Subject-verb agreement

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Subject-verb agreement

Unit 6

--By Wang Xiaohong

Please choose a number to open the gift!!

Bob

Bob _____ a worker.is

Mike

Mike and Bob _____ workers.are

Neither Mike nor Bob _____(is/are) an English teacher.

is

Bill

Neither of them _______ (know) how to teach English.

knows/know

None of them ___________ (know) how to teach English.

knows/know

subject-verb agreement

…and … ----plural

… or…either…or… neither…nor…

---- 就近原则

neither of …

none of …----plural /singular


Everyone in my class works very hard.

Nobody wants to be the worst.

If anyone has difficulty, we will help him.

Make sentences with the words and expressions given below.

1. in our class /Everyone/very hard /works

4. wants/to be /the worst /Nobody

2. difficulty/ has/ we /help him/ If/ anyone/will

3.Everybody/ active /in /is /our English class

Everybody is active in our English class.


…and … ----plural

either…or… neither…nor…

---- 就近原则

neither of …

none of …----plural /singular

everyone / everybody nobody/anybody/ anyone…

---- singular

Dear Xiaoyu, I think everyone _____(is/are) settled in London, although neither the weather nor the food____ (is/are) good. Either rain or snow fell every day this week but everybody_____ (has/have) tried to ignore it. My friends and my mother_______ (has/have) visited the theatre almost every night. None of them _________________(carry/carries) an umbrella but nobody_________ (has/have) let that affect their activities. We are enjoying ourselves so much that I wonder if anybody______ (wants/want) to come home. This group of tourists________ (love/loves) the culture and_______ (is/are) happy in England and would like to visit London every summer! see you soon, Dong Xianshun

isis

hashave

carry/carrieshas

wantslove

are

group

Sentence patterns Our group is /has/does …

Our group are /have/do…a unit

members

singular （单数动词）

plural ( 复数动词）

class

family

My family _________(is/are) small.

My family_________ (like/likes) travel.

is

like

team

police

audience

1.was/ clapping/for /ten minutes/The/audience

2.The /are /in the hall/watching/carefully /audienceThe audience was clapping for ten minutes

The audience are watching carefully in the hall.

governmentThe government_________________________________( 由一些高级官员组成 )

The government_______________________________( 在开一个重要的会议 )

is made up of some high officials.

are having an important meeting.

class , team, group, family, audience, government, police, the public …

subjecta unit

members

--a singular verb

--a plural verb

Collective Nouns （集体名词）

Complete the following sentences with the correct verb form.1. The family _____ (be) very big. The family_____ (be) early risers.2. This class ______ ( have) eight girls and twenty-five bo

ys. This class ______ ( be) very bright, especially in science

subjects3. The government (be) made up of six high offi

cials The government ______ (be) having an important mee

ting when I got there.4. It was late, but the audience_____ (be) still entering the

hall. The audience_______ (be) dressed in different ways.

isarehas

are

is

were

was

were

• The team ___ driving to the game in their own care.

• A. is

• B. are B

1. There are a desk, a table and three chairs in the room._______

2. There are three chairs and a desk in the room. ______

3.Neither I nor he know the answer. ______

4.Class Two have 22 students ________

5. A football team plays well if they understand each other well.

__________

6.My family are big, with twelve people in all. _________

7.My family were watching TV last night. ______

8. The police was searching for the lost child yesterday. ________

9.Either the teacher or the students is to blame. ________

10. Nobody is allowed to smoke in the cinema. ________

knows

is

√

has

play

is

were

are

√

√√

class / group / family … volleyball /football /basketball… team everybody/anybody/everyone… …and…/either.. or .. /neither… nor…/ none of

1. Prepare a short passage about your …2. 6 minutes.3. The leader should write down the passage

of your group.

Writing(Group-work)



---- 与 n.(1) 保持一致原则

as well as rather than n.(1)+ together with + n(2) including except/ but

All but him and me ____ to the exhibition. A. am going B. is going

C. are going D. was going —Interest, as well as prospects 前途 , ____ impo

rtant when one looks for a job. A. are B. were C. is D. was

The president, accompanied by his assistants, ____. A. have arrived B. are arriving

C. had arrived D. has arrived

C

C

D


Highlight some difficult points

用法例句

1 n, and n.+ v( sing)

表示同一人 / 物 / 观点

A poet and novelist has visited our school.

n, and n.+ v(pl)

表示两者以上A poet and a novelist have visited our school.

• Early to bed and early to rise ____ a man healthy, happy and wise. A. making B. to make

C. make D. makes

• Wisky and soda ____his favorite drink.A. is B. are C. were D. have been

D

A

Highlight some difficult points

用法例句

1 The + adj. + v( sing)

表示抽象The beautiful is the true.

The + adj. .+ v (pl)

表示该类全体The rich are not always happy

The young ____ the vital forces in our society. A. is B. has been

C. are D. have been

In that country, the rich ____ richer, the poor, poorer. A. become B. has become

C. becomes D. is becoming Not all the beautiful ___ good. A. is B. has been C. are D. have been

C

A

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Test

• 1. The public ___ the best judge because the public always ___ their thought.

• A. are; express

• B. is; express

• C. is; expresses

• D. are; expresses

• I think Class One _____ likely to win because Class One _____ all football lovers.

• A. is; are

• B. are; are

• C. is; is

• D are; is

• The population of the city ___ not large, but one third of the population here ____ highly educated citizens.

• A. is; is

• B. are; are

• C. is; are

• D. are; is

• Not only I but also Jessie and Mary ___ tired of having one exam after another.

• A. is

• B. are

• C. am

• D. be

• All that can be done_____.

• A. has been done

• B. has done

• C. have done

• D. were done

The public _____ generous in their contributions to the earthquake victims.A. is

• B. was • C. are • D. has been

Homework

1.Write the passage in your exercise books on your own in 100 – 120 words.

2.Do exercise 2 on page 44

Collective nouns can have a singular or plural verb.

1. If the noun refers to a whole unit, use a singular verb.

2.If it refers to the different members of a unit, use a plural verb

Grammar rules:

Our class…

My family…

Our Chinese volleyball team…

The public…

The police…

The audience…

The government…

My class

• My class is neither too big nor too small. It consists of 13 boys and 18 girls.

• My class are working hard and every one has a dream.• Teachers as well as students are putting their heart into wo

rking, they all think that nothing is impossible.• With the development of our friendship, we are good at wo

rking with each other and we are determined to work harder and be admitted to a key university.

• We all like studying in this class.• 翁春妙

My family

• My family is not big, with four people in all, my father, my mother, my little brother and I. my parents as well as I are busy working all day. This accounts for that neither I nor my parents are at home. Only my brother feels free whenever it is, even though there is much work which remains to be finished. It is a great pity that never can I enjoy myself together with my parents and my little brother.

• 夏超燕

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