汤姆早餐吃鸡蛋,喝牛奶。
The children are very fond of playing games.
孩子们非常喜欢玩游戏。
The police have caught the criminal.
警方已经逮捕了那个罪犯。
My family is very large.
我的家庭很大。(强调整体)
His family are waiting for him.
他的家人在等他。(强调成员)
The equipment of our factory is all imported from Britain.
我们工厂的设备都是从英国进口的。
Each means has been tried to solve the problem,but none is effective.
为解决这个问题,每一种方法都试过了,但没有一种是有效的。
[名师点津]
goods,clothes,earnings,remains 等作主语时,谓语动词用复数。
2.数量概念词作主语
主语 谓语动词 表示单位数量、指时间、金钱、距离、长度、重量等的复数名词短语 单数 the rest/majority (of) 及分数、百分数等 根据所指代或修饰的名词而定 a number of+复数可数名词 复数 the number of+复数可数名词 单数 a quantity of/quantities of 根据quantity的形式而定 more than one/many a+单数可数名词 单数 one of+复数可数名词 单数 Five minutes isn't enough to finish this test.
要完成这项测试,5分钟是不够的。
About 10% of the pupils were absent that day.