The rest of + Nsố ÍT + Vsố ÍT The rest of + Nsố NHIỀU + Vsố NHIỀU Eg: The rest of the students are going to take the exam... John, along with twenty friends, is/are planning a party.. An
Trang 1SỰ HÒA HỢP GIỮA CHỦ NGỮ VÀ ĐỘNG TỪ
1 Khi chủ ngữ gồm 2 hoặc nhiều danh từ nối với nhau bằng "and" thì
==> V chia số NHIỀU
EX: A boy and a girl are in their school
2 Khi chủ ngữ gồm 2 hoặc nhiều danh từ chỉ khái niệm duy nhất, các
danh từ trừu tượng (news, môn học) ==> V chia số ÍT
Ex: Bread and butter is popular in Europe.
3 Khi chủ ngữ gồm 2 hoặc nhiều danh từ nối với nhau bằng "and"
mà trước mỗi danh từ có các từ: each, no , every ==> V chia số ÍT.
Ex: Each girl and each boy has on apple.
4.Khi chủ ngữ là các đại từ bất định (something, somebody,
someone )==>V chia số ÍT
5 Khi chủ ngữ là 2 danh từ nối với nhau bởi các cặp liên từ sau:
a Either + S1 or S2 + V (chia theo S2): Hoặc là hoặc là
b Neither + S1 nor S2 + V (chia theo S2): Cả S1 và S2 đều không (không mà cũng không )
c not only + S1 but also S2 + V (chia theo S2): không những mà còn
d
* S1 + accompanied by / a long with + S2 + V(chia theo S1): S1 cùng với S2
Trang 2* S1 + as well as + S2 + V(chia theo S1): S1 cũng như S2
* S1 + no less than + S2 + V( chia theo S1): S1 chẳng kém S2
e The + N1 of + N2 + V (chia theo N1)
f Both + N1 and + N2
g N1 + or + N2 + V( chia theo S1)
6 Cấu trúc nhấn mạnh dù N (s) hay không thì + V (số ÍT)
It + is + N + who + V
Was that
7 A number of + N (số NHIỀU) + V(chia số NHIỀU )
THE number of + N (số NHIỀU ) + V (số ÍT)
8 Nhiều cấu trúc khác như:
* Many + N(s) + V(số NHIỀU)
* Most of + N (số NHIỀU đếm được ) + V (số NHIỀU)
N (không đếm được ) + V (số ÍT)
* One of + N (số NHIỀU ) + V(số ÍT)
* N (ngôn ngữ) + V (số ÍT)
* N (people) + V (số NHIỀU )
* A few + V (số NHIỀU )
Trang 39 Number/percent + of + N(s) + V(số NHIỀU)
N( không đếm được ) + V (số ÍT)
10 Một số danh từ chỉ tập thể : team, group , committee, government ,
band … thì cách chia động từ phải phụ thuộc vào nghĩa của câu:
* Nếu chỉ hoạt động của tập thể => V (số ÍT)
* Nếu chỉ hành động của các thành viên trong tập thể => V (số NHIỀU )
11.Một số danh từ luôn ở dạng số NHIỀU nhưng V luôn chia số ÍT :
N (môn học, bệnh tật, )
Ex: news, mumps( quai bị )
12 Khi chủ ngữ là các danh từ chỉ khoảng cách, tiền bạc, phép tính, thời gian …… => V (số ÍT)
13 Khi V đứng đầu câu làm danh động từ => V (số ÍT)
14 There + to be + N1 + N2 : ( to be chia theo danh từ N1)
TRƯỜNG HỢP NGOẠI LỆ ĐẶC BIỆT
1 Fish and chips / Bread and bacon / Bread and butter / B & B (Bed and Breakfast: nhà trọ) + V (số ÍT)
Eg: - Bread and butter is my favourite breakfast.
- Fish and chips makes a good meal.
- B and B is difficult to find now.
2 One third (1/3)/ One fourth (1/4) / One fifth of N + V (số ÍT)
Eg: - One third of money has been spent.
Trang 4- One fifth of the class is absent today.
3 Two thirds of N(số ÍT) / N (số NHIỀU) + V (số ÍT)/ V (số
NHIỀU)
Eg: - Three fourths of the land has been used.
- Three fifths of books have been sold.
- Seven twelfths of the boxes have been delivered.
- Two thirds of the Earth's surface is water.
4 Many a + N(số ÍT) + V (số ÍT)
Eg: - Many a interesting film has been shown on this channel.
- Many an Australian farmer has a helicopter.
- Many a foreign visitor has come to this town.
5 The Adj + V (số NHIỀU)
Eg: - The young are keen on pop music.
- Are the old taken good care of in your country?
6 Five years / Ten kilometres / Two kilos and a half / Two million +
V (số ÍT)
Eg: - 500 years isn't a long period of time in the history of mankind.
- Ten kilometres is too long to walk.
- Two and a half kilos is too small for a new-born baby.
- Five thousand dong is not enough for breakfast.
7 Family / Orchestra/ Class + V(số ÍT): Khi coi danh từ là một tổng thể
Family / Orchestra/ Class + V(số NHIỀU): Khi coi danh từ là do nhiều người hợp lại
Trang 5Eg: - My family lives in Hanoi.
- My family are concerned about my study.
- The orchestra have turned up Let's sit down.
- An orchestra consists of 3 sections.
8 Two and/ plus two is/makes/ equals four.
Eg: - Six minus three is three.
- Ten substracted by five is five.
- Twice twenty equals half of fourteen.
- Eight devided by four is two.
9 A pair of glasses (trousers, shoes, scissors ) + V(số ÍT).
The glasses (trousers, shoes, scissors ) + V(số NHIỀU).
10 The United States/The Netherlands/The Philippines/The United Nations + V(số ÍT)
Eg: The Philipines is composed of over 7,000 islands.
11 The Himalayas/ The Rocky Mountains + V(số NHIỀU)
12 The rest of + N(số ÍT) + V(số ÍT)
The rest of + N(số NHIỀU) + V(số NHIỀU)
Eg: The rest of the students are going to take the exam.
BÀI TẬP
Trang 6EX 1: Chia động từ trong ngoặc
1 Some days before, the family elated by the news (be)
2 Nobody harder than John does (work)
3 Dieting very popular today (be)
4 The study of languages very interesting (be)
5 No problem harder than this one (be)
6 Either John or Bill going to the beach today (be)
7 None of the students the exam yet (finish)
8 The pants in the drawer (be)
9 Our team going to win the game (be)
10 Neither the director nor the secretary to leave yet (want)
11 Mr Robbins, accompanied by her wife and children,
arriving tonight (be)
12 Mary or her manager going to answer the press interview (be)
13 Everybody buy a ticket of this live show (want)
14 No examples relevant to this case (be)
15 The couple racing their horses through the meadow (be) KEY:
1 Some days before, the family were elated by the news (be)
2 Nobody works harder than John does (work)
3 Dieting is very popular today (be)
4 The study of languages _is_ very interesting (be)
5 No problem is harder than this one (be)
6 Either John or Bill _is going to the beach today (be)
7 None of the students _has finished the exam yet (finish)
8 The pants are _ in the drawer (be)
9 Our team is going to win the game (be)
10 Neither the director nor the secretary _wants to leave yet (want)
Trang 711 Mr Robbins, accompanied by her wife and children, is arriving tonight (be)
12 Mary or her manager is going to answer the press interview (be)
13 Everybody wants to buy a ticket of this live show (want)
14 No examples is relevant to this case (be)
15 The couple are racing their horses through the meadow (be)
EX 2:
1 A seer, so my friends tell me, (predict) _ events or
developments
2 The seer, together with three other psychics, ( plan) to make
a number of startling predictions
3 These predictions, including one about how well you will do on this
practice, (be) not to be believed.
4 My sister, along with her husband and my parents,
(be) driving to a wedding this weekend.
5 Inside my refrigerator (be) a can of Diet Pepsi and an old
English muffin
6 One of my brothers (be) in Atlanta last weekend.
7 The teacher as well as her students (believe) that practice
makes perfect
8 However, I believe that perfect practice, including long drills,
(be) the key to success.
9 Neither of the two politicians (expect) to lose the race.
10 Neither Senator Smith nor her administrative assistants
(return) phone calls.
11 Neither her administrative assistants nor Senator Smith
(return) phone calls.
12 Each of the twins (have) some unusual habits
13 The first type of driver that I find annoying (be)_is the speeders
Trang 814 She is one of the students who always ( answer) correctly.
15 Sara is the only one of the students who always
(answer) correctly.
KEY:
1 A seer, so my friends tell me, (predict) _predicts events or
developments
2 The seer, together with three other psychics, ( plan) plans to
make a number of startling predictions
3 These predictions, including one about how well you will do on this
practice, (be) are not to be believed.
4 My sister, along with her husband and my parents,
(be) _is _ driving to a wedding this weekend.
5 Inside my refrigerator (be) are a can of Diet Pepsi and an old
English muffin
6 One of my brothers (be) is in Atlanta last weekend.
7 The teacher as well as her students (believe) believes that
practice makes perfect
8 However, I believe that perfect practice, including long drills,
(be) _is _the key to success.
9 Neither of the two politicians (expect) expects to lose the
race
10 Neither Senator Smith nor her administrative assistants
(return) return phone calls.
11 Neither her administrative assistants nor Senator Smith
(return) returns phone calls.
12 Each of the twins (have) has some unusual habits
13 The first type of driver that I find annoying (be)_is the speeders
14 She is one of the students who always
( answer) _answer _ correctly.
Trang 915 Sara is the only one of the students who always
(answer) answers correctly.
EX 3: : Lựa chọn dạng đúng của động từ trong ngoặc:
1 John, along with twenty friends, (is/are) planning a party
2 The picture of the soldiers (bring/brings) back many memories.
3 The quality of this recordings (is/are) not very good
4 The effects of cigarette smoking (have/has) been proven to be
extremely harmful
5 The use of credit cards in place of cash (have/has) increased rapidly in recent years
6 Neither Bill nor Mary (is/are) going to the play tonight
7 Anything (is/are) better than going to another movie tonight
8 A number of reporters (was/were) at the conference yesterday
9 Your glasses (was/were) on the bureau last night
10 The committee (has/have) already reached a decision
Đáp án
1 is 2 brings
3 is 4 have
5 has 6 is
7 is 8 were
9 were 10 has
EX 4:
1 The boys in the room (is/are) playing chess
2 To find the book (is/are) necessary for him
3 A number of applicants (have/has) already been interviewed
4 Washing with special cream (is/are) recommended for scalp
infection
5 Nobody (work/works) harder than John does
6 The family (was/were) elated by the news
Trang 107 Dieting (is/are) very popular today
8 The study of languages (is/are) very interesting
9 No problem (is/are) harder than this one
10 Either John or Bill (is/are) going to the beach today
11 None of the students (have/has) finished the exam yet
12 The pants (is/are) in the drawer
13 Our team (is/are) going to win the game
14 Neither the director nor the secretary (want/wants) to leave yet
* Key:
1 are 8 is
2 is 9 is
3 have 10 is
4 is 11 has
5 works 12 are
6 were 13 are
7 is 14 wants
Exercise 5 : Subject and Verb Agreement Exercise
Choose the correct form of the verb that agrees with the subject
1 Annie and her brothers (is, are) at school
2 Either my mother or my father (is, are) coming to the meeting
3 The dog or the cats (is, are) outside
4 Either my shoes or your coat (is, are) always on the floor
5 George and Tamara (doesn't, don't) want to see that movie
Trang 116 Benito (doesn't, don't) know the answer.
7 One of my sisters (is, are) going on a trip to France
8 The man with all the birds (live, lives) on my street
9 The movie, including all the previews, (take, takes) about two hours to watch
10 The players, as well as the captain, (want, wants) to win
11 Either answer (is, are) acceptable
12 Every one of those books (is, are) fiction
13 Nobody (know, knows) the trouble I've seen
14 (Is, Are) the news on at five or six?
15 Mathematics (is, are) John's favorite subject, while Civics (is, are) Andrea's favorite subject
16 Eight dollars (is, are) the price of a movie these days
17 (Is, Are) the tweezers in this drawer?
18 Your pants (is, are) at the cleaner's
19 There (was, were) fifteen candies in that bag Now there (is, are) only one left!
20 The committee (debates, debate) these questions carefully
21 The committee (leads, lead) very different lives in private
Trang 1222 The Prime Minister, together with his wife, (greets, greet) the press cordially
23 All of the CDs, even the scratched one, (is, are) in this case
KEY:
1 Annie and her brothers are at school.
2 Either my mother or my father is coming to the meeting.
3 The dog or the cats are outside.
4 Either my shoes or your coat is always on the floor.
5 George and Tamara don't want to see that movie.
6 Benito doesn't know the answer.
7 One of my sisters is going on a trip to France.
8 The man with all the birds lives on my street.
9 The movie, including all the previews, takes about two hours to watch.
10 The players, as well as the captain, want to win.
11 Either answer is acceptable.
12 Every one of those books is fiction.
13 Nobody knows the trouble I've seen.
14 Is the news on at five or six?
Trang 1315 Mathematics is John's favorite subject, while Civics is Andrea's
favorite subject
16 Eight dollars is the price of a movie these days.
17 Are the tweezers in this drawer?
18 Your pants are at the cleaner's.
19 There were fifteen candies in that bag Now there is only one left!
20 The committee debates these questions carefully.
21 The committee lead very different lives in private.
22 The Prime Minister, together with his wife, greets the press cordially.
23 All of the CDs, even the scratched one, are in this case.
EX 6:
1 There (is, are) an empty cup and a paper bag on the floor
2 My sister as well as two of my brothers (lives, live) in Florida
3 The professor, together with twenty-five students, (is, are) happy that the term was almost over
4 My grandmother and grandfather (look, looks) alike
5 Either my brothers or my younger sister (is, are) owed my thanks
6 One of her six children (run, runs) five miles every day
Trang 147 Each of the students (spend, spends) six hours studying for classes every day of the week
8 Neither of the boys (is, are) willing to study during the weekends
9 As a result of the conflict, there (is, are) bloodshed and chaos
10 Do you think that the manager and our supervisor (understands, understand) the problem?
11 Neither my sister nor my brothers (is, are) planning to drive down from New York for my seventh marriage
12 One of my shoes (is, are) missing
13 Christopher or Laura (email, emails) me almost every day
14 Maria's regular salary together with tips (are, is) just enough for her to survive
15 Under my son's bed (was, were) three Rollingstone magazines.
KEY:
1 There (is, are) an empty cup and a paper bag on the floor
Note: The subjects are cup and bag
2 My sister as well as two of my brothers (lives, live) in Florida Note:
The subject is sister As well as two of my brothers is simply a
prepositional phrase, and prepositional phrases are never the subjects of sentences
3 The professor, together with twenty-five students, (is, are) happy that the term was almost over
Trang 154 My grandmother and grandfather (look, looks) alike.
5 Either my brothers or my younger sister (is, are) owed my
thanks Note: When subjects are joined by or or nor, the verb agrees
with the nearest subject The nearest subject here is the singular
wordsister.
6 One of her six children (run, runs) five miles every day
7 Each of the students (spend, spends) six hours studying for classes every day of the week Note: The subject of this sentence is Each,
not of the students, and Each is singular.
8 Neither of the boys (is, are) willing to study during the
weekends Note: The subject of this sentence is Neither, and
Neither is singular Watch out for prepositional phrases (of the boys)
that separate the subject from its verb
9 As a result of the conflict, there (is, are) bloodshed and chaos Note:
The word there is never the subject of a sentence.
10 Do you think that the manager and our supervisor
(understands, understand) the problem?
11 Neither my sister nor my brothers (is, are) planning to drive down from New York for my seventh marriage
12 One of my shoes (is, are) missing
13 Christopher or Laura (email, emails) me almost every day
14 Maria's regular salary together with tips (are, is) just enough for her to survive