董明義
1. 上周末他們?nèi)ズ┝恕?/p>
[誤] They go to the beach last weekend.
[正] They went to the beach last weekend.
[析] 句中有了明顯的表示過去時(shí)間的狀語last weekend,所以,謂語 動(dòng)詞要用一般過去時(shí)。
2. 我父親給我做了晚飯。
[誤] My father cooked dinner to me.
[正] My father cooked dinner for me.
[析] 介詞for的意思是“為……”,表示對(duì)象,一般與動(dòng)詞make, cook, get, buy等連用。介詞to表示“給……”的意思,一般與動(dòng)詞give, show等連用。
3. 和我們一起去游泳怎么樣?
[誤] What about go swimming with us?
[正] What about going swimming with us?
[析] What about…?的意思是“……怎么樣?”,常用來征詢對(duì)方的建議、意見、看法等,介詞about后面可接名詞、代詞或動(dòng)詞-ing形式。
4. 你每天早晨練習(xí)說英語嗎?
[誤] Do you practice to speak English every morning?
[正] Do you practice speaking English every morning?
[析] practice是及物動(dòng)詞,后面可接名詞、代詞作賓語;接動(dòng)詞作賓語時(shí),要用動(dòng)詞-ing形式,不可用動(dòng)詞不定式。
5. 現(xiàn)在是上學(xué)的時(shí)間了。
[誤] Its time go to school now.
[正] Its time to go to school now.
[析] Its time to do sth.是一個(gè)固定句型,意思是“是/該做某事的時(shí)候了”。也可用“Its time for+名詞”。例如:Its time for class. 該上課了。
6. 孩子們在操場上玩得很高興。
[誤] The children had great fun to play on the playground.
[正] The children had great fun playing on the playground.
[析] have fun doing sth.是一個(gè)固定結(jié)構(gòu),意思是“做某事很愉快”,其中fun是不可數(shù)名詞。
7. 那兒的人們非常友好。
[誤] The people there was very friendly.
[正] The people there were very friendly.
[析] 當(dāng)people作“人、人們”講時(shí),是集體名詞,具有復(fù)數(shù)意義,作主語時(shí)謂語要用復(fù)數(shù)形式。
8. 你們?nèi)ツ膬憾燃倭耍?/p>
[誤] Where did they go for vacation?
[正] Where did they go on vacation?
[析] on vacation是固定用法,意思是“度假、在休假中”,常用于美國英語中。
9. 我們決定下午打網(wǎng)球。
[誤] We decide playing tennis this afternoon.
[正] We decide to play tennis this afternoon.
[析] 動(dòng)詞decide后面要接帶to的動(dòng)詞不定式作賓語,不可接動(dòng)詞-ing形式。
10. 王老師有一個(gè)八歲的男孩。
[誤] Mr. Wang has a 8-years-old boy.
[正] Mr. Wang has an 8-year-old boy.
[析] “數(shù)詞+名詞+形容詞”構(gòu)成的復(fù)合形容詞,中間要用連字符號(hào)“-”,且名詞要用單數(shù)形式。不定冠詞a與an的選用,要根據(jù)數(shù)詞的第一個(gè)音素來判斷。
11. 在學(xué)校里我們有太多的規(guī)章制度。
[誤] We have too much rules at school.
[正] We have too many rules at school.
[析] too many與too much都可表示“太多”的意思,但too many后面要接可數(shù)名詞的復(fù)數(shù)形式,too much后面接不可數(shù)名詞。