在英语学习中,有些错误是很多学习者容易犯的,还有很多错误是大家可能都没有意识到自己弄错了的。看看下面这些常见的介词、连词和动词等错误,有则改之无则加勉!
Preposition Use
介词用法
1. 让我来帮你完成工作吧。
Incorrect: Let me help you to do your work.
Correct: Let me help you with your work.
2. 我建议你去休个长假。
Incorrect: I recommend you to take a long vacation.
Correct: I recommend that you take a long vacation.
3. 过来。
Incorrect: Come to here.
Correct: Come here.
4. 太阳从东方升起。
Incorrect: The sun rises from the East.
Correct: The sun rises in the East.
5. 小偷是从窗户爬进来的。
Incorrect: The thief got in from the window.
Correct: The thief got in through the window.
6. 让我们从第10页开始。
Incorrect: Let's begin from page 10.
Correct: Let's begin at(on) page 10.
7. 我耐心有限。
Incorrect: There is a limit in my patience.
Correct: There is a limit to my patience.
8. 请在白线内等待。
Incorrect: Please wait inside the white line.
Correct: Please wait behind the white line.
9. 你家房子买了火险吗?
Incorrect: Is your house insured for fire?
Correct: Is your house insured against fire?
10. 我没地方住。
Incorrect: I have no house to live.
Correct: I have no house to live in.
11. 脸好脏!照照镜子。
Incorrect: What a dirty face! Look at the mirror.
Correct: What a dirty face! Look in the mirror.
12. 这是我房间门钥匙。
Incorrect: This is the key of my room.
Correct: This is the key to my room.
13. 我准备去上一个为期两年的英语课程。
Incorrect: I am going to take a two-year course of English.
Correct: I am going to take a two-year course in English.
14. 末班车11点开,现在已经快11点了,赶紧的!
Incorrect: The last bus leaves at eleven o'clock. It's about eleven now, Hurry!
Correct: The last bus leaves at eleven o'clock. It's nearly (almost) eleven now, Hurry!
15. 把手从电线末端挪开。
Incorrect: Leave your hand from the end of the wire.
Correct: Let go of the end of the wire.
16. 靠右走。
Incorrect: Keep the right.
Correct: Keep to the right.
17. 不关你的事。
Incorrect: It is not of only your business.
Correct: It is none of your business.
Conjunction Use
连词用法
1. 和我不一样,她对英语很精通。
Incorrect: Different from me, she is proficient in English.
Correct: Unlike me, she is proficient in English.
2. 莫妮卡,借我点钱吧,比方说500美元。
Incorrect: Lend me some money, for instance 500 dollars, Monika.
Correct: Lend me some money, say 500 dollars, Monika.
3. 去年夏天我本想去欧洲,但费用太高于是放弃了。
Incorrect: I wanted to go to Europe last summer, but it was too expensive so I gave up to go.
Correct: I wanted to go to Europe last summer, but it was too expensive so I gave up the idea.
4. 我就是这样做的。
Incorrect: This is the way how I did it.
Correct: This is how I did it. or This is the way I did it.
5. 我来这儿的路上遇到了交通事故,所以迟到了。
Incorrect: There was a traffic accident on my way here. It is why I was late.
Correct: There was a traffic accident on my way here. That is why I was late.
6. 他们不理解我的想法。
Incorrect: They didn't understand my mind.
Correct: They didn't understand what I was thinking.
7. 无论是他们还是我都不对这个错误负责。
Incorrect: Neither they nor I are to blame for this mistake.
Correct: Neither they nor I am to blame for this mistake.
Adverb Use
副词用法
1. 去哪儿都行。
Incorrect: Anywhere will do.
Correct: Any place will do.
2. 会议定在今天下午3点召开。
Incorrect: The general meeting is scheduled to be held this afternoon at three.
Correct: The general meeting is scheduled to be held at three this afternoon.
3. 昨天早上在费尔大街,她偶遇了她的男朋友。
Incorrect: She ran into her boyfriend yesterday morning in Fair Avenue.
Correct: She ran into her boyfriend in Fair Avenue yesterday morning.
4. 不要对我抱太多期望。
Incorrect: Don't expect me too much.
Correct: Don't expect too much from (of) me.
5. 给我点钱吧,如果你有的话。
Incorrect: Give me money, if you have.
Correct: Give me money, if you have any.
6. 他待我十分友好。
Incorrect: He treated me very friendly.
Correct: He treated me in a friendly way.
Verb Use
动词用法
1. 你就是在这点上弄错了。
Incorrect: This is where you mistake.
Correct: This is where you are mistaken.
2. 我哥哥一直在忙着准备期终考试。
Incorrect: My brother has been busy in preparing for his final examination.
Correct: My brother has been busy preparing for his final examination.
3. 劳拉用了半天时间复习功课。
Incorrect: Laura has spent half a day to revise her lessons.
Correct: Laura has spent a half day revising her lessons.
4. 我习惯了开灯看电视。
Incorrect: I am used to watch television with the light on.
Correct: I am used to watching television with the light on.
5. 饭后,母亲提议去散步。
Incorrect: After dinner, my mother suggested to go for a walk.
Correct: After dinner, my mother suggested going for a walk.
6. 政府正在考虑在伦敦新建一个机场的可能性。
Incorrect: The government is considering the possibility to build a new airport in London.
Correct: The government is considering the possibility of building a new airport in London.
7. 他的新书将大卖。
Incorrect: His new book will be sold well.
Correct: His new book will sell well.
8. 我有很多活要干。
Incorrect: I have a lot of work to be done.
Correct: I have a lot of work to do.
9. 孩子们当时处境非常危险,一个杀气腾腾的疯子正挥着刀在幼儿园里乱跑。
Incorrect: The children were very dangerous as the knife-wielding madman was running amok in the kindergarten.
Correct: The children were in great danger as the knife-wielding madman was running amok in the kindergarten.
Word Choice
单词选择
1. 你的外套破了。
Incorrect: Your coat is broken.
Correct: Your coat is torn.
2. 总之苏珊没犯错。
Incorrect: Susan didn't make a fault anyway.
Correct: Susan didn't make a mistake anyway.
3. 能借你电话用下吗?
Incorrect: May I borrow your phone?
Correct: May I use your phone?
4. 他有所好转。
Incorrect: He becomes better.
Correct: He got better.
5. 外面天还亮。
Incorrect: It was still bright outside.
Correct: It was still light outside.
6. 在美国一般学生都不穿校服。
Incorrect: Common students in U.S. don't wear a uniform.
Correct: The average students in U.S. don't wear a uniform.
7. 这道色拉是谁做的?
Incorrect: Who cooked this salad?
Correct: Who made this salad?
8. 让我给你把把脉。
Incorrect: Let me examine your pulse.
Correct: Let me feel your pulse.
9. 我把帽子忘在屋里了。
Incorrect: I forget my hat in the house.
Correct: I left my hat in the house.
10. 你上过大学吗?
Incorrect: Did you attend college?
Correct: Did you go to college?
11. 他的体温降下来了。
Incorrect: His temperature went down.
Correct: His temperature came down.
12. 今天的报纸上有他写的关于香港的文章。
Incorrect: Today's newspapers has his articles on HongKong.
Correct: Today's newspapers carries his articles on HongKong.
13. 开窗睡你会感冒的。
Incorrect: You'll have a cold if you sleep with your window open.
Correct: You'll catch a cold if you sleep with your window open.
14. 我去医院探望了她生病的母亲。
Incorrect: I visited her ill mother in the hospital.
Correct: I visited her sick mother in the hospital.
15. 她是第一名。
Incorrect: She was first prize.
Correct: She took first prize.
16. 他失去意识很长时间了。
Incorrect: He lost consciousness for a long time.
Correct: He was unconscious for a long time.
17. 他创造了世界纪录。
Incorrect: He made a world record.
Correct: He set a world record.
18. 她婚姻幸福。
Incorrect: Her marriage was happy.
Correct: Her married life was happy.
19. 今年夏天我要去自己的出生地看看,这是10年来的第一次。
Incorrect: I'll visit my native place for the first time in ten years this summer.
Correct: I'll visit my birth place for the first time in ten years this summer.
20. 这个座位有人吗?
Incorrect: Is this seat empty?
Correct: Is this seat taken?
21. 我看他面熟。
Incorrect: I know his face.
Correct: I know him by sight.
22. 我的手表不走了,我得拿去检查下。
Incorrect: My watch doesn't move at all. I must get it checked up.
Correct: My watch isn't running, I must get it checked up.