体的概念或指的是同一事物，谓语动词用单数，如果其表示的是两个不同的对象时，谓语动词用复数。

　　The writer and the teacher are coming.

　　The poet and teacher is one of my friends.

　　4. 集合名词people，police一般看作复数意义，其谓语动词用复数。另外一些集合名词family，enemy，class，army等作主语时，谓语动词是用单数还是复数，要根据这些词在句中的实际含义而定。当他们表示的是整体意义时，谓语用单数;当他们强调个体成员时，谓语动词用复数形式。

　　In England, people eat fish and chips.

　　The Chinese people(民族)is a great people.

　　5. 名词性物主代词mine，yours，his，hers， its，ours，theirs等作主语时，谓语动词的数取决于该代词所表示的意义是单数还是复数。

　　His parents are young, but mine are old.

　　6. 以s结尾的名词本身不表示复数意义时，谓语动词通常用单数形式，如news，physics，politics，maths等。

　　No news is good news. Physics is the most difficult subject for him.

　　7. 由or，either…or…，neither…nor…，not only…but also…等词连接名词或代词作主语时，谓语动词的数和最接近的主语一致。

　　Neither you nor Li Hua has been to Shanghai before.

　　8. 以there，here开头的句子，若主语不止一个，其谓语动词的形式和邻近的那个主语一致。

　　There is a table and four chairs in the room.

　　Here are some books and paper for you.

　　9. trousers，clothes，glasses，compasses，chopsticks等作主语时，谓语动词用复数。但如果前面有a pair of短语时，谓语动词用单数。

　　Jim’s trousers are brown. The pair of glasses is Mr. Green’s.

　　10. 由“a lot of/lots of/plenty of+名词”或“分数+名词”作主语时，谓语动词的单复数根据名词的单复数而定。

　　A lot of people have been to London.

　　Three-fifths of the water is dirty.