或结果。这时名词前往往有形容词修饰 A.in a surprise B.in the surprise C.in surprise D.in some surprise 其它例子：The gift came as a complete surprise to me. We have had some unpleasant surprise ③It is_____work of art that everyone wants to have a look at it. A.so unusual B. such unusual C.such an unusual D.so an unusual II. 名词的数
规则名词的复数形式：名词的复数形式，一般在单数形式后面加-s或-es（参看有关语法书）。英语里有些名词的复数形式是不规则的，请看下表 III. 主谓一致
规 则 man-men, 1 改变名词中的元音字母或其他形式 goose-geese, mouse-mice 2 单复数相同 sheep, deer, series, means, works, fish, species ashes, trousers, clothes, thanks, goods, glasses, 3 只有复数形式 compasses, contents 4 一些集体名词总是用作复数 people, police, cattle, staff audience, class, family, crowd, couple, group, 部分集体名词既可以作单数（整体）5 也可以作复数（成员） public, enemy, party committee, government, population, crew, team, 例 词 woman-women, foot-feet, 6
customs(海关), forces(军队), times(时代), spirits(情绪), drinks(饮料), sands(沙滩), 6 复数形式表示特别含义 papers(文件报纸), manners(礼貌), looks(外表), brains(头脑智力), greens(青菜), ruins(废墟) Americans, Australians, Germans, Greeks, 加-s Swedes, Europeans 表示“某7 国人” 以-man或-woman结尾的Englishmen, Frenchwomen 改为-men,-women sons-in-law, 将主体名词变为复数 story-tellers, boy friends 8 合成名词 无主体名词时将最后一部grown-ups, housewives, stopwatches 分变为复数 将两部分变为复数 规则 语 以单数名词或代词动词不定式短语，动名 词短语或从句作主语时，谓语动词一般用单数形式；主语为复数时，谓语动词 用复数形式。 His father is working on the farm. To study English well is not easy. Reading in the sun is bad for your eyes. What he said is very important for us all. 情 况 举 例 women singers, men servants lookers-on, passers-by, 单复数同形 Swiss, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese 7
法 一 致 由连接词and或both…and连接起来的主 语后面，要用复数形式的谓语动词。但若所连接的两个词是指同一个人或物 由what引导的主语从句，后面的谓语动词多数情况用单数形式，但若表语是复数或what从句是一个带有复数意义的并列结构时，主句的谓语动词用复数形式。 what I bought were three English books. What I say and do is (are) helpful for you. Lucy and Lily are twins The writer and artist has come. Every student and every teach is in the classroom. Many a boy and many a girl likes it. 时，它后面的谓语就用单数形式。由and No boy and no girl likes it. 原 连接的并列单数主语前如果分别有no, Each of us has a new book. each, every 或more than a Is everyone here today? Somebody is speaking in class.
(an)/one,many a (an) 修饰时，其谓语动词要用单数形式。either, neither, each, Everything around us is matter every 或no+单数名词和由some, any 若none of 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。 None of the sugar was left. None of us has (have) been to America. 则 no, every构成的复合不定代词，都作单数看待。. 8
Those who want to go please write their names on the blackboard. 在定语从句里，关系代词that, who, which He is one of my friends who are working 等作主语时，其谓语动词的数应与句中先hard. 行词的数一致。 He is the (only) one of my friends who is working hard. It is I who am going to the cinema tonight. 在强调句型中应与被强调部分一致 It is we who are going to the cinema tonight. The police are looking for the lost child. The cattle are eating grass in the field. His family has moved to the south .(他的一如果集体名词指的是整个集体，它的谓语家) 动词用单数形式； 如果它指的集体的成His family are watching TV.（他的家人） 员，其谓语动词用复数形式 Class four is on the third floor.（四班） Class Four are unable to agree upon a monitor.（四班的学生） 由a lot of /lots of/ plenty of/ a heap of/ There are a lot of people in the classroom. heaps of/ the rest of/the majority of+名词构成的短语以及由分数或百分数+名词构Three-fourths of the surface of the earth is sea. 9
成的短语作主语时，其谓语动词的数要根据短语中后面名词的数而定。 50 percent of the students in our class are girls. 此外，还有a number of +复数名词有类似的用法（用复数），但the number of +复数名词的数就得依number 而定（用单数）。 A number of students have gone to the farm to help the farmer pick apples. The number of pages in this book is three hundred. There comes the bus. On the wall are many pictures. 在倒装句中，谓语动词的数应与其后的主Such is the result. 语一致 Such are the facts. Between the two hills stands a monument. 逻 辑 What, who, which, any, more, all 等代词 可以是单数，也可是复数， 主要靠意思Which is your bag? Which are your bags? Are any of you good at English? Has any of you got a pen? All can be done has been done. All is going well. All have been taken out. 意 来决定。 义 10