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课件网) Unit 3 War and peace Using language Subject-verb agreement(1) BY MICHELLE Grammar 01 Look at the sentences from the reading passage and answer the questions. In which sentence does the word “enemy” refer to different members Is it followed by a singular verb or plural verb a Your enemy is well trained, well equipped and battle-hardened… b The enemy were hiding, ready to attack the Allied soldiers… c …people were coming together for memorial ceremonies. In sentence (b), the word “enemy” refers to different members. It is followed by a plural verb. Look at the sentences from the reading passage and answer the questions. a Your enemy is well trained, well equipped and battle-hardened… b The enemy were hiding, ready to attack the Allied soldiers… c …people were coming together for memorial ceremonies. In which sentence does the word “enemy” refer to a single unit Is it followed by a singular verb or plural verb Do you know any other similar nouns In sentence (a), the word “enemy” refers to a single unit. It is followed by a singular verb. Other similar nouns are family, team, class, crowd, government, etc. Look at the sentences from the reading passage and answer the questions. Is the word “people” usually followed by a singular verb or plural verb Do you know any other similar nouns a Your enemy is well trained, well equipped and battle-hardened… b The enemy were hiding, ready to attack the Allied soldiers… c …people were coming together for memorial ceremonies. The word “people” is usually followed by a plural verb. Other similar nouns are police, cattle, etc. Now look for more sentences following this rule in the reading passage, and summaries the use of subject-verb agreement in your own words. Meanwhile, thousands more were journeying across the English Channel to Normandy. thousands more 在这里指的是上文提到的成千上万的士兵，故谓语动词用复数。 Their objective was clear: to reach the Normandy beaches along about 80 kilometres of French coastline. 指所有人的共同目标 Two were killed; three were injured. 指士兵数量 By the end of August 1944, … Paris was liberated and the Germans had been removed from north-west France. 指巴黎整体这个城市 概念：主谓一致是指谓语动词在人称和数上要与主语保持一致。 原则：主谓一致主要遵循三个原则，即意义一致原则、语法一致原则和就近一致原则。 意义一致原则是指从意义层面上来解决主谓一致问题。 有时主语形式是单数，但表达复数意义，那么谓语动词要用复数形式；而有时主语形式是复数，但表达单数意义，那么谓语动词要用单数形式。 Collective nouns are names for a collection or a number of people or things. 集体名词表示由个体组成的集体，指一群人或某一事物的总称。 What are collective nouns 集体名词作主语时谓语的单复数问题，可以归纳为三类： 有的集体名词通常表示复数含义，作主语时谓语常用复数形式， 比如police, people, cattle等。 The police were after him. People are beginning to talk about her. Cattle feed on grass. 2. 有的集体名词通常只用作不可数名词，表示 ... ...
