Task 1 Learn Some Grammar before Writing
Activity 1 Challenge Yourself
1. As we all know, organizing and attending a conference is a significant part of your business.(organizing and attending a conference指的是一件事情，谓语动词用单数)
2. If more than one person is going to speak during the meeting, the agenda should indicate whose turn it is to “have the floor”. (more than one+单数名词，谓语动词用单数)
3. Next, the all suggest and agree on time and set the date and place for the next meeting. (all充当主语，指人的时候，谓语动词用复数)
4. It seems like an impossible challenge in real life. (it充当主语，谓语动词用单数)
Activity 2 Practice Your Learning
主谓一致
主谓一致分为语法一致、意义一致、就近一致。
语法一致原则：主语和谓语在语法形式上保持一致。主语为单数，谓语用单数；主语为复数，谓语用复数。如：I often help him and he often helps me.
意义一致原则：主语和谓语在意义上单复数一致。主语为单数，谓语用单数；主语为复数，谓语用复数。如：The police are searching the woods for the murderer.
就近一致原则：当主语有两个或两个以上时，谓语动词由靠近它的主语确定。
一、并列结构作主语时的情况
1. and连接两个（或两个以上）名词或代词作主语的时候,谓语动词有以下几种情况：
1) 如果指两个不同的人、事物或概念的时候,谓语动词用复数形式。
Mary and Eric are good dancers.
Both the boys and the girls are in the Youth Center.
2) 如果两个词指的是同一个人、事物或概念时，谓语动词要用单数形式。
The actor and writer is going to give us a speech.
The singer and teacher is one of my neighbors.
3) 当这两个词为不可分的东西时，谓语动词要用单数形式。
A watch and chain was found under the desk.
二、 单一主语的情况
1. 一些由两个部分构成的名词表示衣物或工具作主语时，谓语用复数形式。如：trousers, shoes,scissors, glasses, clothes, chopsticks等，如果这些词由a pair/piece/kind+of修饰时，谓语动词使用单数。如果由these/those pair(kind, type) of修饰时，谓语动词使用复数形式。
The pair of shoes is worn out.
The shoes are worn out.
These kind of shoes are popular.
2. 集体名词作主语时
1) 集合名词people（人、人民），police, cattle, youth一般看作复数意义，谓语动词要用复数形式。people指“民族”时是例外。
The police are searching for a thief.
The cattle are eating grass on the hill.
2) family，enemy，class， population，army等作主语时，谓语动词用单数形式还是复数形式，要根据这些词在句中的实际含义而定。当它们表示的是整体意义时，谓语动词用单数形式；当它们强调或着重指个体成员时，谓语动词用复数形式。
Are there any police around?
There were few people present．
His family isn’t large．
三、其他情况
1. 表示时间、重量、数目、价格、长度、数学运算等的词或词组作主语时，尽管它们是复数形式，但如果把这些复数形式的词或词组看作是一个整体，谓语动词就用单数形式。
Three weeks is a short time.
Ten pounds is not so heavy.
9999 is a large number.
2. a number of 作主语时，谓语动词用复数；以the number of 作主语时，谓语动词用单数。
A number of new books are on the desk.
The number of students in you class is 50.
3. 以more than 修饰时，视后边的名词而定。
More than one worker has been visited.
More than two workers have been interviewed.
4. the+形容词 当表示一类人时，谓语动词用复数；当表示一类物时，谓语动词用单数。
The young (= Young people) are interested in this program.
The beauty is hers.
☛ Choose the best answers.
(A) 1. Three of them the exam; the rest are not.
A. have passed B. has passed C. passed D. had passed
答案解析：Three充当主语，表示复数概念，谓语动词用复数。
(C) 2. Either her father or her mother for her every afternoon.
A. called B. calling C. calls D. call
答案解析：由either...or在句子中连接主语的时候，谓语动词要和就近的主语保持一致。
(D) 3. Many a person had that kind of experience.
A. have B. had C. having D. has
答案解析：many a+单数名词+单数动词，表示复数概念。
(A) 4.Whether we go or not the weather.
A. depends on B.are depended on C. is depended on D. depend on
答案解析：whether此时引导主语从句，单个的不定式、动名词和从句做主语时，谓语动词用单数。
(B) 5.Neither of your suggestions sense.
A.is making B.makes C.make D.are making
答案解析：neither作主语，表示两者当中一个也没有，谓语动词用单数。
(C) 6.A part of the apple eaten up by the pig.
A. have been B.were C. has been D. are
答案解析：part of; majority of; percent of; one third of在句子中加名词作主语的时候, 谓语动词与of后面的名词保持一致。此处a part of指代的是一个苹果当中的一部分，谓语动词用单数。
(D) 7.The theory he’s stuck to us that earthquake can be forecast.
A.prove B.is proved C.proving D.proves
答案解析：主语为theory，表单数概念，谓语动词用单数。
(B) 8. Professor Smith, along with his assistants, on the project day and night to meet the deadline.
A. working B. is working C. are working D. work
答案解析：当主语后面跟有along with引导的词语时，其谓语动词的单复数形式通常与这些词语前面的主语保持一致。
(A) 9.Mary is the only one of those people who pets.
A. keeps B.are keeping C.keep D.is kept
答案解析：此处who引导的定语从句所修饰的名词为the only one，one在从句中表单数概念，所以用keeps.
(C) 10. My generation differently from my father’s and grandfather’s.
A. is behaved B.behave C.behaves D.behaved
答案解析：generation表单数概念，强调一代人，谓语动词用单数。
(A) 11. Professor James will give us a lecture on the Western culture, but when and where ________yet.
A. hasn’t been decided B. haven’t decided
C. isn’t being decided D. aren’t decided
答案解析： 此处为名词性从句的缩略式充当主语，所以谓语动词用单数。
(C) 12. Large quantities of information, as well as some timely help ________since the organization was built.
A. has offered B. had been offered
C. have been offered D. is offered
答案解析：当主语后面跟有as well as，like，but，except，with, besides, rather than等引导的词语时，其谓语动词的单复数形式通常与这些词语前面的主语保持一致。
(C) 13._____of the people on the Net ________China’s economy is among the strongest in the world.
A. Four fifth; believes B. Four fifth; believe
C. Four fifths; believe D. Four fifths; believes
答案解析：the rest of; half of; part of; majority of; percent of; one third of在句子中加名词作主语的时候，谓语动词与of后面的名词保持一致。
(A) 14. Many a writer of newspaper articles ________to writing novels.
A. has turned B. have turned C. being turned D. are going to turn
答案解析：many a+单数名词+单数动词，表示复数概念。
(B) 15. —Each of the students working hard at their lessons ________the book.
—So have I.
A. is reading B. has read C. read D. reads
答案解析：each为主语，表单数概念，谓语动词用单数。
(D) 16. Now Tom together with his classmates _____ football on the playground.
A. play B. are playing C. plays D. is playing
答案解析：当主语后面跟有together with引导的词语时，其谓语动词的单复数形式通常与这些词语前面的主语保持一致。
(A) 17. Between the two roads _______ a TV tower called ―Skyscraper Tower.
A. stands B. standing C. which stands D. stand
答案解析：此句为倒装，主语为a TV tower, 所以谓语动词用单数。
(B) 18. —Have you heard that Tom, along with his parents, _______ to France?
—Really? No wonder I haven’t seen him these days.
A. has been B. has gone C. have been D. have gone
答案解析：当主语后面跟有along with引导的词语时，其谓语动词的单复数形式通常与这些词语前面的主语保持一致。
(C) 19. Every student and every teacher _______.
A. are going to attend the meeting B. have attended the meeting
C. has attended the meeting D. is attended the meeting
答案解析：当主语由each, every, no, many a等词修饰时，谓语动词要用单数形式。
(A) 20. The Philippines _______ of more than 7,000 islands.
A. consists B. consist C. make up D. makes up
答案解析：The Philippines为国家名称，表单数概念。
Activity 3 Check Your Learning
☛ Choose the best answers.
(B) 1. One of Marx’s works ______ written in English in the 1860s.
A. is B.was C. were D.are
答案解析：one为个体概念，充当主语，谓语动词用单数。
(C) 2. Some person ______ calling for you at the gate.
A. were B.are C.is D.was
答案解析：some+单数名词，表示“某一……”，谓语动词用单数。
(A) 3. All that can be eaten ______ been eaten up.
A. has B.have C. having D.had
答案解析：all单独使用，充当主语，指人时谓语动词用复数，指物时谓语动词用单数。
(D) 4. No one except Jack and Tom ______ the answer.
A. know B.are knowing C.is knowing D.knows
答案解析：主语后面跟有except引导时，其谓语动词的单复数形式通常与这些词语前面的主语保持一致。
(B) 5. Water _______ (be) a kind of matter.
A. are B. is C.was D.were
答案解析：water是不可数名词，谓语动词用单数。