1、请看一些例句：

　　Five minutes is enough to do this exercise．

　　Each boy and each girl wants to serve the people in future．

　　More than one student has seen the film.

　　Many a ship has been damaged in the storm.

　　More members than one are against your plan.

　　2、一些有两个部分构成的名词表示衣物或工具作主语时, 谓语通常用复数形式：glasses, clothes, trousers, shoes, compasses, chopsticks, scissors等。

　　但如果主语用a kind of , a pair of , a series of等加名词构成时, 谓语动词一般用单数形式。

　　A pair of shoes was on the desk．