时间价格距离等作为整体看待时，谓语动词用单数形式。

五十公里是一段长距离。Fifty kilometers is a long distance ,

她付不起四千美元。Four thousand dollars is more than she can afford ,

那6个月对她来说是一场恶梦。The six months was a terrible dream for her ,

只给了六天的时间来准备期末考试。Only six days was allowed to make preparations for the final examination ,

若强调时间价格距离等这类结构的复数意义，谓语动词也可用复数形式。

我父亲离家已经六年了。Six years have passed since my father left home ,

优胜者花了三小时跑完了五十英里的路程。The fifty miles were covered by the winner in three hours ,

抽屉里有八块银元。There are eight silver dollars in the drawer ,

a lot of 或者lots of或者 plenty of 或者a heap of或者 a mass of 或者half of +名词”构成的短语作主语时，其谓语动词要与短语中 of 后面的名词的数保持一致，这是因为 of 后面的名词是中心词，而 of 前面的量词是修饰语。

许多损失由火灾引起的。Lots of damage was caused by fire ,

大量的货物空运到那里。Lots of goods were sent there by air ,

一半的桔子烂了。Half of the oranges are bad ,

这食物中有一半不能吃。Half of the food is unfit to eat ,

在“ a number 或者total of +名词复数”结构中，中心词是名词，谓语动词用复数形式。但在“ the number 或者 total of +名词复数”结构中，中心词却是 number 或 total ，故谓语动词用单数形式。

操场上有相当多的学生在打篮球。a number of students are playing basketball on the playground ,

这本书的页数是九百。The number of pages in this book is nine hundred,

上个月共收到三千封信。a total of three thousand letters were received last month ,

上个月收到信件共三千封。The total of letters received last month was three thousand,

在“ a great deal of 或者a large amount of +不可数名词”结构作主语时，谓语动词通常用单数。但“ large amounts of +不可数名词”结构作主语，谓语动词通常用复数。

很多大米通过铁路从乡下运往城市。a great deal of rice was taken from the country to the city by railway ,

这个工程耗费了巨额资金。a large amount of money is spent on the project ,

建高速公路花了大量的钱。Large amounts of money were spent on the free way ,

“ the rest of +可数名词或不可数名词”结构作主语，其谓语动词要与短语中 of 后面的名词的数保持一致。

其余的学生正在浇树。The rest of the students are watering trees ,

剩下的酒已经变质了。The rest of the wine has gone bad ,

不定式短语、动词的i n g 形式和名词性从句作主语，谓语动词用单数形式。

做实验是找到问题答案的好方法。Doing experiments is a good way to find out answers to questions ,

学一门外语并不像你想象的那么难。to learn foreign languages is not so difficult as you think ,

我能和你在一起工作是极大的快乐。That I shall work with you is a great pleasure ,

what 引导的主语从句，谓语动词通常用单数，但所指的具体内容是复数意义时，谓语动词可用复数形式。

我们需要的是更多的时间。What we want is more time ,

他们那个地区需要的是医务工作者。What they need in that area are doctors and nurses ,

她给他留下的是一些旧照片。What she left him are some old photos ,

名词化的形容词指的是“ the ＋形容词（或过去分词或现在分词）”结构，the brave或者 the poor 或者the rich 或者the blind或者 the young 或者the old或者 the sick或者 the wounded 或者the injured或者 the unemployed或者 the dying或者 the living 等。勇敢者、穷人、富人、盲人、年轻人、老人、病人、 伤员、受伤的人、 失业者、 垂死的人、 活着的人等。当这种结构作主语，表示一类人时，谓语动词常用复数形式

有少数的形容词或过去分词与定冠词连用指个别的或表示抽象的概念时，谓语动词则用单数。

做这项工作青年人比老年人积极。The young are more active than the old in the work ,

在这次事故中受伤的那人是位工程师。The injured in the accident is an engineer ,

爱美之心人皆有之。The beautiful is loved by all ,

抽象的概念，谓语动词需用单数。

 最新情况the latest,

 未知的事the unknown,

 难处理的事the rough,

 最坏的事the worst,

 外国的事情the foreign,

 不真实的事the unreal,

 恶the evil,

 丑the ugly,

 神秘的东西the mystical,

 真the true,

 假the false,

倒装句的谓语动词的单复数应根据主语而定。

墙上悬挂着几幅著名油画。On the wall were several famous paintings ,

城东有两家化工厂。East of the city lie two chemical works ,

两幢楼之间耸立着一块纪念碑。Between the two buildings stands a monument ,