常见错误
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PETS二级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。