四、名詞在句子中的作用
名詞在句子中可以作主語(yǔ)、賓語(yǔ)、賓語(yǔ)補(bǔ)足語(yǔ)、表語(yǔ)、定語(yǔ),有時(shí)可以作狀語(yǔ)。
名詞、代詞或其他結(jié)構(gòu)作主語(yǔ)時(shí),謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞在人稱和數(shù)上必須與主語(yǔ)保持一致。
1、主語(yǔ)是可數(shù)名詞單數(shù)時(shí),謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞用單數(shù)形式;主語(yǔ)是復(fù)數(shù)時(shí),謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞用復(fù)數(shù)形式。
All roads lead to Rome.(條條大路通羅馬。)
His brother is an industrial engineer.
The number of the students attending the party is increasing.
★the number of 表示數(shù)量,無(wú)論后面名詞是復(fù)數(shù)還是單數(shù),謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞是單數(shù)形式。
Two-thirds of the shop belongs to me.
★two-thirds 三分之二
幾分之幾作主語(yǔ),謂語(yǔ)是單數(shù)形式。
belong to 屬于某人
Both of us are studying English.
★總結(jié):在名詞作主語(yǔ)時(shí),the number of 謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞單數(shù)形式;
幾分之幾,謂語(yǔ)單數(shù)形式;
both 謂語(yǔ)使用復(fù)數(shù)形式。
2、主語(yǔ)是不可數(shù)名詞、不定式或動(dòng)名詞詞組、從句時(shí),謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞用單數(shù)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、主語(yǔ)部分若有as well as,with,together with,like,but,except等短語(yǔ),謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞的單、復(fù)數(shù)與短語(yǔ)前面的名詞一致。
Mary,as well as her two sisters,is a student of this school.
(as well as her two sisters 作主語(yǔ)Mary的主語(yǔ)補(bǔ)足語(yǔ),主語(yǔ) Mary 是單數(shù),所以謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞用復(fù)數(shù)形式)
No one except my friends knows anything about it.
4、表示時(shí)間、距離、重量、價(jià)值等的復(fù)數(shù)名詞作主語(yǔ)時(shí),如果當(dāng)作整體看待,謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞用單數(shù)形式。
“…+(×)…=…”算式中的謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞也用單數(shù)形式。
Three times two is six.
Three kilometers is 3,ooo metres.(three kilometers作為整體來(lái)看)
5、Either,neither作主語(yǔ)時(shí),謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞用單數(shù)形式。
Neither of us has been to Italy.
Has either of them been to Shanghai?
none代表可數(shù)的人或東西時(shí),謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞可以用單數(shù)也可以用復(fù)數(shù),代表不可數(shù)的東西時(shí),謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞用單數(shù)形式。
None of the students have/has seen the film.
None of the money belongs to me.
6、主語(yǔ)由either…or,neither…nor,not only…but also連接時(shí),謂語(yǔ)形式由最鄰近的主語(yǔ)決定。
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、主語(yǔ)中有and,如果表示單一概念,謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞用單數(shù)。
The bread and butter is nice.
8、主語(yǔ)前有many a,more than one修飾時(shí),謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞用單數(shù)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、集合名詞作主語(yǔ),當(dāng)作整體看待時(shí),謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞用單數(shù)形式,當(dāng)作每個(gè)獨(dú)立的個(gè)體看待時(shí),謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞用復(fù)數(shù)。
The committee meets once a year.(作為整體)
The committee are having a meeting now.(作為獨(dú)立個(gè)體)
People,police作主語(yǔ)時(shí),謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞用復(fù)數(shù)形式。
The police have come to arrest him.
名詞部分考試重點(diǎn):
1、可數(shù)名詞與不可數(shù)名詞里,哪幾個(gè)詞是不可數(shù)名詞。
2、可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)形式重點(diǎn)掌握不規(guī)則形式,單、復(fù)數(shù)相同的名詞。
3、名詞所有格重點(diǎn)掌握時(shí)間名詞所有格在其后加s,復(fù)數(shù)不加。
4、名詞在句中的作用,重點(diǎn)掌握剛才的9點(diǎn)。