注意：people, police, cattle等名词一般都用作复数。如：The police are looking for the lost child.

7、由"a lot of, lots of, plenty of, the rest of, the majority of + 名词"构成的短语以及由"分数或百分数+名词"构成的短语作主语，其谓语动词的数要根据短语中后面名词的数而定。如：

There are a lot of people in the classroom.

The rest of the lecture is wonderful.

50% of the students in our class are girls.

注意：a number of"许多"，作定语修饰复数名词，谓语用复数;the number of"…的数量"，主语是number，谓语用单数。

8、在倒装句中，谓语动词的数应与其后的主语一致。如：

There comes the bus.

On the wall are many pictures.

Such is the result.

Such are the facts.

二、意义一致原则：即谓语动词的单复数形式不是根据语法形式，而是根据主语的内在涵义(即有时主语的单数形式表达的是复数涵义，反之亦然)确定的。

1. 有些集体名词，如：family, group, army, government, audience 等表示整体概念时，应看作单数，它们作主语时其谓语也用单数形式;但若表示组成整体的各个成员时，其谓语则应用复数形式。例如：

Our family lives in the town. (整体)

My family like watching TV. (整体的组成部分)

2. 有些集体名词，如：people (人们)，police, cattle, personnel (全体人员)，militia (民兵)，及以 -ch, -sh, -ese 结尾的表示“……国人”的词作主语时，谓语应该用复数形式。例如：

The police are after a murderer.

The Chinese(people)are kind and friendly.

注意：people 作“民族”解时，其单数形式为 people ，复数形式为 peoples 。当它作主语时，谓语动词的单复数形式应视情况而定。例如：

The Chinese people is a great people.

56 people make up the big family of China.

3. 由两个部分组成一个整体的物品名词(如：shoes, glasses, boots, socks 等)作主语时，谓语要用复数形式。例如：

The shoes are not expensive.

His football socks are broken.

注意：表示物品的名词用量词表示具体数量时，其谓语形式应与量词的数保持一致。例如：

That pair of trousers was sold out, but these kinds of trousers are still on the counter.

4. 复数名词或短语表示时间、距离、长度、价格、数字、度、量、衡，以及国名、山脉、群岛、瀑布、书名、剧名、单位或报刊名称等的复数名词作主语，其谓语动词要用单数形式。例如：

Ten years is a moment in history.

The Arabian Nights is a very interesting story-book.

The United States is the only superpower in the world now.

5. “分数(百分数)+ of +名词”以及“ all ( most, some, any, half, a lot, the rest ) +of +名词”作主语时， of 后的名词是单数，谓语用单数形式;若 of 后的名词是复数，谓语就用复数形式。例如：

Three-fourths of the surface of the earth is water.

Ten percent of the apples are bad.

All of the work has been done.

6. the 与某些形容词搭配表示一类人时，如：the dead, the blind, the old, the rich, the wounded 等，谓语用复数形式。例如：

The old are taken good care of.

The rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer in some countries.

但是 the 与某些抽象名词或形容词搭配表示抽象概念时，如：the gold, the difficulty, the unknown, the love, the beautiful, the impossible, the unusual，谓语动词要用单数形式。例如：

The love lives forever.

The unusual is what he likes.

7. 以 -s, -es, -ics 结尾表示学科、疾病、游戏等名词以及 means, works (工厂)，news 等作主语时，谓语动词要用单数。例如：

Mathematics is difficult to study.

Diabetes (糖尿病) is a very serious disease.

8. 关系代词 who, that, which 引导的定语从句，谓语动词的单复数形式应与先行词的数保持一致。例如：

I, who am your new teacher, will teach you chemistry.

Is this the book that was bought yesterday? (比较：Are these the books that were bought yesterday? )

9. 疑问代词 what, which, who 作主语，谓语动词的单复数形式应依据说话人的意图而定。例如：

Which has been chosen? (比较：Which have been chosen? )

Who lives in the room? (比较：Who live in the room? )