《英语知识》(月刊)2001年第4期(总第139期)国窜镯错大连外国语学院副教授赵永青I．Complete1．TheChapter14Concord the following statements： principle of concord means that the verb matches its subject both in per— son and in number．2．Whether a collective noun takes a plu— ral or singular verb is up to the speaker’S of what such fl noun refers to．3．When the subject and the verb are kept apart by an intervening modifier，we usually employ the principle of4．Collective nouns that refer tO collec— tions of inanimate objects usually take the verb5．Nouns like‘people，police and ver— mi n’go almost invariably with the verb．6．The singular verb can be used on the notional principle of concord if the conioined iterns refer to7．The——of the same object． verb is generally used with multiplication．8．As the indefinite quantifiers function— ing as——，we have to take the notional principle for concord of the verb into consider— ation．9．We always use a singular verb with a nominal subiect10．‘His’in the sentence‘No one voiced his opinion’is regarded——biased nowa— days and we should avoid putting it this way．Ⅱ．Complete each of the sentences with the verb given in its appropriate form：9he》naujtd·P哆皂n罾b文1．Outside，unknown to the lunchers，a small crowd，headed by several men withCameras， ing·(were，was)already gather一2．The whole staff(was， against it，and theSchool， were)probably against it，tOO．3．That night，in while the crew the pumps，the4．One of were)drunk， were)(was， the dead of darkness，(was，were)busy atCaptain andI built a raft the witnesses and the jury were)laughing．5．Billiards played by people——(is， nowadays．(was，(was， are)less often●。6．——(Is，Are)classics a compulso． ry subject in your department?7．The whole class——(is，are)writ． ing exercises．8．On the left of each person——(is， are)a table．napkin and a plate with a roll on it．9．Six thousand dollars a year(is，are)more than she can afford．10．Not only his children but he——(is，are)hoping to go tO the land．11．Hall of the castle were)gutted in the fire．12．There to go round and13．There himselfDisney一(was，(is，are)never enough tempers are frayed(arise，arises)no ques。29

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