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a queue of people + verb (singular)
主语中的核心词是 queue，因此谓语动词用单数形式。
A queue of people forms outside the store.
一队人在店外排起长龙。
人龙
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
人龙
a line of people waiting one behind another
A queue of people forms outside the store.
一队人在店外排起长龙。
A queue of people formed outside the store before it opened.
商店开门前，外面形成了一排人龙。
We joined a queue of people waiting for the bus at the stop.
我们在公交站加入了一条等车的人龙。
There was a long queue of people at the ticket counter for the concert.
音乐会售票处排着长长的人龙。
主语中的核心词是 queue，因此谓语动词用单数形式。
A queue of people forms outside the store.
一队人在店外排起长龙。
We joined a queue of people waiting for tickets.
我们加入了一队等待购票的人龙。
常用介词 in 表示位置。
She stood in a queue of people for an hour.
她在一队人中站了一个小时。
Not this
He was in queue of people.
Use this
He was in a queue of people.
错误：冠词缺失。'queue'是可数名词，中文没有冠词概念，学习者容易忽略。修正后使用不定冠词'a'，符合英语语法。
Not this
A queue of people are waiting.
Use this
A queue of people is waiting.
错误：主谓不一致。'a queue of people'的中心词是单数'queue'，谓语动词应用单数形式。虽然英式英语中可能用复数，但标准用法强调队列整体，故用单数更准确。
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