“单数还是复数?”——主谓一致用法归纳 名词作主语 family, class, group, team 等集体名词作主语,若指一个整体时, 谓语动词用单数形式, 若指其中一个个具体成员时,谓语动词复数形式。 His family is a happy one. His family isn’t large. 他家的人不多。 My family all like watching TV. 我们一家人都喜欢看电视。 people, police, cattle 等集体名词作主语,谓语动词用复数形式, The police are waiting for the boy. The police are searching for the thief. People here are very friendly. 这儿的人很友好。 “the+姓氏复数”表示一家人时,谓语一般用复数。 The Smiths are having dinner. “the+形容词”表示一类人时,谓语动词用复数形式,这类词有:the brave, the poor, the rich, the blind, the young, the old, the sick, the dead, the deaf and dumb, the injured,the wounded, the unemployed 等。