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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