谓语动词单复数练习题

谓语动词单复数练习题 精品文档 谓语动词单复数练习题 1(动名词短语、不定式短语、名词性从句做主语，谓 语用单数。如: Buying clothes is often a time-consuming job because those clothes that a person likes are rarely the cones that fit him or her. To understand the situation completely requires more thought than has been given thus far. 2(表示时间、距离、金额、重量、面积、体积、容 积等度量的名词短语做主语时，谓语用单数。 Two weeks was too long Five times five makes twenty five 3(一般用and连接的两个单词或短语做主语时候， 谓语用复数，但是下面用and连接的主语表示一个概念，谓 语用单数: law and or der 法制 soap and water 肥皂水 a cup and saucer 茶 杯碟子 fork and knife 刀叉 the needle and thread 针 线 trial and error 反复尝试，不断摸索 horse and carriage 马车 time and tide 岁月 bread and butter 奶 油面包 the ebb and flow 盛衰，潮涨潮落 如: If law and order not preserved, neither the citizen nor his property is safe. A. is B. are C. was d. were : A。 4(表示学科和某些疾病名称的名词是复数形式，作 1 / 19 精品文档 主语时候谓语动词用单数形式 Linguistics is a branch of study on human language. 5(有些名词形式上是复数，意义上是单数，根据意 义一致原则动词用单数 The chaos was stopped by the police The news is a great encouragement to us A series of debates between the lectures was scheduled for the next weekend. 6(用and 连接的成份表示一个单一概念时候，动词 谓语用单数形式 Bread and butter is our daily food Time and tide waits for no man《和3同》 二( 谓语用复数情况 1( 由and, both „and, 连接的并列主语，和both ,a few, many ,several 等修饰语后面谓语动词通常用复数形 式。 Few people know he and I were classmates when we were at college. 2(集体名词police, public, militia, cattle ,class ,youth后常用复数形式的动词 The Chinese people are brave and hardworking The cattle are grazing in the sunshine 3(当表示民族的词与冠词合用当主语，谓语动词用 复数形式 The Japanese were once very aggressive 4(某些形容词前面加定冠词表示一类人，做主语时 2 / 19 精品文档 候，谓语动词用复数 The rich are not always selfish 5(不可数名词作主语，其前有表示数量的复数名词 修饰时，谓语动词用复数 Three million tons of coal were exported that year 三(谓语动词可用单数，也可以用复数的情况 1( 就近一致原则 这种情况下，谓语动词使用单数 还是复数取决于最靠近该动词的主语的单复数，存在这种情 况的主要由以下几种可能: 1) 由连词 either„or„; neither„nor„; whether„ or„;not only„but ;or 等连接的并列主语 Neither money nor fame has influence on me Not only you but also he is wrong 2) 在倒装结构中，谓语动词与后面的第一个主语一 致 Blocking the open-sided porch, framed by the enveloping fog, stands a tall grave-faced policeman. Just outside the ruins is a magnificent building surrounded by tall trees. Although a great number of houses in that area are still in need of repair, there has been improvement in the facili 2( 主语带有with, such as, accompanied by, as well as, no less than, except, besides, with, combined with, in addition to , including, together with 等等 3 / 19 精品文档 附加成分，谓语的数不受附加成分的影响仍然与主语保持一 致 Professor Taylor , with six of his students ,is attending a conference in Boston organized to compare current practice in the United States with those of other nations. The president of the college, together with the deans, is planning a conference for the purpose of laying down certain regulations. 3(关系代词做主语的定语从句中，谓语的数要与先 行词一致。 如: Despite much research, there are still certain elements in the life cycle of the insect that are not fully understood. There are many valuable services which the public are willing to pay for, but which do not bring a return in money to the community. 4(一些表示数量的短语与名词连用时候，谓语动词 的数取决于名词的数，名词是复数，谓语动词用复数，反之 就用单数。这些短语包括:a lot of /lots of; plenty of/heaps of; half of; two-third of; eighty percent; part of; rest of ; none of 等等 Two-thirds of people present are women Lots of damage was caused by the fire 5(集体名词作主语时，谓语动词的数取决于主语表 4 / 19 精品文档 示的意思和数，当表示整体时候，谓语动词就用单数，当强 调集体中的个体时候，谓语动词就用复数。这些集体名词如: army, audience, band ,government ,group ,flock, police, public ,staff ,team ,troop. Crowd, firm, family 等等 The family is the basic unit of our society The family were watching the TV The audience was enormous The audience were greatly moved at the words 6(某些固定结构中主语与谓语的数: 第一组: a great many + 可数名词复数 谓语用复 数 a number of + 可数名词复数 谓语用复数 the majority of + 可数名词复数 谓语用复数 第二组; the number of + 可数名词复数 谓语用单 数 each/every + 可数名词复数 谓语用单数 neither/either of + 可数名词复数 谓语用单数 one and a half + 可数名词复数 谓语用单数 第三组; more than one + 可数名词单数 谓语用单 数 many a + 可数名词单数 谓语用单数 第四组; the greater part of a large proportion of0% of one third of plenty of the rest of 谓语的数 与of 后面的名词一致 第五组; either„or„. not only„.. but also „„ not „..but „„ 谓语的数与主语的第二部分一致. 5 / 19 精品文档 注意比较: More students than one have been referred to More than one student is going to buy this book 名词单复数专题讲解 可数名词与不可数名词“分家” 一、 可数名词与不可数名词的区别 普通名词所表示的人或事物是可以按个数计算的，这类名词叫可数名词。可数名词分为个体名词和集体名词。如果普通名词所表示的事物是不能按个数来计算的，这类名词就叫不可数名词。不可数名词分为物质名词和抽象名词。 二、 可数名词的家务事 可数名词有单数和复数两种形式。指一个人或一件事物时，用单数形式;指两个或多个人或事物时用复数形式。名词由单数形式变成复数形式的规则如下: 1. 一般的名词词尾直接加-s 。如: book ? books room ? rooms house ? houses day ? days 2. 以s, ss, ch, sh, x 结尾的名词，在词尾加-es 。如: bus ? buses glass ? glasses watch ? watches dish ? dishes box ? boxes 6 / 19 精品文档 3. 以”辅音字母+y”结尾的名词，要先将y改为i再加-es。如: city ? cities body ? bodies factory ? factories等等。 4. 以f 或fe 结尾的名词，要将f或fe改为v再加-es。如: half ? halves leaf ? leaves knife ? knives wife ? wives 5. 特例 [悄悄话:特例常常考，要记住。] ? child ? children ? man ? men woman ? women policeman ? policemen ? tomato ? tomatoes potato ? potatoes [悄悄话: 初中以o 结尾的名词变复数时只有这两个词加-es，其余的当然加-s喽～如:photo ? photos ] ? foot ? feet tooth ? teeth [悄悄话: oo变成ee。] ? sheep, Chinese, Japanese单、复数同形 [悄悄话:变复数时词形不变。] ? people单数形式表示复数意义，要求谓语动词用复数; people的复数形式peoples通 7 / 19 精品文档 常指”多个民族”。 三、 不可数名词的家务事 1. 不可数名词没有复数，当它作句子的主语时，谓语 动词要用单数形式。如: The food is very fresh. 食品很新鲜。 2. 有的不可数名词也可以作可数名词，有复数形式， 但他们的意义往往发生变化。如: water ? waters orange ? oranges 3. 很多的不可数名词表示泛指时为不可数，表示种 类时就可数，但意义大多不发生变化。如: fruit ? fruits food ? foods fish ? fishes hair ? hairs 用所给名词的适当形式填空。 1. How many________ are there on the hill? 2. There is some________ in the basket. 3. The baby has only two________ now. 4. There is a lot of________ in the bottle. 5. There are five________ in his family. 6. Let’s take________, OK? 7. I have lots of________ here. 8. The________ on the tree turn-yellow. 8 / 19 精品文档 9. The________ are playing games on the playground now. 10. Their________ look new. 11. I see you have a few white________. 12. They are________ doctors. 13. Can you give me some bottles of ____ , please? 14. There are many________ in the picture. 15. I would like some apple________. I am very thirsty. 参考答案: 1. sheep. food. teeth. water. people. photos. tomatoes. leaves. children 10. dictionaries 11. hair, hairs 12. women 13. orange 14. foxes 15. juice 名词 可数不可数“六注意” 善问大王:Good afternoon, Mr Zhang.名词可数不 可数我掌握得不好，请您给我再讲一讲好吗, Mr Huang:别急～名词可数不可数需要注意六点，下 面我就一一给你道来: 一、可数名词是可以用来计数的名词。可数名词有单 数和复数形式。如:desk-desks, apple-apples等。不可数 名词是不可以直接用来计数的名词。不可数名词没有复数形 式，只有单数形式。如:some bread， a little milk等。 9 / 19 精品文档 二、单数可数名词表示泛指时，前面要用不定冠词a，表示特指时，前面要用定冠词the; 而不可数名词前不能用a修饰，表示特指时，前面一定要用定冠词the。如: He is a factory worker. 他是一名工人。 No one can see air. 没有人能看见空气。 三、可数名词和不可数名词前都可以用some, any, a lot of, lots of 等来修饰，表示”一些，许多”。如: There are some oranges on the desk. 桌子上有一些桔子。 There is a lot of water in the bottle. 瓶里有许多水。 四、可数名词前可用具体的数词来表示具体的数量。如:two apples, four books等。不可数名词前通常用”单位词+of”来表示数量。如: a piece of paper, three pieces of paper等。 五、可数名词作主语时，谓语动词的单复数与主语的单复数保持一致。如: This picture is very beautiful. 这幅画很美。 不可数名词作主语时，谓语动词要用单数形式，但是不可数名词前有复数”单位词”时，谓语动词要用复数形式。如: There are two cups of tea on the table. 桌上有 10 / 19 精品文档 两杯茶。 六、对可数名词前的修饰语提问用how many; 对不可数名词前的修饰语提问用how much。 如: How many apples are there in the box?盒子里有多少个苹果, How much tea is there in the cup?杯里有多少茶水, 注意:对不可数名词前的”单位词”的修饰语提问时，疑问词用how many。 如: How many pieces of bread are there on the plate? 盘子里有多少片面包, 善问大王:名词可数不可数有这么多的注意点啊～这下我可全知道了～Thank you very much. Mr Zhang～ Mr Zhang:You’re welcome. “行行色色”的名词所有格 在英语中，特别是表示有生命的名词，可以加’s表示所属关系，名词的这种形式我们称之为名词的所有格。 一、名词词尾加’s的所有格 1. 一般情况在名词后加’s。例如: That girl’s coat is in the room. 那个女孩的衣 服在房间里。 2. 在以s结尾的名词后面，只加 ‘。 如果复数名 11 / 19 精品文档 词不是以s结尾的，末尾也要加’s。例如: Today is September 10th, Teachers’ Day. 今天是九月十日，教师节。 Children’s Day is coming, I should buy something new for my son. 儿童节马上就要到了,我 应该为我的儿子买一些新东西。 3. 表示词组内的并列名词各自的所有关系时，须在 各个名词后加’s;如果一个东西为两个人或者两个以上的 人共同拥有，只在最后一个名词后面加’s。例如: They are John’s and Kate’s rooms. How beautiful they are! 这是约翰和凯特的房间。它们太漂亮了～ He is Lily and Lucy’s father. 他是莉莉和露西的爸爸。 4. 表示某人的家、店铺等的所有格，一般可以省略 它后面所修饰的名词。例如: My father and I will have dinner at the Johnson’s . 我爸爸和我将要去约翰逊的家吃晚饭。 We will have our hair cut at the barber’s tomorrow afternoon. 明天下午我们要去理发店理 发。 5. 有些指时间、距离、国家、城镇等的名词，也可 以加’s构成所有格。例如: There is something important in today’s 12 / 19 精品文档 newspaper. 今天的报纸上有一些重要的东西。 It’s about ten minutes’ walk from school to our home every day. 每天从学校到我们家步行大约需要十分 钟。 6. 英语名词所有格修饰的词，如果前面已经提到过， 后面则可以省略，以防止重复。例如: This is not Dick’s dictionary, but is Tom’s. 这不是迪克的字典，但是是汤姆的。 二、由of短语构成的所有格 1. 表示“无生命的名词”一般与of构成短语，表示 所有关系。例如: There is a river on the other side of the road. 在公路的另一边有一条河。 2. 有时我们用名词 + of +名词所有格构成双重所有 格的形式。例如: This is a photo of Mr Brown’s. 这是一张布朗先生的照片。 不用定冠词的八项纪律 今天,我们从八个方面来学习一下哪些时候不用定冠 词“the”。 一、定冠词不与表示一类人或事物的复数名词连用。 例如: 1. I like reading the books. I like reading 13 / 19 精品文档 books. 2. She likes the cats. She likes cats. 二、定冠词不能用在某些习惯用语中的名词前面。例 如: 1. I have lunch at the noon. I have lunch at noon. 2. We go to school by the bus. We go to school by bus. 三、定冠词不能用在某些专用名词和不可数名词前 面。例如: 1. I like the China. I like China. 2. Would you like a cup of the water? Would you like a cup of water? 四、定冠词不能用在节日、日期、月份、季节前面。 例如: 1. Today is the Teachers’ Day. Today is Teachers’ Day. 2. He was born in the May in 1987. He was born in May in 1987. 五、定冠词不能用在表示称呼语或某些头衔的名词前 面。例如: 1. Good morning, the sir! Good morning, sir! 14 / 19 精品文档 2. I need some help, the Mummy. I need some help, Mummy. 六、定冠词不能与名词前已有作定语用的this, that, my, your, some, any等代词连用。例如: 1. This the pen is mine. This pen is mine. . I have the some money. I have some money. 七、定 冠词不能用在表示科目名词的前面。例如: 1. We will learn the Chinese, the history and the Maths this afternoon. We will learn Chinese, history and Maths this afternoon. . The English is the most interesting of all the subjects. English is the most interesting of all the subjects. 八、定冠词不能用在三餐和球类运 动名词的前面。例如: 1. She goes to school after the breakfast every morning. She goes to school after breakfast every morning. . We often play the football after school. We often play football after school. 介词 for 的用法 1. 表示“当作、作为”。如: I like some bread and milk for breakfast. 我喜 欢把面包和牛奶作为早餐。 What will we have for supper? 我们晚餐吃什么? 2. 表示理由或原因,意为“因为、由于”。如: 15 / 19 精品文档 Thank you for helping me with my English. 谢谢你帮我学习英语。 Thank you for your last letter. 谢谢你上次的来信。 Thank you for teaching us so well. 感谢你如此尽心地教我们。 3. 表示动作的对象或接受者,意为“给„„”、“对„„ ”。如: Let me pick it up for you. 让我为你捡起来。 Watching TV too much is bad for your health. 看电视太多有害于你的健康。 4. 表示时间、距离,意为“计、达”。如: I usually do the running for an hour in the morning. 我早晨通常跑步一小时。 We will stay there for two days. 我们将在那里逗留两天。 5. 表示去向、目的,意为“向、往、取、买”等。如: Let’s go for a walk. 我们出去散步吧。 I came here for my schoolbag.我来这儿取书包。 I paid twenty yuan for the dictionary. 我花了20元买这本词典。 6. 表示所属关系或用途,意为“为、适于„„的”。如: 16 / 19 精品文档 It’s time for school. 到上学的时间了。 Here is a letter for you. 这儿有你的一封信。 7. 表示“支持、赞成”。如: Are you for this plan or against it? 你是支持 还是反对这个? 8. 用于一些固定搭配中。如: Who are you waiting for? 你在等谁? 一、请写出下列词的复数形式。 child________this____________watch___________day___ _________ book_______ dress________ sheep________tea_________box__________strawberry___ _sandwich__________paper_______ juice__________ fish___________ 二、单项选择 1. The __ in our yard are very beautiful. A. clothB. water C. flowers 2. A cat has four ____ , doesn’t it? A. foots B. feet C. feets 3. Can you see nine ____ in the picture? A. fish B. book C. horse 4. The _____ has two______. 17 / 19 精品文档 A. boy; watchB. boy; watches C. boys; watch 5. The _____ are flying back to their country. A. Germany B. Germanys C. Germans 6. The girl brushes her _____ every day before she goes to bed. A. tooths B. teethC. teeths 7.I saw many _____ in the street. A. peoples B.people C.people’s 三、选择填空 1. They come from different ______ A. country B. countries C. a country D. countrys 2. How many ______ do you see in the picture? A. tomatoes B. tomatos C. tomatoD. the tomato 3.. Would you like _______ ,please? A. two glass of waterB. two glasses of water C. two glass of waters D. two glasses of waters 4. I wonder why ______ are interested in action films. A. the peopleB. people C. peoplesD. the peoples 5. There is no ______ in the plate. A. applesB. orangesC. riceD. eggs 18 / 19 精品文档 6.My uncle has three _______. A.childB.childs C.children D.childrens 注:题目完成后划出和名词对应的谓语动词。包括二1、 4、5，三4、5注意主谓一致性。 例:Ice cream is my favorite food. 参考答案: 一、请写出下列词的复数形式。 cities zoos countries teeth boys cars trees buses babies families dishes radios photos pianos lives childrenthesewatchesdays books dresses sheep teas boxes strawberries sandwiches papers juicepeoplefish 二、单项选择 1.C2.B.A4.B .C .B .B 三、选择填空 1.B .A3.B4.B .C .C 19 / 19