4.一些表示數(shù)量的短語與名詞連用時候，謂語動詞的數(shù)取決于名詞的數(shù)，名詞是復(fù)數(shù)，謂語動詞用復(fù)數(shù)，反之就用單數(shù)。這些短語包括：a lot of /lots of; plenty of/heaps of; half of; two-third (three-fourth…) of; eighty(ten， twenty…) percent; part of; rest of ; none of 等等

　　Two-thirds of people present are women

　　Lots of damage was caused by the fire

　　5.集體名詞作主語時，謂語動詞的數(shù)取決于主語表示的意思和數(shù)，當(dāng)表示整體時候，謂語動詞就用單數(shù)，當(dāng)強(qiáng)調(diào)集體中的個體時候，謂語動詞就用復(fù)數(shù)。這些集體名詞如：army， audience， band ，government ，group ，flock， police， public ，staff ，team ，troop. Crowd， firm， family 等等

　　The family is the basic unit of our society

　　The family were watching the TV

　　The audience was enormous

　　The audience were greatly moved at the words

　　6.某些固定結(jié)構(gòu)中主語與謂語的數(shù)：

　　第一組：

　　a great many + 可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù) 謂語用復(fù)數(shù)

　　a number of + 可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù) 謂語用復(fù)數(shù)

　　the majority of + 可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù) 謂語用復(fù)數(shù)

　　第二組;

　　the number of + 可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù) 謂語用單數(shù)

　　each/every + 可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù) 謂語用單數(shù)

　　neither/either of + 可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù) 謂語用單數(shù)

　　one and a half + 可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù) 謂語用單數(shù)

　　第三組;

　　more than one + 可數(shù)名詞單數(shù) 謂語用單數(shù)

　　many a + 可數(shù)名詞單數(shù) 謂語用單數(shù)

　　第四組;

　　the greater part of

　　a large proportion of

　　50% of

　　one third of

　　plenty of

　　the rest of

　　謂語的數(shù)與of 后面的名詞一致