名词&代词
Mary and Linda’s book Mary’s and Linda’s books.
人名+’s=某人的店铺,家庭,学校等地点。 I usually buy some meat at the Johnson’s. They took part in the birthday party at Tom’s.
of 所有格名词词组第二次出现时,用that/those 代替。 The population of New York is greater than that of Chicago.
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It seems that the students of USA are more active than those of China.用砖头建的房子比用木头建的结实。 真题回顾
1. I respect Oprah’s opinion, but I would also like her to respect____.
A. my own B. mine’s C. mine D. me
2. ____ is a great pity that there are some disagreements in the school board meeting.
A. That B. This C. It D. There
3. We like our English teacher because she often tells ______ funny stories in class.
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A. us B. our C. we D. ours
4. There are 40 teachers in this school , ten of whom are _____. A. man teachers B. men teacher C. man teacher D. men teachers 练习 1、
I don’t know _____ standing over there.
A. the girl’s name B. the name’s girl
C. the name of the girl D. the name’s of girl
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2. Today’s libraries differ great from _______.
A. the past B. those of the past C. that are past D. those past 3. The police investigate the ______ about the bank robbery. A. stander-by B. standers-by C. stander-bys D.standers-bys
主谓一致
1.两个或两个以上做主语的单数名词用and连接,谓语用复数. Tom and Dick ___are____ (be) good friends. 但若表示一个集合体时则用单数。
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A singer and dancer ___was___ (be) present at the party.
The worker and writer __is_ (be) talking to the students. 2.用 and 连接的两个名词若被 no, each, every, many a 修饰,则谓语动词用单数。
No bird and no beast ___is ____ (be) seen in the bare island. Many a boy and many a girl ___has__ (have) made such a funny experiment. At Christmas each boy and each girl ___is ___(be) given a present. 3. 两个主语由not only…but also, or, either…or, neither…nor 等连接时,谓语动词与第二个主语保持一致. Either he or I ___am__ (be) to go there.
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__Are____ (be) either you or he going to attend the meeting?
4. 主语后有as well as, like, with, together with, but, except, besides,等,谓语应于前面主语保持一致.
A professor, together with some students, __was___ (be) sent to help in the work.
No one but the teachers __is___ (be) allowed to use the room.
5.一些集合名词做主语,如果看作一个整体,谓语动词用单数;如果指其中的成员,谓语用复数.
如audience, committee,class, crew, family, government, public等. 但people, police等只能用复数. My family __ is ___ (be) a big family.
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My family ____are_ (be) listening to the radio.
The police __ are __ (be) trying to catch the thief.
6.表示时间、重量、长度等名词,尽管是复数形式,但作为一个整体看,谓语还是用单数。
Five minutes __ is __ (be) enough.
One dollar and seventy eight cents _ is _ (be) what she has. 7. all 作为主语,代表人物时,一般用作复数;代表整个事件或情况时,一般看作单数。
All that I want __ is ___ (be) a good dictionary. All ___ were/are___ (be) silent.
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人人都缄口无言。万籁俱寂。
All __ were/are ____ (be) out of danger.
8. 形容词加定冠词 the 表示一类人时,谓语动词用复数。 What a life the poor __ were __ (be) living!
The young _ are __ (be) happy to give their seats to the old. 9.who, which, that 作定语从句的主语时,其谓语取决于先行词。
Those who want to go should sign your names here. He is one of the students who have passed the exam.
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He is the only one of the students who has passed the exam.
10. 以-ics结尾的学科名称通常作单数.
physics(物理学)、 mathematics(数学)、 mechanics(机械学)、 politics(政治学)、 statistics(统计学)、 economics(经济学)等
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11.还有一些以-s接的单、复数同形的名词,如: headquarters(总部), means(方法、手段), series(系列), species(种类), works(工厂)等,随后动词的单、复数形式取决于这些名称是作单数,还是用作复数。
A headquarters was set up to direct the operation (指挥作战). The only means to achieve success is to appeal to arms (诉诸武力). 12.如果作主语的名词词组由“分数(或百分数)+of-词组”构成,其动词形式依of-词组中名词类别而定。
Over sixty percent of the city __was__ (be) destroyed in the war. Thirty-five percent of the doctors __were____ (be) women. 13.如果主语是all of ...,some of ...,none of ...,half of ...,most of ...等表示非确定数量的名词词组,其后的动词形式依of-词组中的名词类别而定。例如:
Most of the money __ was ___ recovered by Deputy Player.
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Most of the members __ were_____ there.All of the cargo ___ was ___ lost. All of the crew ___ were____ saved.
14.如果主语是由“a kind/sort/type of ,this kind/sort/type of +名词”构成,动词用单数。
This kind of man annoys me.
但若在kind/sort/type之前的限定词是these/those,同时,of-词组中的名
词又是复数,则动词用复数: These kinds of men annoy me.
Those types/sorts of machines are up to date (最新的,最近的,现代的).
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15. 1)由who, why, how, whether等wh-词引导的名词性分句作主语,其后的动词通常用单数。
Who will be chosen to the Beijing is not decided.
2).两个由and连接的并列名词性分句作主语,如果主语表示两件事情,动词用复数。例如:
What caused the accident and who was responsible for it remain a mystery to us. 真题回顾
1. The educator and scholar from Shanghai. (2003年真题) A. come B. comes C. is coming D. are coming
2. Many a ____ realized that this doesn’t make any sense. (2003年真题)
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A. persons has B. persons have C. person has D. person have
3. What they said _____ us much to think about. (2004年真题) A. have left B. has left C. is left D. are left
4. A doctor, along with a group of young nurses, __ going to demonstrate the heart operation process. (2005年真题)
A. is B. are C. will D. shall
5. Neither of the employees nor the boss ____satisfied with the profits. (2006年真题)