LESSON 2

　　Subject-Verb Agreement （II）

　　1.帶確定數量詞的名詞詞組做主語時的主謂一致

　　1）當主語是表示數目、時間、重量、距離等的復數名詞時，如果該名詞所表示的數量看作一個整體，其后的動詞用單數。

　　Ten seconds of silence appears very awkward on television.

　　A thousand dollars a month is more than I can afford.

　　Four years I too long for me to wait.

　　Sixty miles is a short run in a car.

　　2） 當主語是表示數目、時間、重量、距離等的復數名詞時，如該名詞所表示的數量看作單個個體，其后的動詞用復數。

　　The past three weeks were the hardest time in his life.

　　Hundreds of buildings were put up in the city last year.

　　Five kilos of apples are placed into the basket.

　　3） 當主語為“分數或百分數+of+名詞”時，其后的動詞形式依照of后名詞的單復數形式來定。

　　Three-fourths of the surface of the earth is sea.

　　Three-fourths of the people do not agree with the president.

　　One-fourth of the region is underdeveloped.

　　Thirty percent of the oil in that country is imported.

　　Ten percent of the eggs have gone bad.

　　Fifty percent of the land in that region has been used to build factories.

　　4）當主語為sheep， fish， deer， aircraft， means， steelworks 等單數與復數同形的詞時，動詞的形式以名詞單、復數意義為準。

　　An American aircraft was brought down by the anti-aircraft fire.

　　Three aircraft are reported missing.

　　Various means have been tried to solve the problem.

　　Two steelworks were built ten years ago.

　　Ten fish have been caught today.

　　One sheep was killed by a wolf.

　　2.all的主謂一致

　　1） 代詞all表示可數的人或物時，其后的動詞用復數形式。

　　All were hungry and desperate for food.

　　All who have seen the film love it.

　　All of them enjoyed themselves at the party.

　　2） 代詞all表示不可數的名詞時，其后的動詞用單數。

　　All is going well.

　　All is quite in the middle of the night.

　　All you have to do now is wait.

　　All that glitters is not gold.

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