Lead: I learned more about predicate verbs in college English. Now I want to introduce the common singular verbs in college English. Welcome to refer to them!

1) When a noun clause, infinitive or gerund is the subject, the predicate verb is generally singular.

take for example

It is what he wants to finish the work ahead of time.

Smoking is harmful to your health.

What seems easy in theory is actually difficult.

The cause of the accident is a complete mystery.

However, when the subject of the leading noun clause and its predication are plural, the connecting verb can also be plural.

take for example

What we need urgently here is qualified teachers.

2) When the subject is singular, it is followed by phrases connected by including, with, together, along, like, addition, and, instead of, but, except, than, accepted by, etc. The predicate verb is singular.

take for example

Both Mary and her sister like listening to music.

Dr Richards, his wife and three children will arrive by afternoon flight.

It was none other than my best friend who won the first prize in the speech contest.

3) When one, one of, every, every one, everyone, everyone, each, each, many a, each, no one, nobody, anyone, someone, someone is used as the subject or modifies the subject, the predicate verb is singular.

take for example

Every man, woman and child have the same rights.

Many students don't like doing homework. (Many students)

Either of the two students will run for president of the student union. More than one person is involved in this case.

Neither of the two young people applied for a university position.

A) has been accepted

B) has been accepted.

C) accepted

D) accepted

When neither is used as a subject or a modifier, the predicate verb is singular. In addition, the attributive clause uses the past perfect tense and the main clause uses the simple past tense, so the answer is C.

4) When two singular nouns connected with and are used as subjects to refer to the same person, the same thing or the same concept, their predicate verbs are singular. For example, my best friend and consultant changed his mind again.

Bread, butter and eggs are typical American breakfast.

If laws and laws are not maintained, citizens and their property will not be safe. If law and order cannot be maintained, neither the citizen nor his property is safe.

5) Plural nouns indicating time, distance, weight, volume and money are regarded as a whole when they are used as subjects, and predicate verbs are usually singular.

take for example

Five thousand dollars is a lot of money to me.

Fifty miles is too long for a pedestrian.

Ten years have passed, but he hasn't changed a bit.

6)? Part, series, a kind, a group, a kind, a pair of+nouns? As a subject, its predicate verb is generally singular.

take for example

There have been a series of accidents in America recently.

A new pair of glasses is very expensive.

7) When proper nouns such as events, institutions, country names and works are used as subjects, the predicate verbs are singular.

For example, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, written by Mark Twain, is an interesting book. The United Nations is an organization that defends world peace.

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