A． 名词性从句和非谓语动词作主语 不定式短语.动词的-ing形式和名词性从句作主语.谓语动词用单数形式. Doing experiments is a good way to find out answers to questions. 做实验是找到问题答案的好方法. To learn foreign languages is not so difficult as you think. 学一门外语并不像你想象的那么难. That I shall work with you is a great pleasure. 我能和你在一起工作是极大的快乐. 注意: what引导的主语从句.谓语动词通常用单数.但所指的具体内容是复数意义时.谓语动词可用复数形式. What we want is more time. 我们需要的是更多的时间. What they need in that area are doctors and nurses. 他们那个地区需要的是医务工作者. What she left him are some old photos. 她给他留下的是一些旧照片. B． 名词化的形容词作主语 名词化的形容词指的是“the+形容词 结构.如:the brave, the poor, the rich, the blind, the young, the old, the sick, the wounded, the injured, the unemployed, the dying, the living 等.当这种结构作主语.表示一类人时.谓语动词常用复数形式,但也有少数的形容词或过去分词与定冠词连用指个别的或表示抽象的概念时.谓语动词则用单数. The young are more active than the old in the work. 做这项工作青年人比老年人积极. The injured in the accident is an engineer. 在这次事故中受伤的那人是位工程师. The beautiful is loved by all. 爱美之心人皆有之. 必背: 下列词属于表示抽象的概念.谓语动词需用单数. the latest 最新情况 the unknown未知的事 the rough 难处理的事 the worst最坏的事 the foreign 外国的事情 the unreal不真实的事 the lovely 漂亮的东西 the evil恶 the ugly 丑 the mystical 神秘的东西 the true 真 the false假 C． 倒装句 倒装句的谓语动词的单复数应根据主语而定. On the wall were several famous paintings. 墙上悬挂着几幅著名油画. East of the city lie two chemical works. 城东有两家化工厂. Between the two buildings stands a monument. 两幢楼之间耸立着一块纪念碑. 【查看更多】
