2.主谓一致.ppt

Lecture 2主谓一致 Subject-verb Concord 主谓一致Subject-verb Concord (I) Check your understanding: 1)All English sentences begin with the subject. 2)Theroetically, the subject of an English sentence can be infinitely complex in form. 3)If the subject of an English sentence is singular, the predicate verb must be singular, too. 主谓一致Subject-verb Concord Check your understanding: 1)All English sentences begin with the subject. (F) 2)Theroetically, the subject of an English sentence can be infinitely complex in form. (T) 3)If the subject of an English sentence is singular, the predicate verb must be singular, too. (T) 主谓一致 For examples: 1) Make a point of observing contracts and maintaining our commercial integrity. 2)Learning English grammar ____ by no means easy. 3)To leave or stay ____ a question hard to answer. 4)Linguistics and literature studies ____both important to language learners. 5)What Jack said and what Joan saw____ equally believable. 6)The police ____ searching for the lost child. 7)Jack and Joan ____ (work) in the factory. (either…or, neither…nor, along with) 主谓一致 For examples: 1) Make a point of observing contracts and maintain our commercial integrity. 2)Learning English grammar _is_ by no means easy. 3)To leave or stay is a question hard to answer. 4)Linguistics and literature studies are both important to language learners. 5)What Jack said and what Joan saw were equally believable. 6)The police were searching for the lost child. 7)Jack and his classmates are (be) responsible for the general failure of the examination. (either…or, neither…nor, along with) 主谓一致Subject-verb Concord 2.1 Guiding principles 主谓一致是指主语和谓语之间在“人”和“数”的方面的一致关系，又叫“主-动一致”。 There are three principles guiding subject-verb concord, they are: Grammatical Concord(语法一致） Notional Concord(意义一致） Principle of Proximity(就近原则） 1)语法一致原则Grammatical Concord 用作主语的名词词组中心词和谓语动词在单复数形式上的一致。 Eg: Few students are really lazy. Two girls were standing on the cor