不定式、动名词以及从句作主语时应视为单数，谓语动词用单数形式;但如果主语为 and 连接的两个不定式、动名词以及从句时，谓语用复数形式
Reading often means learing. 网读常意味着学习。
To read Bnglish aload every moming does you a lot of good. 每天早晨朗读英语有许多好处。
当主语由 and 连接，表示同一人、同一物、同一事或者同一概念时，谓语动词用单数，此时 and 连接的两个词前只有一个冠词
The composer and singer was well received by the audience. 那个作曲家兼歌手受到了听众的认可。
由and 连接的两个或更多的主语之前有each, every,many a(n)，no 时，谓语动词用单数
Each book and （each) paper is found in its place. 每本书和每份报纸各居其位
No teacher and （no) student was here. 没有一个老师和学生在这里。
each, every, each and every, either, neither, one, another, little, a little 和much 作主语或修饰主语时,谓语动词通常用单数
Each of us has a tape-recorder. 我们每个人都有一台录音机。
everyone, everybody, everything, anyone, anybody, anything, someone, somebody, something, no one, nobody, nothing 作主语时，用单数动词
There is something wrong with my watch. 我的表有问题。
Anyone but you is welcome. 除了你，任何人都受欢迎。
none, some, any, more, most, all 等代词作主语时，动词的单复数由其指代的词的单复数决定
All is right. 所有的都对
All are present. 全都到齐了
“all, none, most, majority, part, enough, some, one half, the rest, the remainder+of..”短语，或者more than. 作主语时，谓语动词的单复数形式通常由所修饰的名词、代词的数决定
When enough of the tree is chopped away, the tree falls. 如果一粿树砍去足够多的部分,树就会倒下
当中心词为度量、距离、时间、价格等复数名词的时候，谓语动词采用单数形式
Too miles is a short distance. 两英里路很近。
一般来说，不可数名词及可数名词单数的谓语用动词单数，可数名词复数的谓语用动词复数，但当不可数名词前有表示数量的复数名词时，谓语动词用复数形式
Ten thousand tons of coat were produced last year．去年生产了1万吨煤
当主语后面跟有 including, with, together with, along with, like, in addition to, as well as, rather than, as much as, more than, no less than, but, except, accompanied by 等连接的短语时,谓语动词不受这些词组的影响，与前面的主语一致
An expert, together with some assistants, was sent to help in this work.
一位专家和几位助手被派去协助这项工作。
. 在定语从句中，若引导词在从句中充当主语，谓语的数要跟先行词一致
There is somebody here who wants to talk to you. 这里有人要和你说话。
当or, eithera or, neither.. nor, not only. but also 连接两个以上主语时,谓语动词与最邻近的主语保持一致。如果句子是由here,there 引导,而主语又不止一个时，谓语通常也和最邻近的主语一致
Either you or she is to go. 你或她要去。
当主语是一本书或一条格言时，谓语动词常用单数
The Arabian Night is a book known to lovers of English.（一千零一夜)是英语爱好者热知的一本书
