外研社必修三module1 grammar主谓一致.ppt

* Subject and verb agreement Read the sentences and answer the questions. My family lives in Cardiff. Our soccer team is fantastic. The whole class is here. What have the words family, team, and class got in common? (a) They are all singular nouns. (b) They are followed by a singular verb. (c) They refer to only one person. (d) They refer to a number of people. (b) (d) The keys: I. 对于这些集体名词：family, class, team, committee, audience, public, government 等, 如果强调这个集体是一个整体就被看作单数, 如果强调组成这个整体的每个成员就当作复数用。 如: ① The class is a good one. ② The class are all there. ③ My family is in Beijing. ④ My family are all soccer fans. ⑤ The team is loved by all the people  in the city. ⑥ The team has now known the whole story. ⑦ The audience was large. ⑧ The audience are now enjoying the play so much. Complete each sentence using a verb. 1. The Valencia soccer team _____ in a large stadium. 2. Carlos’s class ____ a meeting. 3. Amy ____ in London but her family ________ in Cardiff. plays has lives live/lives live play have Finish the following sentences. 1) The class __ (be) big. 2) The class ___ (be) taking notes at the moment. 3) His family ____ (be) small in the past, but now it __ (be) big. is are was is 4) His family ____ (be) all soccer fans. 5) The team ___ (have) made progress. 6) The team ____ (have) all forgot the  meeting. are has have II. neither指“两者都不”, 在一般情况下用单数(特别是正式文本和英国英语中)在neither…nor…连接主语的情况下, 动词谓语和nor后面的成分保持数的一致; none表示“否定”, 既能指人又能指物, 可用单数, 也可用作复数; each指“两个或两个以上的人或物中的一个”, 强调个体的意义, 如： ① Neither the teacher nor the students are in the classroom. ② Neither you nor anyone else is to blame. ③ None of the stories is believable. ④ None of the emails have been answered. ⑤ Each of the two girls has glasses on. ⑥ Each of the students in the class has made progress in English. Rewrite the sentences using neither, none, or each. 1. Amy and Helen can’t speak Chinese. Neither Amy nor H