Unit 1 Grammar Subject---Verb Agreement (主谓一致) 意义一致 语法一致 就远原则 就近原则 意义一致 即主语形式上为单数,但意义为复数, 因此谓语动词用复数形式;或主语形式 上为复数,但表示单数意义,这时谓语 动词用单数形式。 意义一致: 1.由集体名词,如group, family, class, government, team, public, enemy, crowd, audience, club, party, crew等作主语时,如果 看成一个整体,谓语动词用单数形式,如果看成 其中各成员,则用复数形式. His family is very large. 他家是一个大家庭。 His family are music lovers. The group ____ is made up of nine students. are dancing happily. The group____ has some good players. The team ____ are (have) Choose the correct verb form to complete the following sentences. 1.The research group is (is, are) made up of five people. 2.What do (do, does) the group want for their lunch? 3.Our family is (is, are) not poor any more. 4.He has to worry. His family are (is, are) waiting for him. 5.The class is (is, are) more than forty in number. 6.The class have (have, has) disagreed among themselves about where they should go and have a picnic. 7.The government has (has, have) spent more than two million yuan in planting trees. 8.The city government have ( has, have) different opinions about next year’s plan. 9.The police________ (is, are) searching for are the thief. 注意:但集体名词为 people, police, cattle等在多数情况下谓语 动词都用复数形式。 2.表示时间、距离、金钱等复数名词作主语,表达一个整 体概念时, 谓语动词则用单数形式; 3.以-s 结尾的名词本身不表示复数意义,谓语通常用单数 形式,如news, maths, physics, the United States ,works等 作主语, 谓语动词用单数形式; has passed since I left Ningbo; Two years ______ is One million dollars ______ a great sum of money. 1.Every meanshas ______ been tried since