(5)Where to find the plant and what to do with it 　　　still the problems to settle.

　　二、意义一致原则

　　1.由集体名词,如group,family,class,government,team,public,enemy,crowd,audience,club,party,crew等作主语时,如果看成一个整体,谓语动词用单数形式,如果看成其中各成员,谓语动词则用复数形式。

　　(1)His family 　　　 very large.

　　(2)His family 　　　 music lovers.

　　(3)The group 　　　 made up of nine students.

　　(4)The group　　　 dancing happily.

　　(5)The team 　　　 some good players.

　　(6)The team 　　　 handsome.

　　【尝试运用】

　　(1)The research group 　　　(is,are) made up of five people.

　　(2)What 　　　(do,does) the group want for their lunch?

　　(3)Our family 　　　(is,are) not poor any more.

　　(4)The class 　　　(is,are) more than forty in number.

　　(5)The class 　　　(have,has) disagreed among themselves about where they should go and have a picnic.

　　(6)The government 　　　(has,have) spent more than two million yuan in planting trees.

　　(7)The city government 　　　(has,have) different opinions about next year's plan.

　　(8)The police　　　(is,are) searching for the thief.

　　2.代词作主语。

　　(1)Neither dog 　　　(is,are) big.　

　　(2)Neither of them 　　　(is,are) big.　

　　(3)Neither rabbit 　　　(is,are) handsome.　

　　(4)Neither of the rabbits 　　　(is,are) handsome.　

　　3.表示时间、距离、金钱等复数名词作主语,表达一个整体概念时,谓语动词则用单数形式。

　　(1)Two years 　　　 passed since I left Ningbo.

　　(2)One million dollars 　　　 a great sum of money.

　　4.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,the United States等作主语,谓语动词用单数形式。

　　(1)Every means 　　　 been tried since then.

　　A.has

　　B.have

　　C.are

　　D.is　

　　(2)No news 　　　(is,are)good news.　

　　(3)Maths 　　　(is,are)the subject that I like most.

　　5.the+adj.作主语。

　　the+adj.,表示一类人,谓语动词用复数形式,如the old,the young,the rich,the poor。

　　the+adj.,表示某个人或一类抽象的事物,谓语动词用单数形式,如the beautiful,the good。

　　(1)The old 　　　 taken good care of in our society.

　　(2)The rich 　　　 for the decision but the poor are against it.

(3)The wounded 　　　 a young boy.