中国学生写英语句子的13种常见错误类型

一般英语写作考试，成功的关键在于句子是否写得正确。本文归纳了中国学生写英语句子

时的

13

种常见错误类型。所有例句均来自学生 的实际英语作文。

Mistake Type 1

. Wrong tenses

[Improper] I had a look at my watch and I knew what will happen.

[Improved] I had a look at my watch and I knew what

would

happen.

[Improper] Riding bicycles had more advantages than taking a bus.

[Improved] Riding bicycles

has

more advantages than taking a bus.

Mistake Type 2

Agreement problems

[Improper] Every one of us have the right to be happy.

[Improved] Every one of us

has

the right to be happy.

[Improper]The eating habit of Chinese people have changed dramatically in the past decade.

[Improved] The eating habit of Chinese people

has

changed dramatically in the past decade.

[Improper] There

is

so many countries using English that it had been regarded as an international

language.

[Improved] There

are

so many countries using English that it had been regarded as an

international language.

Mistake Type 3

Pronoun misuses

[Improper] If the humans want to live well, we must keep nature in balance.

[Improved] If the humans want to live well,

they

must keep nature in balance.

我经常告诉自己，离家的时候我不应该哭，因为那很不成熟。

[Improper] I always told myself that I shouldn’t cry when the time to leave was coming because it

was not mature.

[Improved] I had always told myself that I wouldn’t cry when the time arrived for me to leave

home,

for that was a sign of my immaturity.

[Improper] So long as

you

have the Internet access and some necessary

rights

,

anyone

can

receive education wherever

you

lives in.

[Improved] So long as you have the Internet access and some necessary licenses, you can receive

education wherever you live in.

[Improper] Whether one enjoys or resents advertisements, we are actually bombarded with

it

every hour of the day.

[Improved] Whether one enjoys or resents advertisements,

he is

actually bombarded with

them

every hour of the day.

Mistake Type 4

Wrong use of comparative degree

[Improper] With the advancement of science and technology, I believe that people’s life will be

more and more happier.

[Improved] With the advancement of science and technology, I believe that people’s li

fe will

become happier and happier.

[Improper] The world is getting more smaller and smaller.

[Improved] The world is getting smaller and smaller.

Mistake Type 5

Dangling modifiers

[Improper] In order to get a good mark, it took me much time, when I di

dn’t have classes this

weekdays, to get ready for this exam.

[Improved] In order to get a good mark,

I spend

much of my spare time getting ready for this

exam.

[Improper] There are many ways to improve city traffic, for example widening the streets,

building subways and so on.

[Improved] There are many ways to improve city traffic.

For example

, we can widen the streets,

build subways and so on.

[Improper] My friends told me one of my old classmates had been killed in a sudden accident.

Heard of that, I

couldn’t think anything for a long time.

[Improved] My friend told me one of my old classmates had been killed in a sudden accident.

Hearing

of that, I couldn’t think of anything for a long time.

Mistake Type 6

Improper Subordinate Causes

[Improper] If someone wanted to go back to ancient society, which had no electricity, cloth and

room, almost every people would say he was crazy.

[Improved] If anyone wants to go back to ancient times,

in which

there was no electricity, cloth or

room, almost every people will say he is crazy.

[Improper] It is said that we’d better live in a small town instead of the big city if we want better

health and longer life, and it is analyzed that the reason is the different life styles between the

cities and towns which people have a relaxation life in town but a nervous life in city. (55 words)

[Improved] It is said that we’d better live in a small town instead of the big city if we want a better

health and a longer life. This is because, they say, the life style in the city is nervous while that in

the town is relaxed. (46 words)

Mistake Type 7

Improper collocations

[Improper] When TV came into the world, the people’s life had a large changes.

[Improved] After TV came to the world, people’s life changed a great deal.

Or: The

arrival of TV greatly changed people’s life.

但在另一方面，科学技术也能带来一些灾难。

[Improper] But in another aspect, some disaster were brought from the same science and

technology.

[Improved] On the other hand, science and technology can also bring about some disasters.

相反，另外的人不同意这种观点。他们喜欢不断变换工作。