3、Chinese, Japanese, fish, sheep, people等表示单个时谓语用单数,表示许多时,谓语用复数。如：There is a sheep in the yard. / There are some sheep in the yard

 

　　4、maths, news等虽然有s结尾,但不是复数,因此谓语仍用单数：The news is very exciting.

 

　　5、glasses, shoes, socks, trousers, gloves等名词往往用复数形式,故谓语用复数。如：

 

　　The trousers  are  very  cheap and I want to take them.

 

　　6、a lot of 后跟名词复数时谓语用复数形式,跟不可数名词时谓语用单数形式。如：A lot of students  are playing  baseball now.  A lot of time was wasted on that work. (被动句)

 

　　7、and 连接两个名词做主语时,谓语原则上用复数,但是两个名词若构成一个整体事物时,谓语则用单数。如：The teacher and his son are picking apples now./ Fish and chips  is  very famous food. 8、 there be 句型中be的单复数由靠近的名词决定。如：There is a table and four chairs in the room.

 

　　9、用both…and…连接两个事物做主语时,谓语一般用复数。如：Both you and I  are required to be here tomorrow.

 

　　10、主语中含有with的短语时,谓语单复数由with之前的人物决定。如：A woman with a 7-year-old child was standing at the side of the road.

 

　　11、either…or…或者 neither…nor…连接两个人物做句子主语时,谓语采用就近原则。如：Either you or he is right. / Neither you nor  I  am  going  there.

 

　　12、表示一段时间或长度概念的复数名词做主语时,谓语一般用单数。如：Two months is not a short time. Two thousand kilometers is quite a long distance(距离). 13、主语中含有half of… / (three quarters)of… / all (of) the ….等词语时,谓语的单复数由名词确定,如：Over three quarters of the information on the Internet is in English / A third of the students were playing near the lake.    但是,population一词又有特殊情况： What’s the population of China? / Three quarters of the population in this city are Arabs(阿拉伯人). (句子用复数)

 

　　中考链接：

 

　　B．根据句意和首字母提示，写出相应的单词

 

　　1.T       comes after Wednesday.(考点：星期)

 

　　2.The tree leaves turn yellow in a        .（考点：季节）

 

　　3.We have three m      a day: breakfast, lunch and supper. (考点：名词复数)

 

　　4. Ban Ki-moon was chosen as the eighth leader of the U. N. in____(十月)（考点：月份）

 

　　5. Max likes Cindy's painting very much.（考点：whose问物主）

 

　　6. Tim is______. Ho stayed update to watch the 2008 NBA All Star Game. （考点：名词短语）

 

　　A. a lazy man         B. a good swimmer

 

　　C. a basketball fan       D. a helpful student

 

　　7. —A picture of the White House? (考点：专有名词---首都与国家)

 

　　—Yes, I took it in________.

 

　　A. London         B. Washington          C. Paris          D. Bangkok

 

　　8.Be careful with these _______（小刀）.They are very sharp. (考点：名词复数)

 

　　9.Thanks for your suggestions. They will be of great ___________（value）to us.（考点：不可数名词）

 

　　10.Having many___________(帮手)makes a task easier. （考点：many+名词复数）

 

　　11.Huaguo Mountain has become the ___________(象征)of Lianyungang. （考点：名词短语）