(2)有些集合名詞，如family, team等作主語時，如作為一個整體看待，謂語動詞用單數(shù);如指其中每個成員，則用復(fù)數(shù)。例如：

　　My family is big one.

　　My family are watching TV.

　　(3)不定代詞由all, most, more, some, any, none作主語時，也要依這些代詞表示的意義來決定謂語動詞的單復(fù)數(shù)形式。如果代詞代表復(fù)數(shù)可數(shù)名詞，謂語動詞用復(fù)數(shù);如果代詞代表單數(shù)可數(shù)名詞或不可數(shù)名詞，謂語動詞用單數(shù)。例如：

　　All of the work has been finished.

　　All of the people have gone.

　　(4)疑問代詞作主語時，其謂語動詞也有兩種情況：主語表示復(fù)數(shù)意義，謂語動詞用復(fù)數(shù);主語表示單數(shù)意義，則謂語動詞用單數(shù)。例如：

　　Who is your brother?

　　Who are League members?

　　(5)“分?jǐn)?shù)或百分?jǐn)?shù)+of+名詞”構(gòu)成的詞組作主語時，其謂語動詞要以of后面的名詞而定。名詞是復(fù)數(shù)，謂語動詞用復(fù)數(shù)：名詞是單數(shù)，謂語動詞用單數(shù)。例如：

　　It is said that 35 per cent of the doctors are women.

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

　　(6)half, the rest等表示不定數(shù)量的名詞作主語時，如果所指為復(fù)數(shù)意義，動詞用復(fù)數(shù);如果所指為單數(shù)意義，動詞用單數(shù)。例如：

　　I have read a large part of the book, the rest is more difficult.

　　Only ten students attended the class because all the rest were off sick.

　　(7)由what 引導(dǎo)地主于從句作主語時，通常謂語動詞用單數(shù)形式。但如果所指內(nèi)容為復(fù)數(shù)意義時，謂語動詞用復(fù)數(shù)形式。例如：

　　What she said is correct.

　　What she left me are a few old books.

　　(8)凡是以“定冠詞+形容詞(或分詞)”作主語，往往根據(jù)意義一致的原則決定謂語動詞的單復(fù)數(shù)形式。如果這種主語指的是一類人，謂語動詞用復(fù)數(shù);如果指的是一個人或抽象概念，謂語動詞用單數(shù)形式。例如：

　　The sick have been cured and the lost have been found.

　　The dead is a famous person.

　　3. 鄰近一致的原則

　　(1)由連詞or, either……or, neither……nor, not only…but also,等連接的并列主語，如果一個是單數(shù)，一個是復(fù)數(shù)，則謂語動詞按就近一致原則，與最靠近它的主語一致。例如：

　　Either you or I am right.

　　Neither the children nor the teacher knows anything about it.

　　(2)在“There be” 句型中,謂語動詞和靠近的主語一致。

　　There are two apples and one egg in it.

　　(3)as well as 和名詞連用時,謂語動詞和第一個名詞相一致。

　　He as well as I is responsible for it.

　　不但是我，他對這件事也有責(zé)任。

　　(4)以here開頭的句子，其謂語動詞和靠近的主語一致。

　　Here is a letter and some books for you.