短句改错英语技巧

一. 动词形

主要包括两类错误：动词的时态和语态错误，以及主、谓不一致的错误。例如：

My favourite sport is football. I was member of our school football team. (is)

Now my picture and prize is hanging in the library. (are)

上述两例分别属于时态错误和主、谓不一致错误。找出此类错误的关键是树立牢固的时态概念，注意短文内容发生或存在的时间，保持时间概念的一致性。

二. 名词数

指名词单、复数形式的用法错误。常表现为将名词复数写成单数。例如：

so that Ill get good marks in all my subject. (subjects)

三. 区分形和副

及区分形容词和副词在句子中的作用和具体用法。这也是高考短文改错的常考点。例如：

Im sure well have a wonderfully time together. (wonderful)

Unfortunate, there are too many people in my family. (Unfortunately)

需要注意的是，形容词多用来做定、表、补语等，而副词只能在句子中作状语，修饰动词、形容词、副词或整个句子。第一例中的wonderful作定语修饰time，第二句的Unfortunately作状语修饰整个句子。

四. 非谓动词细辨别

这是考查最多的错误形式之一。主要有分词和动名词类错误，也包括不定式类错误。例如：

in my spare time, but now I am interesting in football. (interested)

Play football not only makes us grow up tall and strong but also(playing)

My parents love me and will do all they can ∧ make sure (to)

上述二、三例分别是动名词作主语，和不定式作目的状语。一般的，现在分词有主动态和进行时的含义，而过去分词具有被动态和完成时的含义，不定式有将来时态的含义。

五. 习惯用法要记住

主要考查习惯搭配方面的基础知识。这也是历年高考的常考点，其错误表现形式主要有三种：多词、少词和搭配错误。例如：

It was very kind for them to meet me at the railway station and (of)

We must keep in mind that we play for the team instead ∧ ourselves. (of)

六. 句子成分多分析

不同的句子成分要用不同的词类;不同的语景要选择不同的词语。这些都有待我们对句子结构和句子成分作细致的分析，才能找出用词不当的错误。例如：

They ∧eager to know everything about China and (were)

I live in Beijing, where is the capital of China. (which)

第一例漏掉了谓语动词were，这是受寒于习惯的影响而导致的错误;第二例则是词类与它在句子中的成分不相符，where是副词，不能作主语。

七. 逻辑错误须关注

与句子的上、下文不一致，甚至相矛盾，属于逻辑性错误。如称谓上的张冠李戴，人名、地名、时间、方位等方面的错误，常是这类错误的考查对象。例如：

The Smiths did his best to make me feel at home. (their)

First, let me tell you something more about myself. (去掉more)

no way of setting the matter except by selling the set.Now someone at home reads instead. (everyone)

上述第一例中的主语是Smiths(史密斯夫妇俩)，因此后面的his不合逻辑。第二例中的more在这儿表再的意思，才开始告诉别人，怎么能说再告诉你一些事?第三例讲的是为了解决看电视时的争端，我们把电视机卖了;晚上没电视看了，所以与从前一样，大家又都读书了，所以该用everyone。

除了上述错误类型外，常考的错误形式还有：连词but, and, or和so的用法错误(可以归类为逻辑错误)，以及冠词的用法错误等。例如：

She was smiling but nodding at me. (and)

It looks as if my parents treat me as a visitor and a guest. (or)

We may be one family and live under a same roof. (the)

下面是2002年全国高考试题中的短文改错题。这道题较全面地反映了本文的口诀。现在请你试着做一做，然后参阅题后的答案与简析。

Last week my parents and I took a two-day trip to Emei

Mountain in Sichuan. As everyone knows，its famous 76. _____

Mountain with all kinds of plants and animals. The weather 77. _____

Was fine. It was about noon we arrived at the foot of 78. _____

the mountain，the three of them were very excited. As we 79. _____

climbed the mountain，we ed monkeys，visiting temples 80. _____

and told stories. On the way up I was busy taking picture 81._____

since the scenery was so beautiful. The time passes quickly. 82. _____

Evening came down. We spent the night in a hotel at the top 83. _____

of the mountain. The food was expensive and the service was 84. _____

good. I was so tired that I fell asleep at the moment my 85. _____

head touched the pillow.

答案与简析：

76. famous前加上a.(名词数)

77. 正确

78. we前面加when，引导一个时间状语从句。(句子成分多分析)

79. themus (逻辑错误须关注)

80. visitingvisited(非谓动词细辨别)

81. picturepictures(名词数)

82. passespassed(动词形)

83. 去掉down(习惯用法要记住)

84. andbut(but，and，or和so)

85. 去掉at(句子成分多分析 / 习惯用法要记住)

形容词和副词

1.“as+形容词+(a/an)+名词+as”表示同级比较，注意中间的形容词和名词并列时各自所在的位置。

It is generally believed that teaching is as much an art as it is a science.

人们普遍认为，教学是一门科学，同时也是一门艺术。

2.“as+形容词/副词的原级+as”与“not as/so+形容词/副词的原级+as”表示同级比较，即两个或两部分人或物在性质上或程度上相同(不同)。

The work is not as/so difficult as you imagine.

这项工作不是像你想像的那么难。

3.“the+比较级+of the two +名词”表示“两者中较……的那个”。

The taller of the two boys is my brother.

两个男孩中较高的那位是我哥哥。

4.a+形容词比较级+n.……

After two years’ research，we have a far better understanding of the disease.

研究两年之后，现在我们对这种病有更好的理解。

We went to the USA in search of a better life.

为了寻找更美好的生活我们去了美国。

5.比较级的修饰语常见的有：rather，much，still，even，far，any(用于否定句或疑问句)，a lot，a little，a great deal，by far，a bit 等。

The students study even harder than before.

学生们学习比以前更努力了。

A car runs a great deal faster than a bike.

汽车比自行车跑得快得多。

6.最高级

(1)最高级的修饰语常见的有：序数词，by far，nearly，almost，by no means，not really，not quite，nothing like。

The bridge being built now is by far the longest across the Yellow River.

目前正在建的那座桥是横跨黄河之上的桥当中最长的桥。

I’d like to buy the second most expensive camera.

我想买仅次于最贵的照相机。

(2)否定词+比较级=最高级。

There is no greater love than that of a man who lays down his life for his friends.

为朋友而放弃生命的人的爱是最伟大的爱。

—Are you satisfied with what he said at the meeting?

——你对他在会议上说的满意吗?

—No.It couldn’t have been worse.

——不，不能再差了。

7.表示倍数的句型：

(1)A is+倍数+比较级+than+B

(2)A is+倍数+as+原级+as+B

(3)A is+倍数+the+名词(size，length，height 等)+of+B

(4)A is+倍数+that+of+B

(5)A is+倍数+what 引导的名词性从句

①This building is three times higher than that one.

This building is three times as high as that one.

This building is three times the height of that one.

这个建筑物是那个建筑物的3倍高。

②The output of this year is 3 times that of 2008.

=The output of this year is 3 times what it was in 2008.

今年的产量是2008年的三倍。

③After the new technique was introduced，the factory produced twice as many cars in 2008 as the year before.

自从新技术被引进以后，这家工厂2008年生产的小汽车是上一年的两倍。

8、形容词修饰名词，说明事物或人的性质或特征。

1)性质形容词有级的变化，可以用程度副词修饰，在句中可作定语、表语和补语。例如：hot

2)叙述形容词只能作表语，所以又称为表语形容词。这类形容词没有级的变化，也不可用程度副词修饰。大多数以a开头的形容词都属于这一类。例如：afraid，

afraid，alike，alive，alone，asleep，awake， well，unwell，ill，faint等。

3)形容词作定语修饰名词时，要放在名词的前边。但是如果形容词修饰以-thing为字尾的词语时，要放在这些词之后，例如：something nice

9、以-ly结尾的形容词

1) 大部分形容词加-ly可构成副词。但 friendly，deadly，lovely，lonely，likely，lively，ugly，brotherly，仍为形容词。

2)有些以-ly 结尾既为形容词，也为副词。

daily，weekly，monthly，yearly，early

The Times is a daily paper.

The Times is published daily.

10、用形容词表示类别和整体

1) 某些形容词加上定冠词可以泛指一类人，与谓语动词的复数连接。如：the dead，the living，the rich，the poor，the blind，the hungry等。

The poor are losing hope.

2) 有关国家和民族的形容词加上定冠词指这个民族的整体，与动词的复数连用。

the British，the English，the French，the Chinese.

The English have wonderful sense of humor.

多个形容词修饰名词的顺序

11、多个形容词修饰名词时，其顺序为：

限定词+数量词(序前基后)+性状形容词+大小、长短、高低等形体+新旧+颜色+国籍+材料

those + three + beautiful + large + square+ old + brown + wood + table s

2误区提醒

1.形近、意近词的混用 2. 形容词的句法功能用错 3.复合形容词的构成不熟悉4.多个形容词作定语时排序不清 5.形容词的比较等级用错

【典型例题】:

1) One day they crossed the ____bridge behind the palace.

A. old Chinese stone B. Chinese old stone

C. old stone Chinese D. Chinese stone old

解析：错选B。 几个形容词修饰一个名词，他们的排列顺序是：年龄，形状，大小+颜色+来源+质地+用途+国家+名词。正确答案A.

2)It’s a relief for us to know that something _____ is being done to rebuild the schools destroyed in the quake.

A. competitive B. passive C. sensitive D. positive

解析：因形近形容词分辨不清而错选其他。根据题意，本句话表达“我们了解到，为了重建在地震中被破坏的学校，正在采取一些积极的措施”。空处应填“积极的”，正确答案为D。

3)--- Our women athletes achieved great success in the Vancouver Olympic Winter Games.

--- Yes. No one could have a_____ performance，I think.

A.well B. better C. best D. the best

解析：因形容词比较等级用法没掌握好而错选C. 此处应用比较级表最高级意思。正确答案为B。

短文改错题要注意联系上下文和时态的变化，做题的时候，要以句子为单位，同时要兼顾改错的原则。抓住中心思想，并且从整体上需要对短文有一定的了解。要充分运用语言的基础知识，可以从句型机构、词的变化、词类选择、习惯用法、词的搭配出发，进行分析判断，以便尽快找出错误的地方。