【正文】 What he said is quite correct． 他所說的完全正確。 family是一個集合名詞 ， 具有單數(shù) (側(cè)重指整體 )和復(fù)數(shù) (側(cè)重指個體 )兩種可能 。 （ 三 ） 謂語動詞單 、 復(fù)數(shù)視情況而定 意義一致的原則 +形容詞 /分詞作主語，指“一類”人或事物時，常用作復(fù)數(shù)用；指“某一個”人，或“抽象的”事物時，作單數(shù)用。 The police are looking for the missing child. 意義一致的原則 ? 3. 由山脈、群島、瀑布、運動會等 s 結(jié)尾的專有名詞作主語。 ? 6. 表示時間、距離、金錢、等復(fù)數(shù)名詞作主語，表達(dá)一個整體概念時。 The worker and writer is from Wuhan. (那個工人兼作家 … ) (比較： The worker and the writer are from Beijing. 那位工人和那位作家 ) Bread and butter is a daily food in the West. ? 2. Every … and (every)…, each …and (each)… , no …and (no)… , many a …and (many a)… 連接兩個單數(shù)名詞作主語。 were 5. Email, as well as telephones, ___ an important part in daily munication. A. is playing B. have played C. are playing D. play 6. ____ of the land in that district ____ covered with trees and grass. A. Two fifth。 were D. were。 意義一致的原則 （ 一 ） 謂語動詞為單數(shù)的情況 1. 由 and 連接的并列成分指的是同一概念 ， 兼具身份或匹配出現(xiàn) 。 ? The Arabian Nights is very interesting . 《 天方夜譚》很有趣。 Both bread and butter are sold out. 2. people , police, cattle 等集體名詞作主語 。 All are present . All the food tastes good. 5. “half / most / enough / part / the rest / the last / lots / plenty / 分?jǐn)?shù) 、百分?jǐn)?shù) + of + 名詞 ” 作主語 : 謂語動詞要和 of 之后的名詞單復(fù)數(shù)保持一致 。 集合名詞作主語 ， 謂語的數(shù)如何確定 ? 1． His family _______ a small one． 2． His family _______ fat and short． A． is， is B． are， are C． is， are D． are， is 此題應(yīng)選 C。 注意以下類似例子： These two dictionaries are a present for my best friend Jim． The plas were the object of his study． The most important thing I need is books． The count