Question

a large number of people work in the

时态语态1
1.In the center of the garden _____ a large number of people.
A.seats B.seat C.is seated D.are seated
(为什么不选B)

Answer 1

选D是对的,原因在于：先不看划线部分,将这个句子整理成正常语序,按照“主谓宾”排列,就是：A large number of people______ in the center of the garden.现在就很清楚了,是一个被动语态的句子,因为seat是一个比较特殊的动词,再其后加上ed后就变成了形容词,常用语有：to be seated等.因此此处是被动态oneself be seated,people是复数名词,用are,根据被动态的结构：be+pp(过去分词）,应该用are seated,选择D