北师大版高中英语必修第三册单词语法(10)

The Chinese people is a great people. 中华民族是一个伟大的民族.
注意：有生命的集体名词(people, police等) 复数谓语。无生命的集体名词(clothing,
furniture equipment等) 单数谓语。
The police are looking into the accident. 警方正在调查这起事故。
All the furniture has been moved to another room. 所有的家具都搬到了另一个房间。
2) 由and 或both…and连接的两个名词或代词后跟复数谓语。当and连接的两个名词在
意义上指同一人/物/事/概念时，谓语动词用单数形式。这时and后的名词前不加冠词。
Both Mark and I are students. 我和马克都是学生。
The singer and dancer is welcomed warmly by the local people.
这位歌手兼舞蹈家受到当地人民的热烈欢迎。
3) “all/most/half/plenty/some/the rest of 名词/代词” 或 “分数/百分数 of 名词/代
词”作主语时，谓语动词常与of后的名词或代词保持数的一致。
The rest of the money is locked in the safe. 其余的钱都锁在保险柜里了。
Fifty percent of the students have passed the exam. 百分之五十的学生通过了考试。
4) a number of 可数名词复数 复数谓语；the number of 可数名词复数 单数谓语。
a large quantity of/large quantities of 后跟不可数名词或可数名词复数，谓语动词与
quantity的数保持一致。
The number of people invited was fifty, but a number of them were absent for different
reasons. 被邀请的有五十人，但许多人由于种种原因没有来。