主谓一致
1．语法形式上的一致。主语为单数形式，谓语动词用单数形式；主语为复数形式，谓语动词也用复数形式。练习：She to the 6:30 news broadcas t(广播) every day. (listen)
We morning exercises every day.(do)
2．意义上一致
1)句子主语是表示度量、时间、金钱的复数名词，作为一个整体看待时，谓语动词用单数。
练习：Four weeks for summer holidays.
A.was allowed
B.are allowed
C.were allowed
D.have been allowed
2) 主语形式虽为单数，但意义为复数，谓语动词用复数。（如：people，police，cattle(牛)等。）
练习：The police the murderer(凶手) everywhere when he suddenly appeared(出现,露面) in a theatre.
A.is searching for
B.were searching for
C.are searching for
D.were searching
3) 主语形式为复数而意义上却是单数，谓语动词用单数。（如：news，works(工厂)，physics，politics（政治学），mathematics（数学）等.）
练习：The news very exciting．(be)
4）一个被and并列的两个形容词修饰的单数名词或两个并列做主语的单数名词共用一个表示限定的词时，谓语用单数；两个名词各有自己的限定词时用复数。
练习：Every boy and every girl to attend the evening party.
A.wish
B.wishes
C.is like
D.like
The League secretary(团支书) and the monitor asked to attend the meeting this afternoon. A.is B.was C.are D.is being
5)某些集体名词作主语时，如果作为一个整体看待，谓语动词用单数形式；如果就其中一个个成员而言，谓语动词用复数形式。(如family，audience(听众)，class，club，company，crowd，enemy(敌人)，government，group，party，public，team.等)
练习：The White family very large. All the family animal lovers.
A.is;are
B.is;is
C.are;is
D.are;are
6)不定代词each，every，no所修饰的名词即使以and或逗号连接成多个并列主语，谓语动词仍用单数形式. 练习：Every means tried but without any result.
A.have been
B.is to be
C.are to be
D.has been
7) )如果主语有more than one...或many a构成，尽管从意义上看是复数内容，但它的谓语动词仍用单数形式。练习：More than one graduate sent to the hardest place since 1979.
A.is
B.are
C.has been
D.have been
在“more+复数名词+than one\'’结构之后，谓语词一般用复数形式。
练习：More members than one against your plan．（be）
8)当主语后面跟有as well as，no less than, along with，with, like，rather than，together with，but，except，besides，including，in addition to(除...之外)等引导的词组时，其谓语动词按句首主语的单、复数而定。
练习：Mary as well as her sisters Chinese in china.
A.are studing
B.have studied
C.studies
D.study
9)all,most,who,which等代词单独作主语时，根据意义，谓语动词用单数或复数。
练习：All possible means to save the wounded soldier.
A.has been tried
B.have been tried
C.is to be tried
D.are trying
10 )(large)quantities of修饰可数复数名词或不可数名词其短语作主语时，谓语动词一般用复数。
练习：Large quantities of water for irrigation(灌溉).
A.is needed
B.has needed
C.are needed
D.need
A large quantity of +不可数名词做主语时，谓语动词用单数。
11) The number+可数复数名词，the amount of+不可数名词，the quantity of+可数复数名词或不可数名词构成的短语，作主语时，谓语动词用单数.
练习：The number of people invited fifty, but a number of them absent for different reasons.
A.were , was
B.was , was
C.was , were
D.were , were
12)a number+复数名词做主语时，谓语动词用复数形式。
练习：A number of foreign visitor in Beijing.
A.have reached
B.has got
C.have arrived
D.has arrived
13) either, neither, each, every 或no +单数名词和由some, any, no, every构成的复合不定代词，都作单数看待。练习：Every book except these two .
A.have sold
B.have been sold
C.has been sold
D.has sold
14) 定冠词the + 形容词或分词"，表示某一类人时，动词用复数。
练习：The rich not always happy.
A.are
B.is
C.has
D.have
15) a / this kind / type / sort等 + of + 名词”作主语时，谓语动词要用单数形式，但“复数名词 +of +a / this kind / type / sort ”等作主语时谓语动词要用复数形式。
练习：This kind of apples highly priced.(be)
Apples of this kind highly priced.(be)
16)在one of +复数名词+who(what,which)引导的定语从句中，从句谓语动词常用复数；若one前有the(only)等修饰语时，从句谓语动词常用单数。
练习：He is the only one of the student who elected
A.are
B.have
C.has
D.is
This is one of the most interesting questions that asked.
A.have
B.has
C.have been
D.has been
17)one and a half +复数名词做主语时，其谓语要用单数形式。
练习：One and a half bananas left on the table.
A.is
B.are
C.has
D.have
18) population当人口讲时，谓语动词用单数形式；当人们讲时，谓语动词用复数。
练习：Over 80 percent of the population of China peasants(农民).
A.was
B.is
C.would be
D.are
The population of China larger than that of any other country in the world.
A.is
B.are
C.has
D.have
3.就近原则
1) “分数或百分数+of+名词”构成短语，以及由“some，a lot of，lots of，plenty of，a(1arge)quantity of，the rest of，a heap of，heaps of+名词”构成短语时，其名词可以是可数名词或不可数名词。作主语时，采取就近一致的原则，其谓语动词要与短语中of后面的名词的数保持一致，这是因为短语中of后面的名词是中心词，而名词前面的量词是修饰语。
练习：Lots of rubbish every day.
A.is thrown away
B.are thrown away
C.has thrown away
D.throws
2）当there be 句型的主语是一系列事物时，谓语应与最邻近的主语保持一致。
3）并列主语有or,either…or…,neither…nor，not only…but also 连接时，谓语动词与最邻近的主语保持人称、数的一致。
练习：Not only I but also Jane and Mary tired of having one examination after another.
A.is
B.are
C.am
D.be
