四六级复习单数专项语法讲解

　　谓语动词常用单数的情况  

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　　1）名词性从句及不定式、动名词作主语时，谓语动词个别用单数形式 CopyRight .com

　　【四六级复习例如】

　　　　To finish the work in advance is what he wants. 内容来自

　　　　Smoking cigarettes is dangerous to your health CopyRight .com

　　　　What seems easy in theory is difficult in practice. CopyRight .com

　　　　What caused the accident is a complete mystery.

　　　　然而，what引导名词从句作主语时，其表语是复数形式时，系动词也可能是复数形式。

　　　　【例如】

　　　　What we badly need here are qualified teachers.

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　　　　2）四六级复习注意当主语是单数，后面跟着由including, with, together with, along with, like, in addition to, as well as, rather than, but, except, more than, accompanied by等连接的短语时，谓语动词用单数。 内容来自

　　　　【例如】 内容来自

　　　　Mary as well as her sister likes listening to music. CopyRight .com

　　　　Doctor Richards, together with his wife and three children, is to arrive on the afternoon flight.

　　　　My best friend rather than anyone else has got the first prize in the speech contest. CopyRight .com

　　　　3）one, one of, every, everyone, everybody, each, many a, either, neither, no one, nobody, anyone, anybody, someone, somebody用作主语或修饰主语时，谓语动词用单数形式的四六级复习知识点。 内容来自

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　　　　Each man, woman and child has the same right. 内容来自

　　　　Many a student doesn't like to do their homework.(many a student＝many students）

　　　　Either of students is going to compete for the president of the students' union    .More than one person was involved in the case. CopyRight .com

　　　　Neither of the young men who had applied for a position in the university ____. 内容来自

　　　　A） has been accepted

　　　　B） have been accepted

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　　　　C） was accepted

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　　　　D） were accepted

　　　　neither用作主语或润饰主语时，谓语动词用单数情势。此外，定语从句用从前实现时，主句应用畸形从前时，故答案为C。 CopyRight .com

　　　　4）and所衔接的两个单数名词作主语，指同一人、统一件事或同一概念时，其谓语动词用单数。例如：My best friend and adviser has changed his mind again.

　　　　Bread, butter and eggs is typical American Breakfast .

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　　　　If law andsgroupsis not preserved, neither the citizen nor his property is safe.如果不能坚持治安，公民跟他的财产都不安全。

　　　　5）表示时间、距离、分量、体积、金钱的复数名词，作主语时作为整体来看待，谓语动词通常用单数。

　　　　【四六级复习例如】

　　　　Five thousands dollars is quite a large sum of money to me.

　　　　Fifty miles is too long a distance for one to walk on foot.

　　　　Ten years has passed but he didn't change at all.

　　　　6）“a portion of , a series of, a kind of, a body of, a species of, a pair of+名词”作主语时，其谓语动词一般用单数形式。 CopyRight .com

　　　　【例如】

　　　　A series of accidents has occurred recently in America.

　　　　A pair of new glasses is quite expensive. 内容来自

　　　　7）事件、机构、国名、作品等专有名词作主语时，谓语动词用单数。 内容来自

　　　　【四六级复习例如】The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was written by Mark Twain and it is an interesting book.The United Nations is an organization to defend world peace.

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