subject-predicate concord谓语.ppt

17.当 there be/ here be 句型的主语是一系列事物时，谓语应与最邻近的主语保持一致。 1. There is a pen, a knife and several  books on the desk.. 2. There are three chairs, two tables and  a bike in the house. 18. 主语后跟 “with, along with, together with, like, unlike, besides, but, except, including, as well as, as much as, rather than, more than, no less than, and not +名词”结构时，谓语动词一般和前面的主语保持一致。 A library together with 5000 books was given to our school as a gift. Mr. Johnson as well as his wife and children is visiting the Great Wall now. All but Tom have gone to the cinema. 1. ______ you or he the teacher of  English? Neither my sister nor my mother  ______ present at the meeting. A. Are, was B. Is, were C. Are, are D. Is, is 2. When and where to build the new  factory______ yet. A. is not decided  B. are not decided C. has not decided  D. have not decided A 3. One or two days ____ enough to see  the city． A. is B. are C. am D. be 4. Neither my wife nor I myself ____ able  to persuade my daughter to change  her mind． A. is B. are C. am D. be 5. Not the teacher, but the students  ____ looking forward to seeing the  film． A. is B. are C. am D. be 6. His “Selected Poems” ____ first  published in 1965. A. were B. was  C. has been D. have been 7. A woman with some children ______  soon． A. is coming B. are coming C. has come D. have come 8. No one except my parents ____  anything about this。 A. know B. knows C. is known D. are known 9. The teacher as well as the students  ______ the book already． A. has read B. have read C. are reading D. is reading 10. All but one ____ in the accident． A. was killed B. were killed C. will be killed D. are killed All were killed in the accident but one. 11.The number of people invited ___fifty,  but a number of them ___ absent