四、名词在句子中的作用

　　名词在句子中可以作主语、宾语、宾语补足语、表语、定语，有时可以作状语。

　　名词、代词或其他结构作主语时，谓语动词在人称和数上必须与主语保持一致。

　　1.主语是可数名词单数时，谓语动词用单数形式;主语是复数时，谓语动词用复数形式。

　　All roads lead to Rome.(条条大路通罗马。)

　　His brother is an industrial engineer.

　　The number of the students attending the party is increasing.

　　the number of 表示数量，无论后面名词是复数还是单数，谓语动词是单数形式。

　　Two-thirds of the shop belongs to me.

　　two-thirds 三分之二

　　几分之几作主语，谓语是单数形式。

　　belong to 属于某人

　　Both of us are studying English.

　　总结：在名词作主语时，the number of 谓语动词单数形式;

　　几分之几，谓语单数形式;

　　both 谓语使用复数形式。

　　2、主语是不可数名词、不定式或动名词词组、从句时，谓语动词用单数形式。

　　All the money he received was given to his mother.

　　Forgetting the past means betrayal.

　　What we are talking now is useless.

　　3.主语部分若有as well as， with， together with， like， but， except等短语，谓语动词的单、复数与短语前面的名词一致。

　　Mary， as well as her two sisters， is a student of this school.

　　(as well as her two sisters 作主语Mary的主语补足语，主语 Mary 是单数，所以谓语动词用复数形式)

　　No one except my friends knows anything about it.

　　4.表示时间、距离、重量、价值等的复数名词作主语时，如果当作整体看待，谓语动词用单数形式。“…+(×)…=…”算式中的谓语动词也用单数形式。

　　Three times two is six.

　　Three kilometers is 3，ooo metres. (three kilometers作为整体来看)

　　5.Either， neither作主语时，谓语动词用单数形式。

　　Neither of us has been to Italy.

　　Has either of them been to Shanghai?

　　none代表可数的人或东西时，谓语动词可以用单数也可以用复数，代表不可数的东西时，谓语动词用单数形式。

　　None of the students have/has seen the film.

　　None of the money belongs to me.

　　6.主语由either…or， neither…nor， not only…but also连接时，谓语形式由最邻近的主语决定。

　　Not only you but also I am wrong.

　　Neither my aunt nor I am going out this afternoon.

　　Either you or she is to do the work.

　　7.主语中有and，如果表示单一概念，谓语动词用单数。

　　The bread and butter is nice.

　　8.主语前有many a， more than one修饰时，谓语动词用单数形式。

　　Many a book has been read by the students.

　　★many a book=many books

　　More than one person has been to the Great Wall.

　　9.集合名词作主语，当作整体看待时，谓语动词用单数形式，当作每个独立的个体看待时，谓语动词用复数。

　　The committee meets once a year. (作为整体)

　　The committee are having a meeting now. (作为独立个体)

　　People， police作主语时，谓语动词用复数形式。

　　The police have come to arrest him.

　　名词部分考试重点

　　1、可数名词与不可数名词里，哪几个词是不可数名词。

　　2、可数名词复数形式重点掌握不规则形式，单、复数相同的名词。

　　3、名词所有格重点掌握时间名词所有格在其后加s，复数加。

　　4、名词在句中的作用，重点掌握刚才的9点。

　　考点测试

　　1.Ten days ______ long enough for Mr. Carter to finish his design. He doesnt need any more.

　　A. is B. has been C. was D. had been

　　ten days 作为一个整体看待，谓语用单数形式。(注意时态)

　　答案 A

　　2. Now， many people use the word Ms instead of Miss or Mrs， for example， before the names of ______ in business letters.

　　A. woman manager B. women manager C. woman managers D. women managers

　　names 是复数形式，其后的名词肯定是复数。

　　两个名词变为复数，两个都要变。

　　答案 D

　　3. The number of students who failed the chemistry examination _____ to fifteen.

　　A. have increased B. has increased C. is increased D. are increasing

　　the number of 谓语动词用单数。

　　答案 B

　　4. Neither John nor his father _______ able to wake up early enough to catch the morning train.

　　A. was B. were C. would be D. have been

　　neither……nor谓语动词跟相邻的主语一致。

　　答案 A

　　5. The room is eight _______ long.

　　A. foot B. foots C. feet D. feets

　　foot 英尺，复数形式 feet

　　答案 C

　　6. When autumn comes， the ______ of trees begin to fall.

　　A. leafs B. leafes C. leaves D. leaf

　　leaf 的复数形式 leaves

　　答案 C

　　7. The flood has done _____ to this area.

　　A. damages B. many damages C. much damage D. damaging

　　8. Not only the students but also their teacher ______ at the meeting.

　　A. was present B. were present C. have been presented D. has been presented

　　not only…… but also 谓语动词与相邻名词一致。

　　present 呈现，介绍

　　答案 A

　　9. One of the things she wrote about ______ life on a small farm at the beginning of the century.

　　A. is B. was C. are D. were

　　one of 谓语用单数。

　　答案 B

　　10. Only about one out of twelve of the young men and women of this country _____ college education.

　　A. receive B. receives C. have received D. have been received

　　one out of 谓语用单数形式。

　　答案 B

　　11. Never before ______ so many people been engaged in producing goods just for the comfort of man.

　　A. has B. have C. will D. would

　　never before开头，句子倒装。

　　主语so many people为复数。

　　engage in doing sth. 忙于做某事。

　　答案 B

　　12. At the bus stop _______ a soldier and two young people on their way to North Carolina.

　　A. were B. was C. is D. sits and waits

　　主语 a soldier and two young people为复数

　　答案 A

　　13. There ______ the last piece of cake and the last spoonful of ice cream.

　　A. goes B. go C. gone D. was gone

　　主语 the last piece of cake and the last spoonful of ice cream复数

　　答案 B

　　14. Mr. Brown， and not I ， ________ chosen to be the representative of the class.

　　A. is B. am C. are D. have been

　　主语 Mr.Brown

　　答案 A