主谓一致对比练习

杨开成

用括号中动词的适当形式填空。

1. a. This kind of apples ____ (sell) well.

b. Apples of this kind ____ (sell) well.

2. a. Many students ____ (be) to the Great Wall.

b. Many a student ____ (be) to the Great Wall.

3. a. Each of the students ____ (have) an English-Chinese dictionary.

b. The students each ____ (have) an English-Chinese dictionary.

4. a. His family ____ (be) a happy one.

b. His family ____ (be) all music lovers.

5. a. All ____ (like) watching TV.

b. All ____ (be) going on well.

6. a. More than one student ____ (go) to the park.

b. More students than one ____ (go) to the park.

7. a. A number of students in our class ____ (be) girls.

b. The number of the students in our class ____ (be) 45.

8. a. An elephant and a monkey ____ (be) animals.

b. The poet and writer ____ already ____ (come).

c. Bread and milk ____ (be) healthful food.

d. Each boy and each girl ____ (invite) to the party.

9. a. The old in our village ____ (be) in good health.

b. There are two men in the room; the old ____ (be) the boys father.

10. a. My trousers ____ (steal).

b. A pair of trousers ____ (be) what I need now.

11. a. Mr White ____ (be) to Wuhan.

b. The Whites ____ (be) to Wuhan.

12. a. Mathematics ____ (be) a science.

b. His mathematics ____ (be) very weak.

13. a. Such ____ (be) the facts.

b. Such ____ (be) the situation.

14. a. Half of the apples ____ (leave) on the table.

b. Half of the apple ____ (leave) on the table.

15. a. What we need here ____ (be) an engineer.

b. What we need here ____ (be) two engineers.

16. a. The English ____ (like) to be with their family at Christmas.

b. English ____ (speak) in many countries.

17. a. I ____ (be) the ninth person.

b. “I” ____ (be) the ninth letter of the English Alphabet.

18. a. The population in China ____ (be) very large.

b. 80% of the population in China ____ (be) peasants.

19. a. Not they but I ____ (be) going to Shanghai tomorrow.

b. They but me ____ (be) going to Shanghai tomorrow.

20. a. This is one of the best books that ____ (appear).

b. He was the only one of the students who ____ (praise) at the class

meeting.

21. a. Three-fifths of the surface of the earth ____ (be) sea.

b. Three-fifths of the students in our class ____ (be) League members.

22. a. I as well as they ____ (be) ready to help you.

b. Five people, including a woman, ____ (have) decided to climb the

mountain.

23. a. He or his brothers ____ (be) to blame.

b. Neither he nor you ____ (be) right.

c. Not only the students but also their teacher ____ (like) the film.

d. ____ (be) either you or she wrong?

24. a. There ____ (be) a policeman at the corner of the street.

b. The police ____ (be) searching the village for the prisoner.

25. a. Sixty miles ____ (be) not a long distance.

b. Ten thousand dollars ____ (be) what he needs most now.

c. One hundred years ____ (be) not a long time in human history.

d. Over 50 years ____ (pass) since the founding of the Peoples

Republic of China.

26. a. Every means ____ (be) used to prevent the water from being polluted.

b. Such means ____ (be) necessary for us to finish the work on time.

27. a. A large quantity of money ____ (have) in this way.

b. Large quantities of money ____ (have) in this way.

28. a. Mary and Alices desk ____ (be) over there.

b. Where ____ (be) Marys and Alices desks?

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