Thenumberofpeopleinvited

來源：國語幫 2.68W

The number of people invited __fifty， but a number of them ______absent for different reasons．

A．were，was B．was, was C．was，were D．were．were

解析： “邀請人的數目是50人，但是許多人由於各種原因都缺席了。”“the number of+複數名詞”意爲“……的數量”，作主語，謂語動詞用單數；“a number of+複數名詞”意爲“許多”，作主語，謂語動詞用複數。