英语书面表达常见错误类型及改进意见

书面表达常见错误类型及改进意见（教师用）

错误类型一:汉式英语错误

不少考生在英语书面表达时易受汉语习惯影响,所写句子虽然语法正确,却不符合英语表达习惯,造成不少汉语式英语病句.要减少汉式病句必须做到(1)养成用英语思维进行写作的习惯,注意中西文化差异所带来的不同表达.(2)平时多归纳总结,纠正汉式英语.(3)多收听对外广播、收看英语节目、广泛阅读英文版书籍、报纸及其它材料.

例如:

⑴误:He cost five yuan to buy a dictionary.

正:It cost five yuan to buy a dictionary.或

The dictionary cost him five yuan.

⑵误:Good good study,day day up.

正:If you study hard ,you will make progress every day.

⑶误:Here is suitable to grow cash crops

正:It is suitable to grow cash crops here.

⑷误:There is a nitice in the park saying “ To take notice of safe; the sidewalk is very crafty.”

正: There is a nitice in the park saying “Watch your step. Slippery sidewalk.”

⑸误: His fever is high.

正: He has a high fever.

⑹误: The student is standing there is my brother.

正: The student standing there is my brother. 或

The student who is standing there is my brother.

⑺误: The price of the computer is expensive.

正: The price of the computer is high.

⑻误: The population of China is many.

正: The population of China is large.

⑼误: Recently our village have taken plce great changes .

正: Recently great changes have taken plces in our village.

⑽误: There are twenty students in our class have been to Beijing.

正: Twenty students in our class have been to Beijing.

⑾误: That factory broke out a fire last Sunday.

正: A fire broke out in that factory last Sunday.

⑿误: This building likes a school.

正: This building looks like/is a school.

⒀误: He will able to write articles in English next year.

正: He will be able to write articles in English next year.

⒁误: I will by bus to Beijing.

正: I’ll go to Beijing by bus tomorrow.

⒂误: Professor Li comes from Beijing University will give us a lecture tomorrow.

正: Professor Li from Beijing University will give us a lecture tomorrow.

⒃误: Hie friends are few.

正: He has few friends

⒄误: Wei Fang’s father scolded her coming late to school.

正: Wei Fang’s father scolded her for her coming late to school.

⒅误: To attend this meeting is important.

正: It is important to attend this meeting.

⒆误: His teaching methods are many.

正: He has many teaching methods.

错误类型二:句子结构不完整或结构错误

一个句子至少包括主语和谓语两部分(祈使句除外)。如果把句子的某一个部分当成一个句子，就会导致非完整句子。两个各含有主语和谓语的分句不能写在一起，也不能只用逗号隔开。

例如：

⑴误: There were foreigners came to our school.

正: There were foreigners who came to our school.

⑵误: Without a friend will feel londly.

正: Without a friend one will feel londly.

⑶误: The girls cleaned the desks and chairs, the boys mopped the floor.

正: The girls cleaned the desks and chairs; the boys mopped the floor.

正: The girls cleaned the desks and chairs, and the boys mopped the floor.

⑷误: The book was interesting. I read it rapidly.

正: The book was interesting; I read it rapidly.

正: The book was interesting,and I read it rapidly.

⑸误: The woman talked to you just now is our English teacher.

正: The woman who talked to you just now is our English teacher.

⑹误: I can’t imagine what life would be like if have not any TV sets.

正: I can’t imagine what life would be like if we have not any TV sets.

⑺误: China is no longer what used to be .

正: China is no longer what it used to be .

⑻误: Although rained, we went on working.

正: Although it rained, we went on working.

⑼误: They finished the homework, they went out.

正: Since/As they finished the homework, they went out.

⑽误: I am tired, I must go to bed.

正: I am tired, so I must go to bed.