family, class, group, team类集体名词 强调整体 单数 强调成员 复数 只作不可数名词用的集体名词clothing, equipment, furniture, jewellery等 单数 单复数同形的名词means, sheep, works, deer, Chinese等 根据其表达的单复数意义而定 　　

　　The public was kept in the dark about the matter.

　　关于这件事情公众被蒙在鼓里。

　　The public now come to know the whole story.

　　人们现在越来越清楚那是怎么回事了。

　　The football team is being rebuilt.

　　(他们)正在重建这个足球队。

　　The football team are having baths and then they are coming here for tea.

　　足球队员们正在洗澡，然后他们会到这里喝茶。

　　[名师点津]　goods, clothes, earnings, remains等作主语时，谓语动词用复数。

　　[即时演练1]　用所给词的适当形式填空

　　①Land is (be) valuable. Not an inch of land is (be) allowed to waste.

　　②The children are (be) very fond of playing farm games.

　　③The police have (have) caught the criminal.

　　④The equipment of our factory is (be) all imported from Britain.

　　⑤Each means has (have) been tried to solve the problem, but none is effective.

　　⑥(2017·全国卷Ⅰ)Fast food is (be) full of fat and salt; by eating more fast food people will get more salt and fat than they need in their diet.

　　⑦His family was (be) poor and he used to work hard to support his family.

　　⑧My family are (be) going on a trip this summer.

　　二、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/part (of)及分数、百分数等 根据所指代或修饰的名词而定 a number of＋可数名词复数 复数 the number of＋可数名词复数 单数 a quantity of/quantities of 根据quantity的形式而定 more than one/many a＋可数名词单数 单数