中国学生英语作文常见的错误

中国学生作文中常见的错误：

1．标点错误

中文与英文的最大区别，在于中文句子是意合，而英文句子则是形合。例如，中文可以说“他赢了，我们笑了。”英文则不能说“He won, we laughed.”而是要用连词把两句话连起来，成为“He won, and we laughed.”. 练习：(1) 改错

1．It rained all night, the ceiling began to leak.

2．He lifted a rock, it fell on his feet.

3．She leaped up screaming, a snake was moving toward her.

4．Many people lined up at the ticket booth, all the tickets had been sold out.

5．The rise in crime is attributed to drug abuse, and organized robbery.

6．John Smith, his wife, his two children, and his dog Pluto, were under a pear tree, in the garden.

7．The next day, late in the evening, Charles was killed, by a gang of villains.

8． A letter, that is written in pencil, is difficult to read. (2) 添上逗号

1．“I see my son you are wearing one of my best ties

again.”

2．Rosemary suspected of having murdered her husband was questioned by the police for over three hours. 3．The lady was dressed in gray the color of a pigeon’s feathers.

4．It is a sad truth but in this unfriendly world he who cries cries alone.

(3) 分号常用在两个或两个以上关系较为密切的分句之间。下面这些句子，只要添上分号就成立了。

1．The moon went down the stars grew pale.

2．One moment he was friendly the next he was indifferent.

3．Far into the night he worked as day dawned he sank back into the chair.

(4) 引号主要用于直接引语，但也可用于书名或用于要引起人们注意的单词或短语上。请给下列句子添上引号，同时注意标上其他必要的符号。

1．How do you spell the word Renaissance

2．The coach yelled Shoot when the clock had run down to only three seconds.

3．He said Alas How foolish I have been

2. 搭配问题

1．Municipal planners deal chiefly for the physical layout of communities.

2．Because of its low cholesterol content, margarine is widely used to substitute from butter.

3．Thomas Nast was known primarily for a political cartoonist.

4．Compared to other areas, the population of the deserts is sparse.

1.模糊。意思上的混乱、模糊是英文写作中常见的毛

病。请指出下列句子的毛病：

1．The monkeys amused the people in cages at the zoo.

2．People throw away things which are invaluable.

3． A shark may attack a man that is hungry.

二. 写作能力提高

1．Sentence combining (联句)

a.He didn’t write the letter himself. He asked his

friend to do it.

b.Dogs are able and willing to learn a wide variety

of tasks. They are intelligent and devoted to

their owners.

c.He had failed many times. He was confident that

he would succeed in the end.

d.The Chinese character hao combines the symbol

for “woman”with the symbol for “boy”. The

chinese character hao means “good”.

e.He asked to read the instruction book once more.

He felt sure that he was using the instrument

improperly.

f.He failed to completely the course. This spoilt

his chances of promotion.

g.The public received the news enthusiastically.

This surprised no one.

2. transition (过渡)：使用关联词

表示强调，例如：in fact, most important, above all…

表示对比，例如：unlike, however, in contrast…

表示时间，例如：while, until, as soon as…

表示顺序，例如：first, next, finally…

表示类似或举例，例如：similarly, likewise, for example…

表示补充说明，例如：furthermore, what’s more, in addition…表示空间关系，例如：near, behind, to the left…

表示让步，例如：although, nevertheless, in spite of…