名詞在句子中的作用
1.主語是可數(shù)名詞單數(shù)時,謂語動詞用單數(shù)形式;主語是復(fù)數(shù)時,謂語動詞用復(fù)數(shù)形式。
All roads lead to Rome.(條條大路通羅馬。)
His brother is an industrial engineer.
The number of the students attending the party is increasing.
★the number of表示數(shù)量,無論后面名詞是復(fù)數(shù)還是單數(shù),謂語動詞是單數(shù)形式。
Two-thirds of the shop belongs to me.
★two-thirds三分之二
幾分之幾作主語,謂語是單數(shù)形式。
Both of us are studying English.
★總結(jié):在名詞作主語時,the number of謂語動詞單數(shù)形式;
幾分之幾,謂語單數(shù)形式;
both謂語使用復(fù)數(shù)形式。
2、主語是不可數(shù)名詞、不定式或動名詞詞組、從句時,謂語動詞用單數(shù)形式。
All the money he received was given to his mother.
Forgetting the past means betrayal.
What we are talking now is useless.
3.主語部分若有as well as,with,together with,like,but,except等短語,謂語動詞的單、復(fù)數(shù)與短語前面的名詞一致。
Mary,as well as her two sisters,is a student of this school.
(as well as her two sisters作主語Mary的主語補足語,主語Mary是單數(shù),所以謂語動詞用單數(shù)形式)
No one except my friends knows anything about it.
4.表示時間、距離、重量、價值等的復(fù)數(shù)名詞作主語時,如果當作整體看待,謂語動詞用單數(shù)形式!啊+(×)…=…”算式中的謂語動詞也用單數(shù)形式。
Three times two is six.
Three kilometers is 3,ooo metres. (three kilometers作為整體來看)
5.Either,neither作主語時,謂語動詞用單數(shù)形式。
Neither of us has been to Italy.
Has either of them been to Shanghai?
none代表可數(shù)的人或東西時,謂語動詞可以用單數(shù)也可以用復(fù)數(shù),代表不可數(shù)的東西時,謂語動詞用單數(shù)形式。
None of the students have/has seen the film.
None of the money belongs to me.
6.主語由either…or,neither…nor,not only…but also連接時,謂語形式由最鄰近的主語決定。
Not only you but also I am wrong.
Neither my aunt nor I am going out this afternoon.
Either you or she is to do the work.
7.主語中有and,如果表示單一概念,謂語動詞用單數(shù)。
The bread and butter is nice.
8.主語前有many a,more than one修飾時,謂語動詞用單數(shù)形式。
Many a book has been read by the students.
★many a book=many books
More than one person has been to the Great Wall.
9.集合名詞作主語,當作整體看待時,謂語動詞用單數(shù)形式,當作每個獨立的個體看待時,謂語動詞用復(fù)數(shù)。
The committee meets once a year. (作為整體)
The committee are having a meeting now. (作為獨立個體)
People,police作主語時,謂語動詞用復(fù)數(shù)形式。
The police have come to arrest him.
(微信同號)