2. They got much ____ from those new books.

A. ideas　　 B. photos　　 C.information　　 D. stories

1. Please pass me _____.

A. two glass of water　　 B. two glasses of waters　 C. two glasses of water　　 D. two glass water

10、the+表示姓氏的名词的复数,表示这个姓氏的一家人，当作复数看待。

The Smiths are watching TV.

选择填空(答案为画线部分)

9、名词后跟with短语或者as well as短语做主语时，起决定作用的是该名词。

The teacher as well as his students is having an English class.

The teacher with his students is having an English class.

8、复数名词用作书名时，谓语动词用单数。

The Arabian Nights is one of my favourite books.

《天方夜谭》是我喜欢的书之一。

表示金钱数额、时间、距离的名词短语，一般看成单数。

Ten miles is a long walk to me. 步行10英里可是一段很长的路程。

Ten dollars is all I have left. 我只剩下10美元。

7、用either…or…,neither…nor…,not only…but also…等连接的名词(或代词)充当主语时，谓语动词的数也是由离它最近的名词(或代词)决定。

Neither Tom nor his classmates are from England.

Neither Tom’s classmates nor Kate is from England.

6、“there be”句型中谓语动词的数要由离它最近的名词决定。

There is a pen and two books on the desk.

There are two books and a pen on the desk.

5、用and连接的名词通常是指不同的人或物，谓语动词用复数；但有时用and连接的名词表示同一个人或物，谓语动词就应该用单数。

如：His brother and sister are both workers.

他的哥哥和姐姐都是工人。

The composer and singer is very famous. (名词composer和singer都被最前面的一个冠词the修饰，表示一个人两种身份，所以主语应该看成单数)

这位作曲家兼歌唱家非常著名。

比较：The composer and the singer are very famous. 那位作曲家和那位歌唱家都非常著名。

(名词composer和singer分别带有属于自己的冠词，表示两个人，一个是作曲家，一个是歌唱家，所以主语应该看成复数)

4、像裤子、剪刀、眼镜这样的词总是以复数形式出现，谓语动词要用复数。

Your glasses are on the desk. 你的眼镜在课桌上。

His trousers are blue. 他的裤子是蓝色的。

3、下列名词以-s结尾，看似复数形式，但实际是单数意义，谓语动词要用单数，请同学们牢记：news消息，politics政治，physics物理，maths数学

Physics is very hard to learn well for me. 物理对我来说非常难学好。