动词通常与of后面的名词/代词保持一致。例如：
　 Most of his money is spent on books. 他大部分的钱化在书上了。
Most of the students are taking an active part in sports. 大部分学生积极参与体育运动。
2）用a portion of, a series of, a pile of, a panel of 等引起主语时，谓语动词通常用单数。例如：
A series of accidents has been reported. 媒体报道了一连串的事故。
A pile of lots was set beside the hearth. 炉边有一堆木柴。
3）如 many a 或 more than one 所修饰的短语作主语时，谓语动词多用单数形式。但由more than… of 作主语时，动词应与其后的名词或代词保持一致。例如：
　 Many a person has read the novel.　许多人读过这本书。
　 More than 60 percent of the students are from the city.百分之六十多的学生来自这个城市。
15.7 主谓一致练习
1. 1. Each of you ______ responsible for the accident.
a. am b. be c. is d. are
2. 2. Each man and woman ______ the same rights.
a. has b. have c. had d. is having
3. 3. Every means ______ tried but without much result.
a. has been b. have been c. are d. is
4. 4. There ______ in this room.
a. are too much furniture b. is too many furnitures
c. are too much furnitures d. is too much furniture
5. 5. The manager or his assistant ______ planning to go.
a. were b. are c. was d. be
6. 6. Not only I but also David and Iris ______ fond of playing basketball.
a. am b. is c. are d. was
7. 7. Neither Tom nor his parents ______ at home.
a. is b. are c. has d. was
8. 8. Either the dean or the principal ______ the meeting.
a. attends b. attend c. are attending d. have attended
9. 9. ______ was wrong.
a. Not the teacher but the students b. Both the students and the teacher
c. Neither the teacher not the students d. Not the students but the teacher
10. 10. “______ twenty dollars a big sum to her?”
“I suppose so.”
a. Will be b. Is c. Are d. Were
11. 11. Three hours ______ enough for us to finish the task.
a. are b. has c. is d. were
12. 12. Most of his savings ______ in the Xin Hua Bank.
a. has been kept b. is being kept c. have kept d. have been kept
13. 13. All that can be done ______.
a. has done b. has been done c. have done d. have been done
14. 14. One or perhaps more pages _______.
a. is missing b. has been missed c. are missing d. was missing
15. 15. More than one worker ______ dismissed.
a. have been b. are c. has been d. has
16. 16. Many a student ______ the importance of learning a foreign language.
a. have realized b. has realize c. have been realized d. has been realized
17. 17. The gas works ______ near the city.
a. is b. are c. were d. be
18. 18. The surroundings of his house ______ clean now.
a. is b. are c. was d. were
19. 19. The committee ______ over the problem among themselves for two hours.
a. has argued b. has been arguing c. have argued d. have been arguing→→
20. 20. The public ______ generous in their contributions to the earthquake victims.
a. is b. was c. are d. has been
21. 21. Cattle ______ on the hillside.
a. grazes b. is grazing c. was grazing d. were grazing
22. 22. Her politics ______ neither conservative nor liberal.
a. is b. are c. was d. has been
23. 23. Measles ______ a kind of infectious illness.
a. is b. are c. were d. have been
24. 24. The Philippines ______ to the south-east of China.
a. lies b. lie c. lay d. lays
25. 25. Mary is one of the girls who ______ always on time.
a. is b. am c. are d. was
26. 26. Tom is the only one of the stall members who ______ to be promoted.
a. is going b. are going c. has been going d. have been going
27. 27. What caused the accident ______ on the road.
a. were stone b. were stones c. was stone d. was stones
28. 28. Wisky and soda ______ his favorite drink.
a. is b. are c. were d. have been
29. 29. ______ is to attend our evening.
a. both the singer and the dancer b. Either the singer or dancers
c. The singer or da