My father, together with his friends, is going to visit the Great Wall. 我父亲将和他的朋友们一起去参观长城。
6、由either,either...or...,neither...nor...,not only...but also...等词连接并列主语时,谓语动词常和最接近的主语一致。如:
Neither you nor Li Hua has been to Shanghai before. 你和李华以前都没去过上海。
Is he or you wrong? 他错了还是你错了?
7、非谓语动词短语或从句作主语时,谓语动词常用单数形式。如:
Is watching too much TV good or bad for your health? 看太多的电视对你的身体有益还是有害?
What you said is wrong. 你所说的是错的。
8、以there,here开头的句子,若主语不只一个,其谓语动词通常和邻近的那个主语一致。如:
There is a pen and some books on the desk. 课桌上有一枝钢笔和一些书。
Here are some books and paper for you. 这是给你的书和纸。
9、当kind of, pair of, glass of等表示确定数量的名词短语修饰主语时,谓语动词应与kind,pair,glass等形式一致。如:
This pair of shoes is dirty.这双鞋脏了。
There are two glasses of water on the table. 桌子上有两杯水。
10、由 “a lot of (lots of) / plenty of / a number of +名词”或“分数+名词”作主语时,谓语动词的形式根据名词的单复数而定。如:
A lot of people have been to London.许多人去过伦敦。
Three-fifths of the water is dirty. 五分之三的水是脏的。
注:“the number of十复数名词”作主语时,谓语动词用单数形式。如:
The number of the students in our school is over two thousand. 我们学校的学生数超过两千。
11、代词something,anything,nothing,everyone,anybody,nobody,each,neither,either,little,much,one等作主语时,谓语动词用单数形式。如:
Neither of us is a boy. 我们俩都不是男孩。
Each of them has an English dictionary. 他们当中每人都有一本词典。
One of the students was late for school. 其中一个学生上学迟到了。
12、all,some,none,most,any等代词作主语时,若指复数概念,谓语动词用复数形式;若指单数概念,则谓语动词用单数形式。如:
Not all work is difficult. 不是所有的工作都难。
Not all the students are here. 不是所有的学生都在这儿。
13、当and连接的两个主语被each,every或no修饰时,谓语动词通常用单数形式。如:
Every teacher and every student needs dictionaries. 每个老师和每个学生都需要词典。
14、当主语是同位语时,谓语动词要根据同位语的单复数来确定,区分主语和同位语的方法是,用逗号连接的就是同位语,用连词and连接的就是主语。如:
Susan, Mr Mott’s wife, is a scientist. 苏姗,也就是默特先生的妻子是一位科学家。
15、有些形容词前面加上定冠词the, 如the poor, the old, the young, the rich, the dying等用来表示一类人时,主语用复数,谓语动词也用复数。如:
The poor are very happy, but the rich are sad. 穷人过得很快乐,有钱人却过得不快乐。
以上所述,供老师们在教学时参考。