Step I Lead-in

　　1. (have) your classmates finished his homework?

　　2. My friend and I (want) to play outside after watching TV.

　　3. (have) all of the cake been eaten?

　　Step II Subject-verb agreement

　　I語法一致原則

　　1. Between the two buildings (stand) a monument.

　　2. What he said (is/ are) right

　　3. What she left me (is/are) a few books.

　　4. Seeing (is/are) believing

　　5. To see (is/are) to believe.

　　6. Somebody (is/ are) using the phone.

　　7. Each of the books (cost) five yuan.

　　8. The students each (have) a copy of Jay’s new album.

　　9. The Greens (is / are) very fond of working on the farm.

　　10. Many a student (have/ has) passed the exam.

　　11. More than one person (is/ are) here.

　　II 意義一致原則

　　1. Three weeks (is/ are) allowed for making the necessary preparation.

　　2. Another five minutes (is/ are) enough.

　　3.Three miles (is/ are) nothing.

　　4.His family (is/ are)a happy one.

　　5.The whole family (is/ are) watching TV.

　　6.The police (is/ are) searching for the thief.

　　7. The population in China (is/ are) large.

　　8. 75% of the population in our class (is/ are) from countryside.

　　9. This glass works (be) set up in 1980.

　　10. These glass works (is/ are) near the railway station.

　　11. A sheep (is/ are)over there.

　　12. Some sheep (is/ are) over there.

　　13. Physics (is/ are) now taught in all schools.

　　14.The old (is/ are) taken good care of in our country.

　　15.The young (is/ are) required to respect the old.

16.“All ________ present and all _________ going on well.” Our monitor said.

A. is ; is B. are ; are C. are ; is D. is ; are

　　17. All of my classmates （like）music.

　　18. All of the water (is / are) gone.

　　8.相加原則

　　19. Walking and riding (is / are) good exercises.

　　20. A teacher and doctor (is / are) giving us a lecture.

　　21. A teacher and a doctor (is / are) giving us a lecture.

　　22. Every boy and girl (want) to go to the cinema.

　　23 No boy and no girl (is / are) allowed to swim in the lake.

　　24.Many a boy and many a girl (is / are) going to the zoo.

　　III就近原則

　　1. Tom or his brothers (is / are)waiting in the room.

　　2. Either you or he (is / are) to go.

　　3. There (is / are) an apple, two oranges and some bananas on the plate.

　　4. There (is / are) two oranges, an apple and some bananas on the plate.

　　5. John, together with his two friends, (was / were) at the party.

　　6.The teacher as well as the students was reading in the library.

　　IV找真實主語

　　1. Lots of damage (was / were) caused by fire.

　　2. About three-fourths of the earth’s surface (is / are) covered with water.

　　3. Three-fifths of the workers here (is / are) women

　　4. A number of students (have/ has) gone home.

　　5. The number of pages in this book (is / are) two hundred.

　　6. A large amount of damage (was / were) done in a very short time.

　　7. Large amounts of money (was / were) spent on the bridge.

　　8. This kind of men (is / are) dangerous.

　　9. Men of this kind (is / are) dangerous.

　　A pair of shoes (was / were) just what he wanted

　　Shoes (was / were) just what he wanted .

　　He is one of the students who (have/ has) been to Beijing.

　　He is the only one of the students who (have/ has)been to Beijing.