1、名词错误:
名词单、复数用错,可数与不可数名词的混用。例如:
①We study quite a few subject, such as maths, Chinese, English and physics.?
A few后面应该用复数,所以subject改为subjects。
②They were eager to know everything about China and asked me lots of question.
Question为可数名词,lots of后面是复数形式,所以question改为questions
③I hope that you two could come and visit us some times soon.
“Times”表示次数时是可数名词,表示时间概念时是不可数名词,根据句意times应改 为time。
2、时态错误:
在一篇结构完整、语义连续的短文中,时态的使用也应该连贯一致,但是英语表示时间时,主句和从句时态可能不一致,却仍表明完整正确的意思。这就要求考生准确判断句中动作的时态,培养对英语时态的敏感度。?
例如:
①He can’t remember what he once knows.
主句用的是一般现在时,宾语从句中有once(从前)作为明显的时间状语,因而从句中动词应用过去时knew。
②It was kind of them to meet me at the railway station and drove me to their home.
“and”两边应该是平行的,“and”前面是动词原形meet,“and”后面应该也用动词原形,所以将drove改为drive。
3、语态错误
在短文改错题中最常见的语态错误是被动语态被误用为主动语态。因为汉语表达习惯上有时不加“被”字也能表示被动,因而造成考生对被动语态不敏感。另外,不及物动词不能携带宾语,因而也就没有被动语态。
例如:
She was very angry at not telling the truth when she listened to the account.
意思是:当她听这个叙述的时候,她很生气没有被告知真相。这里“她”是被告诉的对象,因而telling应改为being told。
4、虚拟语气错误
虚拟语气的使用错误在综合改错题中主要表现为主句和从句的语气不协调。
例如: We suggest that Henry is told about his condition as soon as possible.
句中动词suggest之后的从句应用虚拟语气,故“is”应改为“be”或“should be”。类似的动词还有propose/ insist/order等等。
5、非谓语动词的错用。
例如:
①Play football not only makes me grow up…?
Play football是动词,不能做主语,应将其改为Playing football。
②I want to thank you again for have me in your home for the summer holidays.?
介词后面应跟名词,所以for have应改为for having。
③I’d like to your pen friend, and get to know more about your country.?
would like to后面应加to do,your pen friend是名词短语,不能直接放在would like to后面,所以应改为to be your pen friend。
6、形容词副词混用。
常出现需形容词的地方用了副词或需要用副词的地方用了形容词。这类错误主要考较不常见的形容词、副词的比较级形式。一般来讲,考生不难掌握。
例如:
① It’s terrible hot here.
Terrible是形容词,不能修饰形容词,应将其改为terribly。
② Culture is essentially to our humanness.
Essentially—essential。Culture is后面应该有一个表语,但是essentially是副词不能做表语,因此改成essential。
7、介词错误。
主要是介词的多余或缺失、错用。这一部分需要平时多多积累来弄清常用介词的搭配。
例如:
① In an addition, he still went to see a movie.
In addition是固定搭配,所以应将In an addition改为In addition。
② This has probably been the case in quite a while.
In—for。Has been是现在完成时的表达方式。因此与之相对应的时间状语就应该是for a quite a while,for表示持续的—段时间。
8、主谓一致性错误。
如第三人称单数漏掉s,或主语为复数,谓语动词却用了单数;以及就近原则对主语的影响等等。
例如:
The president of the company, together with the workers, are planning to solve these problems.?
句中主语的主词为单数名词“president”,介词短语“together with the workers”与主语无关,是插入成分,故谓语动词应用单数is。