。 Two weeks was

too long Five times five makes twenty five

3(一般用and连接的两个单词或短语做主语时候，

谓语用复数，但是下面用and连接的主语表示一个概念，谓

语用单数: law and or

der 法制 soap and water 肥皂水 a cup and saucer 茶

杯碟子 fork and knife 刀叉 the needle and thread 针

线 trial and error 反复尝试，不断摸索 horse and

carriage 马车 time and tide 岁月 bread and butter 奶

油面包 the ebb and flow 盛衰，潮涨潮落 如: If law and

order not preserved, neither the citizen nor his property is safe. A.

is B. are C. was d. were 答案:

A。

4(表示学科和某些疾病名称的名词是复数形式，作

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主语时候谓语动词用单数形式 Linguistics is a branch of study on human

language.

5(有些名词形式上是复数，意义上是单数，根据意

义一致原则动词用单数 The chaos was stopped by the police The news is

a great encouragement to us A series of debates between the lectures was

scheduled for the next weekend.

6(用and 连接的成份表示一个单一概念时候，动词

谓语用单数形式 Bread and butter is our daily food Time and tide

waits for no man《和3同》

二( 谓语用复数情况

1( 由and, both „and, 连接的并列主语，和both ,a

few, many ,several 等修饰语后面谓语动词通常用复数形

式。 Few people know he and I were classmates when we were at

college.

2(集体名词police, public, militia,

cattle ,class ,youth后常用复数形式的动词 The Chinese

people are brave and hardworking The cattle are grazing in the

sunshine

3(当表示民族的词与冠词合用当主语，谓语动词用

复数形式 The Japanese were once very aggressive

4(某些形容词前面加定冠词表示一类人，做主语时

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候，谓语动词用复数 The rich are not always selfish

5(不可数名词作主语，其前有表示数量的复数名词

修饰时，谓语动词用复数 Three million tons of coal were exported that

year

三(谓语动词可用单数，也可以用复数的情况

1( 就近一致原则 这种情况下，谓语动词使用单数

还是复数取决于最靠近该动词的主语的单复数，存在这种情

况的主要由以下几种可能:

1) 由连词 either„or„; neither„nor„;

whether„ or„;not only„but ;or 等连接的并列主语

Neither money nor fame has influence on me Not only you

but also he is wrong

2) 在倒装结构中，谓语动词与后面的第一个主语一

致 Blocking the open-sided porch, framed by the enveloping fog,

stands a tall grave-faced policeman. Just outside the ruins is a

magnificent building surrounded by tall trees. Although a great number

of houses in that area are still in need of repair, there has been

improvement in the facili

2( 主语带有with, such as, accompanied by, as well as, no less than,

except, besides, with, combined with, in addition to , including,

together with 等等

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附加成分，谓语的数不受附加成分的影响仍然与主语保持一

致

Professor Taylor , with six of his students ,is attending a

conference in Boston organized to compare current practice in the United

States with those of other nations. The president of the college,

together with the deans, is planning a conference for the purpose of

laying down certain regulations.

3(关系代词做主语的定语从句中，谓语的数要与先

行词一致。

如: Despite much research, there are still certain elements in the

life cycle of the insect that are not fully understood. There are many

valuable services which the public are willing to pay for, but which do

not bring a return in money to the community.

4(一些表示数量的短语与名词连用时候，谓语动词

的数取决于名词的数，名词是复数，谓语动词用复数，反之

就用单数。这些短语包括:a lot of /lots of; plenty

of/heaps of; half of; two-third of; eighty percent; part of; rest

of ; none of 等等 Two-thirds of people

present are women Lots of damage was caused by the fire

5(集体名词作主语时，谓语动词的数取决于主语表

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示的意思和数，当表示整体时候，谓语动词就用单数，当强

调集体中的个体时候，谓语动词就用复数。这些集体名词如:

army, audience, band ,government ,group ,flock, police,

public ,staff ,team ,troop. Crowd, firm, family 等等

The family is the basic unit of our society The family

were watching the TV The audience was enormous The audience were

greatly moved at the words

6(某些固定结构中主语与谓语的数:

第一组: a great many + 可数名词复数 谓语用复

数 a number of + 可数名词复数 谓语用复数 the majority

of + 可数名词复数 谓语用复数

第二组; the number of + 可数名词复数 谓语用单

数 each/every + 可数名词复数 谓语用单数

neither/either of + 可数名词复数 谓语用单数 one and a

half + 可数名词复数 谓语用单数

第三组; more than one + 可数名词单数 谓语用单

数 many a + 可数名词单数 谓语用单数

第四组; the greater part of a large proportion of0% of one third of

plenty of the rest of 谓语的数

与of 后面的名词一致

第五组; either„or„. not only„.. but also „„ not „..but „„ 谓语的数与

主语的第二部分一致.

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注意比较: More students than one have been

referred to

More than one student is going to buy this book

名词单复数专题讲解

可数名词与不可数名词“分家”

一、 可数名词与不可数名词的区别

普通名词所表示的人或事物是可以按个数计算的，这类名词叫可数名词。可数

名词分为个体名词和集体名词。如果普通名词所表示的事物是不能按个数来计算

的，这类名词就叫不可数名词。不可数名词分为物质名词和抽象名词。

二、 可数名词的家务事

可数名词有单数和复数两种形式。指一个人或一件事物时，用单数形式;指两

个或多个人或事物时用复数形式。名词由单数形式变成复数形式的规则如下:

1. 一般的名词词尾直接加-s 。如:

book ? books room ? rooms

house ? houses day ? days

2. 以s, ss, ch, sh, x 结尾的名词，在词尾加-es 。如:

bus ? buses glass ? glasses

watch ? watches

dish ? dishes box ? boxes

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3. 以”辅音字母+y”结尾的名词，要先将y改为i再加-es。如:

city ? cities body ? bodies

factory ? factories等等。

4. 以f 或fe 结尾的名词，要将f或fe改为v再加-es。如:

half ? halves leaf ? leaves

knife ? knives wife ? wives

5. 特例 [悄悄话:特例常常考，要记住。]

child children

man men woman women

policeman ? policemen

tomato tomatoes

potato ? potatoes

[悄悄话: 初中英语以o 结尾的名词变复数时只有这两个词加-es，其余的当然

加-s喽～如:photo ? photos ]

foot feet tooth teeth

[悄悄话: oo变成ee。]

sheep, Chinese, Japanese单、复数同形 [悄悄话:变复数时词形不变。] ?

people单数形式表示复数意义，要求谓语动词用复数; people的复数形式

peoples通

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常指”多个民族”。

三、 不可数名词的家务事

1. 不可数名词没有复数，当它作句子的主语时，谓语

动词要用单数形式。如:

The food is very fresh. 食品很新鲜。

2. 有的不可数名词也可以作可数名词，有复数形式，

但他们的意义往往发生变化。如:

water ? waters

orange ? oranges

3. 很多的不可数名词表示泛指时为不可数，表示种

类时就可数，但意义大多不发生变化。如:

fruit ? fruits food ? foods

fish ? fishes hair ? hairs

用所给名词的适当形式填空。

1. How many________ are there on the hill?

2. There is some________ in the basket.

3. The baby has only two________ now.

4. There is a lot of________ in the bottle.

5. There are five________ in his family.

6. Let’s take________, OK?

7. I have lots of________ here.

8. The________ on the tree turn-yellow.

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9. The________ are playing games

on the playground now.

10. Their________ look new.

11. I see you have a few white________.

12. They are________ doctors.

13. Can you give me some bottles of ____ , please?

14. There are many________ in the picture.

15. I would like some apple________. I am very thirsty.

参考答案:

1. sheep. food. teeth. water. people. photos. tomatoes. leaves.

children 10. dictionaries 11. hair, hairs 12. women 13. orange 14. foxes

15. juice 名词

可数不可数“六注意”

善问大王:Good afternoon, Mr Zhang.名词可数不

可数我掌握得不好，请您给我再讲一讲好吗,

Mr Huang:别急～名词可数不可数需要注意六点，下

面我就一一给你道来:

一、可数名词是可以用来计数的名词。可数名词有单

数和复数形式。如:desk-desks, apple-apples等。不可数

名词是不可以直接用来计数的名词。不可数名词没有复数形

式，只有单数形式。如:some bread， a little milk等。

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二、单数可数名词表示泛指时，前面要用不定冠词a，表示特指时，前面要用

定冠词the; 而不可数名词前不能用a修饰，表示特指时，前面一定要用定冠词

the。如:

He is a factory worker. 他是一名工人。

No one can see air. 没有人能看见空气。

三、可数名词和不可数名词前都可以用some, any, a

lot of, lots of 等来修饰，表示”一些，许多”。如:

There are some oranges on the desk. 桌子上有一些桔子。

There is a lot of water in the bottle. 瓶里有许多水。