謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞常用單數(shù)的情況
1）名詞性從句及不定式、動(dòng)名詞作主語(yǔ)時(shí)，謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞一般用單數(shù)形式。
【例如】
To finish the work in advance is what he wants.
Smoking cigarettes is dangerous to your health
What seems easy in theory is difficult in practice.
What caused the accident is a complete mystery.
但是，what引導(dǎo)名詞從句作主語(yǔ)時(shí)，其表語(yǔ)是復(fù)數(shù)形式時(shí)，系動(dòng)詞也可以是復(fù)數(shù)形式。
【例如】
What we badly need here are qualified teachers.
2）當(dāng)主語(yǔ)是單數(shù)，后面跟著由including, with, together with, along with, like, in addition to, as well as, rather than, but, except, more than, accompanied by等連接的短語(yǔ)時(shí)，謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞用單數(shù)。
【例如】
Mary as well as her sister likes listening to music.
Doctor Richards, together with his wife and three children, is to arrive on the afternoon flight.
My best friend rather than anyone else has got the first prize in the speech contest.
3）one, one of, every, everyone, everybody, each, many a, either, neither, no one, nobody, anyone, anybody, someone, somebody用作主語(yǔ)或修飾主語(yǔ)時(shí)，謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞用單數(shù)形式。
【例如】
Each man, woman and child has the same right.
Many a student doesn't like to do their homework.(many a student＝many students）
Either of students is going to compete for the president of the students' union.More than one person was involved in the case.
Neither of the young men who had applied for a position in the university ____.
A） has been accepted
B） have been accepted
C） was accepted
D） were accepted
neither用作主語(yǔ)或修飾主語(yǔ)時(shí)，謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞用單數(shù)形式。此外，定語(yǔ)從句用過(guò)去完成時(shí)，主句應(yīng)用一般過(guò)去時(shí)，故答案為C。
4）and所連接的兩個(gè)單數(shù)名詞作主語(yǔ)，指同一人、同一件事或同一概念時(shí)，其謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞用單數(shù)。例如：My best friend and adviser has changed his mind again.
Bread, butter and eggs is typical American Breakfast .
If law andsgroupsis not preserved, neither the citizen nor his property is safe.如果不能維持治安，公民和他的財(cái)產(chǎn)都不安全。
5）表示時(shí)間、距離、重量、體積、金錢(qián)的復(fù)數(shù)名詞，作主語(yǔ)時(shí)作為整體來(lái)看待，謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞通常用單數(shù)。
【例如】
Five thousands dollars is quite a large sum of money to me.
Fifty miles is too long a distance for one to walk on foot.
Ten years has passed but he didn't change at all.
6）“a portion of , a series of, a kind of, a body of, a species of, a pair of+名詞”作主語(yǔ)時(shí)，其謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞一般用單數(shù)形式。
【例如】
A series of accidents has occurred recently in America.
A pair of new glasses is quite expensive.
7）事件、機(jī)構(gòu)、國(guó)名、作品等專有名詞作主語(yǔ)時(shí)，謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞用單數(shù)。
【例如】The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was written by Mark Twain and it is an interesting book.The United Nations is an organization to defend world peace.