Thenumberofpeopleinvited
問題詳情:
The number of people invited ______ fifty, but a number of them ______ absent(缺席) for different reasons.
A. were; was B. was; was C. was; were D. were; were
【回答】
C
【解析】句意:受到邀請的人數是五十,但是很多人因為各種各樣的原因而缺席。
The number of表示“的數量”,其主語為數目,所以後面的謂語動詞用單數形式,而a number of them表示“大量,許多”,後面修飾可數名詞的複數,後面的謂語動詞也用複數形式;故選C。
知識點:相似 相近詞比較
題型:選擇題