盘点高中英语语法复习

　　His family isn't very large. 他家成员不多。

　　His family are music lovers.他家个个都是音乐爱好者。

　　但集合名词people, police, cattle, poultry等在任何情况下都用复数形式。例如：

　　Are there any police around? 附近有警察吗?

　　3)有些名词，如variety, number, population, proportion, majority 等有时看作单数，有时看作复数。例如：

　　A number of +名词复数+复数动词。

　　The number of +名词复数+单数动词。

　　A number of books have lent out.

　　The majority of the students like English.

　　6.与后接名词或代词保持一致的情况

　　1)用half of, most of, none of, heaps of, lots of, plenty of 等引起主语时，谓语动词通常与of后面的名词/代词保持一致。例如：

　　Most of his money is spent on books. 他大部分的钱化在书上了。

　　Most of the students are taking an active part in sports. 大部分学生积极参与体育运动。

　　2)用a portion of, a series of, a pile of, a panel of 等引起主语时，谓语动词通常用单数。例如： A series of accidents has been reported. 媒体报道了一连串的事故。

　　A pile of lots was set beside the hearth. 炉边有一堆木柴。

　　3)如 many a 或 more than one 所修饰的短语作主语时，谓语动词多用单数形式。但由more than... of 作主语时，动词应与其后的名词或代词保持一致。例如：

　　Many a person has read the novel.许多人读过这本书。

　　More than 60 percent of the students are from the city.百分之六十多的学生来自这个城市。