1、表示总称意义形单意复的名词，如people, police, cattle 等作主语时，只当作复数看待，谓语在任何情况下都用复数。如：

Cattle are one cause of the problem.造成戈壁滩的原因之一是牲畜问题。

The police are searching for a murderer in that mountain.警察正在山中搜寻一名杀人犯。

8、 如果主语是由“a kind of, 或this/that　 kind of, a series ( a species) of ，a pair of等 + 名词”构成谓语动词通常用单数形式。例如：

This kind of men is dangerous.这种人是危险的。

Is this kind of car made in Shanghai ?这种汽车是上海制造的吗？

There is a kind of rose in his garden.他的花园里有玫瑰花。

This kind of apple/apples is rather expensive. 这种苹果相当贵。

That kind of snake/snakes is dangerous.　 那种蛇很危险。

[注意]但"there/those kinds of+复数名词"作主语时，谓语动词要用复数。　 如：

There kinds of tests are good .　 这种测试很好。

Those kinds of apple trees have not yet grown up. 那种苹果树还没有长。

如果种类不是一种而是多种，谓语动词应为复数。例如 ：

There are many kinds of pears.有很多种梨子。

7、由“分数或百分数+of +名词(或代词)”构成的短语作主语时，其谓语动词的数要与of后面的名词(短语)保持一致。例如：

Two thirds of the country is dry or desert.这个国家的三分之二的地方气候干燥或者是沙漠地区。

Two thirds of the people present are against the plan.在场的三分之二的人反对这个计划。

More than 70 percent of the surface of our earth is covered by water.我们地球的70%的表面被水所覆盖。

30 percent of the students in our class are girls.我们班的30%是女生。

6、“a lot of (lots of， plenty of， a head of， heaps of， the rest(majority) of ，some

(many，anymore，most， all等)of++名词”构成的短语作主语时，其谓语动词的数要与of后面的名词(短语)保持一致。例如：

Some of us do not know much about the theatre.我们中有一些人还不太懂得戏剧。

Some (of the sugar) is wet.　　　 有些(糖)是湿的。

Most of the students in our class are league.　 我们班上大多数学生是团员。

Most of the food tastes delicious. 大多数食物味道很好。

Half of the work is left unfinished.一半的工作没有完成。

Half of the apples are given to the children.一半的苹果送给孩子们。

Lots of damage was caused by smoking.许多损害是由吸烟引起的。

Plenty of English books are on the shelf.许多英语书在书架上。

注意：1)all单独作主语表示“人”时，谓语用复数；表示“整个事件或事情”时，谓语用单数。 如：

All are present.　 所有的人都出席了。(表人)

All is well.　 一切都好。 (表示整个事情或情况)

2)“a number of+复数名词 ”作主语时，谓语动词用复数形式；“The number of+复数名词”作主语时，谓语动词用单数形式。例如：

A large number of buildings were burnt down.许多楼房被毁了。

A number of students in our class are out by the lake.我们班有些学生到湖边去了。

The number of students in our school is 2500.我们学校的学生人数是2500名。

The number of books on women published in China is growing.在中国，有关妇女书籍出版数目在增加。

The number of wagging dances per minute told the exact distance to the feeding place.每分钟摆尾的次数表明了到喂食处的精确距离。

5、在定语从句中，关系代词that，who，which等作主语时，其谓语动词的数，应与句中先行词的数一致。例如：

It sounded like a train which/that was going under my house.那声音听起来就像有一列火车从我的房子底下开过似的。

People who study the think that there will be another big one soon.研究地震的人认为不久将还有一次大的地震。

The horse which is tied to the tree belongs to John.拴在树上的那匹马是约翰的。

Those who want to go on a journey please sign your name here.要去旅游的请把名字签在这儿。

Some of the energy that is used by man comes from the sun.被人类使用的一些能源来自太阳。

[注意]在以“one of the+复数名词”为先行词的定语从句中，关系代词作主语时，谓语动词用复数；但如果“one of the+复数名词”这个结构前有the only之类的修饰语时，其从句的谓语动词用单数。　 例如：

This is one of the questions that have been asked by the students.这是学生提出的许多问题的一个。

Bob is one of my friends who are helping me with English.鲍勃是帮助我英语的朋友之一。

He is the only one of the officers who was invited to the ball here. 他是办公室唯一收到邀请参加舞会的人。

The head master is the only one of the teachers who knows Esperanton.校长是老师中唯一懂得世界语的人。

5.不定代词none 以及由"none/either/neither+of+复数合词(或代词)"构成的短语作主语时，谓语用单复数均可，这取决于说话人的意思。当说话人着眼于“每一个都不.......”或“两个中的任何一个都不.......”时，谓语动词用单数；当说话者着眼于“所有的都不.......”或“两个中的全部都不.......”时，谓语动词用复数。例如：

None know when that was. (强调所有的人)　 没人知道这是什么时候的事。

None is so good as he.(强调每一个人)　 没有人像他那么好。

None of them have / has a car.他们都没有小汽车。(他们没有一个人有小汽车。)

Neither of them know / knows the answer.他们两个全都不知道答案。(他们两个人谁也不知道答案。)

Neither of the article is (are ) interesting.其中没有哪篇文章有趣。

Neither of them have replied.　　 他们两个谁也没有答复。

Neither of them has replied.　　 他们两个谁也没有答复。

4、不定代词each, either, neither 和由 some, any, no, every 构成的复合代词作主语时，谓语动词用单数。　 例如：

Each (of us) takes a cup of coffee.(我们)每人喝一杯咖啡。

Everyone knows smoking cigarettes is bad for health.大家都知道吸烟不利于身体健康。

Nothing is to be done 没有什么要干的事。

Everybody obeys the school rules; anybody who breaks the rules is punished.每个人必须遵守学校规则，任何人违反了规则将受到惩罚。

2)若后面的名词是不可数名词，它的谓语动词就要用单数；若它后面的名词是复数，它的谓语动词用单数或复数都可以。例如：

None of the sugar was left.没有剩下什么糖了。

None of us has (have) been to America.我们中没有人去过美国。

3、如果主语是单数，尽管后面跟有(together) with, as well as, like, but, except, besides，including, no less than, rather than ,as much as，more than，along with　 in addition to等介词短语，其谓语动词仍用单数形式；若主语为复数，则谓语动词也用复数。例如：

An English teacher together with some students has climbed to the top of the mountain.一位英语老师和几个学生已经爬到了山顶。

Mary as well as her friends likes this painting.玛丽和她的朋友都喜欢这幅画。

No one except my close friends knows anything about this matter.除了我的亲密朋友谁也不知道这件事。

The teacher with a number of students is in the classroom.老师和许多学生在教室里。

She, like you and Tom, is very tall.像你和汤姆那样她很高。

2、由and 或both...and来连接并列主语时，谓语用复数。例如：

Swimming and walking are good exercises.游泳和散步都是好运动。

He and I were classmates when we were at college.他和我在上大学时是同学。

Both John and Ann have got pen-friends.约翰和安都有笔友。

Both Zhou Lan and Yang Pei like sports.周兰和杨蓓都爱好体育。

[注意]1)但是，并列主语如果表示同一个人、同一事物或同一概念时，谓语动词用单数形式(这时and后的名词前没有冠词)。例如：

The manager and secretary was absent at the meeting.经理兼书记没有出席会议。

The manager and　 the secretary are busy now.经理和书记现在都很忙。

Their teacher and friend is Mr. Li.他们的老师和朋友是李先生。

2)由and连接的并列单数主语前如果分别被no, each, every或many a ，more than one修饰时，其谓语动词用单数形式。 例如：

In our country every boy and every girl has the right to receive education.在我们国家里，每个男孩和女孩都有权利受教育。

Each man and each woman is asked to help. 每个男士和妇女都被请来帮忙。

Many a student is having practice in that factory. 许多学生正在那家工厂实习。

More than one student is interested in the book.不止一个学生对这本书感兴趣。

[注意] 在“more than one+单数名词”作主语时，若在There be句型中，亦可用复数。　　 如：

There is/are more than one man here.　 这儿不止一个人。