8．集体名词, 如: family, crowd, class等, 如把它们当作整体看,谓语动词用单数; 如把它们当作若干个体来看,用复数。

　　　 例如：

　 　　 Our family is very happy. 我们的家庭很幸福。

　 　　 My family are all football fans. 我的家人都是足球迷。

7．集体名词, 如: people, police, cattle, youth 作主语时,谓语动词用复数形式。

例如：

　 　　 The police like to help people.警察乐于助人。

　 　　 The youth of our country are happier than the other people.

　 　　 我们国家的年轻人比别的国家的更幸福。

6．动名词, 不定式, 从句作主语时,谓语动词一般要用单数。

　　　 例如：

　 　　 To see is to believe. 眼见为实。

　 　　 Reading is a good way to become educated. 读书是变得有教养的一种好方法。

　 　　 When he will come is not known. 他会什么时候来还不知道。

5．表示双部分工具的名称,衣服名称等作主语时, 谓语用复数形式, 如: trousers, shoes, glasses, goods, clothes. 如果这些词由 pair, piece, kind + of 修饰,则用单数形式.

例如：

　 　　 My trousers are white and his clothes are black.

　 　　 我的裤子是白色的，他的衣服是黑色的。

　 　　 A pair of shoes is lying here.

　 　　 一双鞋放在那里。

　 　　 These kinds of glasses are popular. (kinds为复数时，谓语动词用复数)

　 　　 这几种玻璃很流行。

4．某些词结尾字母为s, 但并不是复数形式,如: physics, maths, economics (经济学), politics, news, means, works(工厂), 作主语时用单数形式。

例如：

　 　　 Physics is very important. 物理是很重要的。

　 　　 Every means has been tried. 每一种方法都已经试过了。

　 　　 This works was built in 1982. 这家工厂是1982年建的。

3．当主语后跟有with, along with, together with, besides, except, like, including, as well as, rather than等词时,谓语动词根据前面的主语变化。

例如：

　 　　 All but one were here just now.

　 　　 除了一个，刚才其他所有的(人)都在这里。

　 　　 A library with five thousand books is offered to the nation.

　 　　 有着五千本书的一个图书馆提供给了国家。

　 　　 She as well as the other teachers is going to another park.

　 　　 她和其他老师都要去另一个公园。

　 　　 A farmer together with some workers is about to help us.

　 　　 一个农民和几个工人即将来帮助我们。

2．由or, not only... but also..., either...or, neither...nor...连接主语时,谓语与靠近的主语一致，即就近一致的原则。

例如：

　 　　 Either you or I am mad. 要么是你要么是我疯了。

　 　　 Neither you nor he is right. 你和它都不对。

　 　　 Not only the teacher but also his family were friendly to me.

　 　　 不仅老师，而且他的家人都对我很友好。

　 　 主谓一致:

1．由and连接两个名词或代词作主语时，一般情况下谓语动词用复数形式，但是如果and所连接的两个名词指同一人物、同一事物、同一概念时，谓语动词要用单数形式。

　　　 例如：

　 　　 Li Ming and Zhang Hua are good students. (指不同的人)

　 　　 李明和张华是好学生。

　 　　 Both the teachers and the students are here. (指不同的人)

　 　　 老师和学生都在这里。

　 　　 The writer and poet lives in the village. (指同一个人)

　 　　 这位作家兼诗人主在这个村子里。

　 　　 Husband and wife forms a family.

　 　　 夫妻组成家庭。

　 　　 Note: 1).由 every, each, many a, no ...等词修饰的名词作主语时,谓语动词用单数形式。

　　 例如:

Each man and each woman is invited. 每个男人和女人都邀请了。

No boy and girl is there now. 现在那里没有一个男孩和女孩。

Many a boy and many a girl has been invited. 很多男孩和女孩都被邀请了。

In China every boy and every girl has the right to receive education.

在中国每个男孩和女孩都有接受教育的权利。

　 　 (2).当两个主语为不可分的东西时，谓语动词用单数形式。

　　　 例如：

A watch and chain was found on the desk. 桌子上发现了表。

Bread and butter is nutritious. 奶油面包有营养。

3．Oprah Winfrey is not just a very successful TV personality in the US, she is also a woman who has inspired millions.

此句中的“not just…also…”表示“不仅…而且…”，再如：Einstein was not just a great scientist, he was also a music lover. 另外这个句子中的动词inspire的用法也要注意，除了本句的主动语态外，它还经常用于被动语态。例如：

I was inspired to work harder than ever before.

我受激励比以往任何时候都更加努力地工作。

2．It was a time in which many sad things happened to her.

此句中的a time表示一个时期，in which引导一个定语从句。要注意：something happen to somebody表示“某人出了什么事情”，此处to为介词；而我们还会看到以下句型：I happened to meet him in the street. 在这个句型中， to是不定式符号，此句意思与下一句相同：=It happened that I met him in the street.