Question

           There aren’t many people in the village since ______ of them ______ moved to the town nearby.

A．two-five; have

B．second-fifth; has

C．two-fifths; have

D．two-fifths; has

Answer 1

C

分數在英語中通常是借助于基數詞和序數詞來共同表達的。其中基數詞表示分子，序數詞表示分母。分子超過1，分母要加s.分數修飾名詞時，若該名詞是不可數名詞只能用單數；若是可數名詞，用單數或復數均可。但是，若它們在句子中作主語，則謂語動詞是用單數還是復數取決于名詞，即與分數所修飾的名詞保持一致。