同例： plenty of...，one fourth of...，none of...，some of ...，majority of ...，... percent of ...，the rest of ...，reminder of ....

（10） a number of（a total of ，an average of ）+ 复数名词，谓语动词用复数。

the number of（the total of，the average of）+ 复数名词，谓语动词用单数。

The total of dollars donated last month was 10，000 dollars. 上个月总共捐赠了1万美金。

同例：a / the variety of；a / the group of

（11） 定语从句的谓语动词注意与先行词保持一致，但注意the only one of... 的用法。

One of those men likes to drive fast. 这些人中有一个人喜欢开快车。

One of those men who like to drive fast is her son. 这些人中喜欢开快车的那个是她的儿子。

He is the only one of those men who likes to drive fast. 他是这些人中唯一喜欢开快车的。

（12） 由some，any，no，every 构成的复合词如somebody，nothing，nobody，anything，everybody等代词做主语时，谓语动词用单数；由each，every one，no one，either，neither，another，the other做主语时，谓语动词用单数；由either，neither，each，every修饰名词做主语时，谓语动词用单数。如：

More than one example is necessary to make the students understand this rule clearly. 要想使学生清楚地理解这个问题，不只需要一个事例。

Neither is satisfactory. 两个都不令人满意。

Is either of the singers reading now？两个歌手中，哪个现在正在看书？

（13） the + adj / v-ed 表示一类人时，用复数谓语动词；表示抽象概念时，谓语动词用单数。

The sick have been cured and the lost have been found.

病人得到了医治，失踪的也找回来了。

同例：the poor / dumb / innocent / guilty / unemployed / aged / oppressed / exploited...

We can do the difficult first. The impossible takes a little longer.

我们先从难题开始，不会的可能花的时间长一些。

The best is yet to come. 好戏还在后头。（14） a pair of + 由两部分物体构成的名词（如：shoes，scissors，glasses，jeans，pants，trousers）做主语时，谓语动词用单数。

My new pair of pants is being altered. 我的一条短裤正在修改。

（15） 当主语被one （a） and a half 修饰时，谓语动词用单数。

One and a half apples is left on the plate. 盘子里还剩了一个半苹果。

（16） 当主语由 a series of...，a portion of ...，a species of ...，a kind of ...，a sequence of ...，a chain of...，a piece of ... 加名词（单数或复数）构成时，谓语用单数。

A series of lectures on psychology is said to be given by Mr. Li.

据说李先生会做一系列心理学方面的讲座。

A large portion of her poems was published after her death.

他的很多诗歌都是在他死后发表的。