语法一致内容一致就近一致
例题练习
(1)单数主语即使后面带有with, along with, together with, like, but, except, besides, as well as, more than, no less than, rather than, including, in addition to 引导的短语,谓语仍用单数.如:
Air as well as water is matter.
The house, including the garden in front of it has been sold out
(4) 用连接的并列主语被each,every或no修饰时,
谓语动词用单数。(5) each of + 复数代词,谓
语动词用单数。复数代词+each,谓语动词用复数。如:
语法一致
语法一致
内容一致
Example
E-mail, as well as telephones, ____ an important part in daily communication. (99 上海2)
A. is playing
B. have played
C. are playing
D. play
答案及分析
答案是C。当有as well as 引导时,谓语与第一个主语一致,既与E-mail 单数一致,故选C.
Practice
1. On the wall______ two large portraits.
A. hangs
B. hang
C. hanged
D. hanging
2. “News of victories _____ pouring in as our army advances,”
the company commander said.
A. keep
B. keeps
C. kept
D. have kept
3. There _____ a lot of milk in the bottle.
A. are
B. is
C. were
D. has
4. Zhang’s family ____ rather big, with twelve people in all.
A. is
B. are
C. being
D. was
5. Nobody but Jane ____ the secret.
A. know
B. knows
C. have known
D. is known