28．主语 people 作“人们，人民”解时，谓语动词用复数，作“民族”解时，有单复数之分。　 Our people is a great one.

　 There are 56 peoples in China.

27．主语是表示数量的“one and a half +复数名词”，其谓语用单数形式。主语是“one or two + 复数名词”，其谓语用复数形式。

　 One and a half bananas is left on the table.

　 There are one or two things I‘d like to know about.

26．主语是疑问代词who, what, which,不定代词all, more, most, any, none等以及名词half, part, the rest等既可表示复数意义又可表示单数意义，其谓语视情况而定。Half of the fruit is bad.

　Half of the visitors are from Europe.　

25．“one of + 复数名词 + 定语从句”之前有the only, the very, the等限定词和修饰语时，定语从句的谓语动词用单数形式。

　 She is the only one of these women who plays the violin.

24．主语是用作书名、剧名、报纸名、国名等的复数名词，谓语一般用单数形式。　 The United States is a developed country.

22．在定语从句中主语是关系代词who, that, which,谓语动词的数应与先行词的数一致。

　 I, who am your teacher, will teach you everything I know.

20．成对的名词，如bread and butter涂黄油的面包，soda and water汽水，coffee and milk加牛奶的咖啡，aim and end目的，salt and water盐开水等，虽然有and连接，但仍表单一概念，作主语时，谓语用单数。　 A knife and fork is on the table.

19．并列主语如果指的是同一人、同一物或同一概念，谓语动词用单数，这时 and 后面的名词前没有冠词。

　 The secretary of the Party branch and director of that factory often works with the workers.

16．由 many a 或 more than + 单数名词作主语时，其谓语用单数形式。　 Many a foreigner has been to the Great Wall.

　 More than one student has visited the exhibition.

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.　　　 　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　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。