many a… , more than one…
2. Every boy and every girl in our class likes the pop star.
• No chair and no desk is permitted to be taken away from the reading-room.
• each…and each…
every…and every…
no…and no…
3A knife and fork is lying on the table.
• The writer and poet is going to give us a talk on writing.
• A factory worker and a writer are going to give us a talk.
.and 连接两词表示同一人或物,谓语动词用单数.
4.: Ten pounds is enough for such a thin book.
• Five miles is not a short distance for a boy of 7 years old.
• Three years has passed since she came here.
表示时间, 数目, 距离, 价格等名词复数作主语,作整体看时谓语动词仍用单数.
如:ten pounds, five weeks, five miles 等.
主谓一致练习
( C )1.Every teacher and every student ____ found a Students’ Union.
A. has B. have C. expects to D. hope to
(B) 2.Nobody but them____ to know about the matter.
A. want B. wants C. have wantedD. were wanted
( D)3.Nothing but trousers ____ in that small shop.
A. was worth of 20 dollars B. were worth 20 dollars
C. was cost 20 dollars D. was paid 20 dollars for
( D)4.The dictionary as well as the books that ____pictures in them ____ to her.
A. has; belongs B. have; are belonged C. has; belong D. have; belongs
( D)5.Twenty percent of the work of the whole year____finished by their group last month.
A. has been B. had been C. were D. was
( A)6.A knife and fork ____ on the table.
A. is B. are C. has been D. have being
( B)7.Neither his parents nor his wife ____anything about it.
A. know B. knows C. have known D. is known
( A)8.Five dollars___ too much for a ticket.
A. seems B. seemC. seem to be D. are
( B)9.Most of the apples____.
A. was rotten B. were rotten C. has rotten D. have rotten
( C)10.About one third of the workers in that factory ____young people.
A. isB. has been C. areD. have been
( A)11.Not only the teacher but also the students____the change.
A. object to B. objects to C. object D. objects
( A)12.Every means___ tried since then.
A. has been B. have been C. are D. is
(D)13.This pair of trousers___ my sister.
A. is belong to B. are belong C. belong to D. belongs to
( A)14.Our team ____ defeated by theirs last Sunday.
A. was B. had been C. has been D. have been
( C) 15.Our team____ taking showers when the door was knocked open.
A. was B. areC. were D. have been
( B) 16.The League secretary and monitor____ asked to make a speech at the meeting.
A. isB. wasC. are D. were
( B) 17.His “Selected Poems” ___ first published in 1965.
A. were B. was C. has been D. had been