Subject-Verb Agreement Quiz
主谓一致小测验Part 1
Choose the correct form of the verb that agrees with the subject.
1.The list of ingredients ___ (include/includes) 250 g of almonds.
2.Everyone ___ (has/have) bad days every once in a while.
3.George and Rebecca ___ (don’t/doesn’t) want bacon and eggs for breakfast.
4.Bed and breakfast ___ (cost/costs) £60 a night.
5.John as well as Mary ___ (want/wants) to see this film.
6.The price, including postage and packing, ___ (is/are) £20.
7.Every day ___ (is/are) a chance to learn something new.
8.Each of you ___ (need/needs) to complete the assignment before the end of term.
9.Several in the building ___ (has/have) complained about the noise.
10.The news ___ (was/were) not very good.
11.The scissors ___ (don’t/doesn’t) cut very well.
12.Some of the music ___ (was/were) weird.
13.Some of the details ___ (is/are) correct.
14.Fifteen dollars ___ (is/are) a high price to pay for that small steak.
Answers:
1.includes – List是主语，单数名词，所以谓语动词用单数。
2.has –不定代词each, no one, nobody, nothing, everybody, everyone, everything, anybody, anyone, anything, somebody, someone, something作主语时，谓语动词用单数。
3.don’t – and连接两个或两个以上名词作主语时，谓语动词用复数。
4.costs – bed and breakfast住宿加早餐，当AND连接的并列主语是习语或在意义上指同一人、同一物、同一事或同一概念时，谓语动词用单数形式，此时AND连接的两个词前只有一个冠词，如law and order法律和秩序、war and peace战争与和平、bread and butter黄油面包、the composer and singer这位作曲家兼歌手等。
5.wants –当主语后面跟有as well as, with, together with, along with, including, accompanied by, rather than, besides, in addition to等词组时，谓语动词不受这些词组的影响，与名词主语保持一致。
6.is –同上
7.is – every +名词作主语时，谓语动词用单数。
8.needs – each of +名词作主语时，谓语动词用单数。
9.have – several是复数不定代词，作主语时，谓语动词用复数。
10.was – news是不可数名词（新闻、消息），谓语动词用单数。
11.don’t –表示有两部分构成的工具器械，如scissors, glasses/spectacles眼镜, binoculars双筒望远镜, scales天平等词作主语时，谓语动词用复数。
12.was –some/all/ most/ half/ enough/none/ the rest/the remainder of …作主语时，如果of后面的部分为复数名词，谓语动词就用复数形式，of后面的部分为单数名词，谓语动词就用单数形式。这里的music是不可数名词，所以谓语动词用单数形式。
13.are –同上
14.is –当复数名词表时间、价格、距离、度量作主语时，谓语动词用单数形式。
Translation:
1.此成分清单中包含250克杏仁。
2.每个人都会经历糟糕的日子。
3.乔治和丽贝卡早餐都不想吃培根和鸡蛋。
4.一晚住宿加早餐花费60英镑。
5.约翰和玛丽都想去看这部电影。
6.价格20英镑，包括邮费和包装费。
7.每天都有机会学到新知识。
8.你们每个人都需要在学期结束前完成作业。
9.这栋楼里有几个人已经抱怨过这种噪音。
10.这不是一个好消息。
11.这把剪刀不锋利。
12.这首音乐有一部分听起来很奇怪。
13.这些细节中有一部分是正确的。
14.那块小牛排要价15美元，价格不低。
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