12. 不定代词

somebody,someone,something,anybody,anything,everybody,everyone,everything,nobody,no one, nothing作主语，谓语动词用单数，例如：

Is everyone here today. 今天大家到齐了吗？

Something is wrong with him. 他有毛病。

Nobody was in. 没有人在家。

13. each, either, neither, another, the other 作主语，谓语动词用单数。例如： Each of them has an English dictionary. 他们每人都有一本英语词典。 Neither answer is correct两个答案都不正确。

14. 以—s 结尾的名词本身不表示复数意义，谓语通常用单数形式，如news, maths, physics等，例如：

No news is good news. 没有消息就是好消息。

Maths is very popular in our class 在我们班数学很受欢迎。

15. 由both and 连接两个单数名词作主语时，谓语动词用复数形式；

Both his father and his mother are both teachers. 他的爸爸和妈妈都是老师。

16. a number of+复数名词作主语，谓语动词用复数；the number of +复数名词作主语，谓语动词用单数。例如：

A number of famous people were invited to party. 许多名人都被邀请参加这个聚会。

The number of the students is over eight hundred. 我们学校的学生数超过800人。

17. 当kind of, pair of, glass of 等表示确定数量的名词短语修饰主语时，谓语与kind, pair, glass等一致。例如：

This pair of shoes is Tom’s. 这双鞋是汤姆的。

There are two glasses of water on the table. 桌上有两杯水。

18. the+形容词表示一类人时，谓语动词用复数形式，表示抽象概念时，用单数形式。例如：

The poor are very happy, but the rich are sad. 穷人很快乐，富人却过得不快乐。

The beautiful lives forever. 美是永存的。

19. 以here，there开关的句子，若主语在两个或两个以上，谓语动词通常与临近的主语一致。例如：

There is a book and three pens on the desk. 桌子上有一本书，三只钢笔。 Here are some books and paper for you. 这是给你的书和纸。

20 or, either or ，neither nor ,not only but also ,not but ,连接两个名词或代词作主语时，根据就近原则决定谓语动词形式。例如：

Tom or Jack is wrong. 不是汤姆就是杰克错了。

Either this one or that one is ok. 这一个或那一个都行。

21 当主语部分含有with，together with，along with，as well as，besides，except，but，like等介词或介词短语时，谓语动词由主语的单复数决定。例如： Mike with his father has been to England. 迈克同他的父亲去过英格兰。 Mike, like his brother, enjoys playing football 迈克像他的哥哥一样喜欢踢足球。

22 “lots of/ a lot of/plenty of+ 名词”或“分数/百分数+名词”作主语时，谓语