11. “a number of +复数名词”作主语时，谓语动词用复数;“the number of+复数名词”作主语时，谓语动词用单数。

　　A great number of birds fly to the south in winter.

　　The number of lions does not change much if people leave things as they are.

　　12.代词something，anything，nothing，everyone，anybody，nobody，each，neither，either，little，much，one等作主语时，谓语动词用单数形式。

　　Neither of us is a boy。

　　Each of them has an English dictionary。

　　One of the students was late for school。

　　13.All，some none，most，any等代词作主语时，若其指复数概念，谓语动词用复数形式;若其指单数形式，则谓语动词用单数形式。

　　Not all work is difficult。

　　Not all the students are here。

　　14.有些形容词前面加上定冠词the，如the poor，the old，the yong，the rich，the dying等用来表示一类人时，主语为复数意义，谓语动词用复数。

　　The old are good taken care of。

　　15.Many a意为“许多”，但因后面跟的是单数名词，谓语动词应用单数形式。

　　Many a student has passed the exam。

　　练习：

　　1.The news for my brother。

　　A. are B. were C. be D. is

　　2.A boy with two dogs when the earthquake rocked the city。

　　A. were sleeping B. is asleep

　　C. was sleeping D. are asleep

　　3.Everyone except Tom and John there when the meeting began。

　　A. are B. is C. was D. were

　　4.Neither he nor I from Canada。We are from Australia 。