干这活一两天就够了
j. the rest(of…),the remaining,part(of...),one half‘( of…)等词或短语作主语和它们所修饰的名词或代词作主语,谓语动词应根据主语所表达的单复数而定
Part of his story was not true.他讲的故事有一部分不是真的。
Part of the foreign teachers in our school are from Canada.我们学校一部分外籍教师来自加拿大.
k.当“几分之几(百分之几)+ of+名词”结构作主语时,一般也应根据of后的名词的单复数决定谓语动词的单复数one and a half +复数可数名词”作主语,谓语一般用单数.
This is because two thirds of the earth‘s surface is made up of vast oceans.
这是因为地球表面积的2/3是由广阔的海洋构成的
Two thirds of these tasks have been completed.
这些任务已经完成了三分之。
One and a half days is all I can spare.
我只能抽出一天半的时间
It is reported that in this area one in four people suffers from lung cancer.
据报道在此地区有四分之一的人患肺癌(一般情况下,one in ten作主语和其修饰的名词作主语,谓语动词用单数形式)
(2)非谓语形式、从句作主语
①单独的不定式、动词的一ing形式作主语时,谓语动词一般用单数形式:如果多个非谓语动词连在一起表达同一概念,谓语动词用单数形式;如果表达不同概念,谓语动词用复数
Persuading him to join us seems really hard.
劝他加入我们似乎很难。
To go to bed early and to rise early is a good habit.
早睡早起是好习惯。
To work and to live are two different things but they are always together.
虽然工作和生活是两件不同的事情,但是它们永远相伴 。
②that,what,who,which,when,where,why,whatever, whoever,whichever, whenever, whereve:等引导的从句作主语或单独引导疑问句时,应根据概念上一致的原则决定谓语动词的数
That .lack has gone abroad makes us all surprised.
杰克出国去了使我们都很惊讶