高一英語Festivals around the world教案
five minutes ______ (be) enough.
one dollar and seventy eight cents _____ (be) what she has.
9. all 作為主語,代表人物時,一般用作復數;代表整個事件或情況時,一般 看作單數。
all that i want _____ (be) a good dictionary.
all ______ (be) silent. 人人都緘口無言。萬籟俱寂。
all ______ (be) out of danger.
10.形容詞加定冠詞 the 表示一類人時,謂語動詞用復數。
what a life the poor were living!
the young _____happy to give their seats to the old.
11.who, which, that 作定語從句的主語時,其謂語取決于先行詞。
those who want to go should sign your names here.
he is one of the students who have passed the exam.
he is the only one of the students who has passed the exam.
12. 以-ics結尾的學科名稱
某些以-ics結尾的學科名稱,如physics(物理學)、mathematics(數學)、mechanics(機械學)、politics(政治學)、statistics(統計學)、economics(經濟學)、linguistics(語言學)athletics(體育學)、等,通常作單數用。例如:
13. 其他以-s結尾的名詞
英語中有一些由兩個部分組成的物體名稱通常是以-s結尾,如scissors(剪子),pincers(鉗子),glasses(眼鏡),shorts(短褲),trousers(褲子),suspenders(吊褲帶)等。這一類名詞,如果不帶"一把"、"一副"、"一條"等單位詞而單獨使用,通常作復數。例如:
如果帶有單位詞,則由單位詞的單、復數形式決定動詞的單、復數形式。 例如:one pair of scissors isn't enough.
14.以-s結尾的地理名稱
某些以-s結尾的地理名稱,如果是國名,如the united states, the united nations, the netherlands等,盡管帶有復數詞尾,但系單一政治實體,故作單數用。但若不是國名,而是群島、山脈、海峽、瀑布等地理名稱、通常作復數用。例如:
the west indies, apart from the bahamas, are commonly divided into two parts. the himalayas(喜馬拉雅山脈) have a magnificent variety of plant and animal life.
the straits of gibraltar have not lost their strategic importance.
15. 英語中還有一些以-s結尾的名詞,如:
arms(武器), clothes(衣服), contents(內容,目錄),fireworks(煙火), goods(貨物), minutes(記錄), morals(道德,品行), remains(遺體), stairs(樓梯), suburbs (郊區), thanks(謝意), wages(工資)等,通常作復數。
16.凡是由-ings結尾的名詞,如: clippings (剪下來的東西), diggings (掘出的東西), earnings (收入), filings (銼屑), lodgings (租住的房屋), surroundings (環境), sweepings (掃攏的垃圾) 等, 通常作復數用。例如:
the clippings of the hedges are usually burnt.
the sweepings of the godown(倉庫) have been disposed of.
17. 還有一些以-s接的單、復數同形的名詞,如: headquarters(總部), means(方法、手段), series(系列), species(種類), works(工廠)等,隨后動詞的單、復數形式取決于這些名稱是作單數,還是用作復數。例如: