Going to bed early and getting up early is a good habit. 5 形复单义词做主语
headquarters, works, news, 以-ics结尾的学科名词,国名,运动项目 politics / mathematics / physics the United Nations / the United States Eg. The news was very exciting. Their headquarters is at the foot of the mountain. 6 each/every修饰名词做主语
“each/every +单数可数名词+each/every+单数可数名词”结构做主语 Eg. Every hour and every minute is important. Each boy and each girl wishes to serve the people in the future. Every man, woman and child is an important being. 7 “more than one +单数可数名词”结构及 “many a +单数可数名词”结构做主语。
但 “more +复数名词+than one”结构和 “many +复数名词”结构中，谓语动词多用复数形式。
Eg. More than one question was asked. More members than one are against your plan. Many a student likes popular songs. = Many students like popular songs. 8 名词所有格之后的名词被省略，这种情况一般只指商店、工厂、或个人的住宅，做主语时动词一般用单数。如the baker’s, the barbar’s, the carpenter’s, the Zhang’s … Eg. The doctor’s is on the side of the street. My uncle’s is not far from here. 注：表示店铺的名词，一般作集体名词看待，但用作主语时，谓语动词往往用复数。 Eg. Richardson’s have a lot of imported goods to sells. 9 “a series of / a species of + n.”结构作主语时，其谓语动词用单数。
注意：series, species 的单、复数形式相同，如果series, species之前不是“a”，而是“two”一类的表示复数的词，其谓语动词用复数。 Eg. A series of actions is repeated over and over again.
There are two series of experiments: chemical and physical. （三）用复数谓语动词的情况
1 and 连接两个名词做主语 (不表示同一概念或事物时,即两个名词前都有冠词或限定词); both…and…短语做主语
Eg. The professor and the scientist give us lectures every week. 2 集合名词做主语
①一些集合名词做主语,谓语动词要求复数
cattle, police, people, mankind, poultry, militia, vermin Eg. The police have caught the burglar. Cattle are selling at reasonable price. ②一些集合名词做主语,谓语要求单数 machinery, equipment, merchandise, jewelry Eg. How much machinery has been installed? ③一些集合名词做主语看成整体时,谓语动词用单数; 强调个个成员时,谓语动词用复数;
family, team, committee, crew, staff, audience, club, class, company, crowd, enemy, government, group, public, population … Eg. His family is going to have a long juourney. The whole family are watching TV.
The population in China is very large, and eighty percent of the population in China are farmers.
3 the + adj. 表示一类人做主语 Eg. The old are respected in China. 4 all, none, some, any, more, most等不定代词及the rest, the majority做主语,修饰或指代可数名词时,要求复数谓语;修饰或指代不可数名词时,要求单数谓语. None but 短语视其后名词定
Eg. Most of his friends are rich. Most of his time is spent playing. All are agreed. All goes well. None but the brave man deserves a reward. None but the fools are prepared to believe that. 5 分数,百分数, half修饰可数名词做主语时,谓语动词用复数; 修饰不可数名词做主语时,谓语动词用单数; Eg. More than 70% of the surface of the earth is covered with/by water. Three-fourths of the students in our class are League Members. one and a half +复数名词=one + 单数名词+and a half 如果表示时间,距离,重量,谓语动词用单数 如果表示数量,谓语动词用复数
Eg. One and a half miles has been covered. One and a half apples were left in the plate. 6 名词性物主代词做主语时, 视其义定. Eg. His is a new bike. / His (books) are new. Ours are old bikes. 7 such, the same起指示代词作用时，应根据其所指的内容来决定单、复数。 Eg. Such is our plan. Such are his words. 8 关系代词who, that, which等在定语从句中做主语时，其谓语动词的数应与句中先行词的数一致。
Eg. Those who want to go please sign your names here. Some of the energy that is used by man comes from the sun. 在 “one of +复数名词+who/which/that”引导的从句结构中，关系代词who/which/that的先行词是靠近它的复数名词而不是one，因此从句中的动词应该是复数形式。
但是当one之前有the only等修饰语时，关系代词的先行词是one而不是靠近它的复数名词，因此从句的动词应该是单数形式。
Eg. This is one of the most interesting questions that have been asked. She was the only one of the girls who was late for the meeting. 9 疑问代词who, what, which做主语时，谓语动词可根据说话人所要表达的意思决定单、复数。
Eg. Who lives next door? It is Xiao Li. Who live next door? It is Zhang and Liu. Which is/are your book/books? What produce(s) heat?
10一些有两个部分构成的名词表示衣物或工具做主语时，谓语通常用复数形式，如glasses, clothes, trousers, shoes, compasses, chopsticks, scissors等。但如果主语用 “a kind of, a pair of, a series of等加名词”构成时，谓语动词一般用单数形式。 Eg. A pair of shoes was on the desk. 11单、复数同形的名词做主语时，按意义一致的原则，用作单数意义时，谓语用单数；反之，谓语用复数。这类词有：means, works, species, Chinese, Japanese, sheep, deer … Eg. A sheep is over there. Some sheep are over there. The/This glass works was set up in1980. The/These glass works are near the railway station.