虛擬語氣的使用錯誤在綜合改錯題中主要表現(xiàn)為主句和從句的語氣不協(xié)調(diào)。
例如: We suggest that Henry is told about his condition as soon as possible.
句中動詞suggest之后的從句應(yīng)用虛擬語氣,故“is”應(yīng)改為“be”或“should be”。類似的動詞還有propose/ insist/order等等。
非謂語動詞的錯用。
例如:
、貾lay football not only makes me grow up…
Play football是動詞,不能做主語,應(yīng)將其改為Playing football。
、贗 want to thank you again for have me in your home for the summer holidays.
介詞后面應(yīng)跟名詞,所以for have應(yīng)改為for having。
、跧’d like to your pen friend, and get to know more about your country.
would like to后面應(yīng)加to do,your pen friend是名詞短語,不能直接放在would like to后面,所以應(yīng)改為to be your pen friend。
形容詞副詞混用。
常出現(xiàn)需形容詞的地方用了副詞或需要用副詞的地方用了形容詞。這類錯誤主要考較不常見的形容詞、副詞的比較級形式。一般來講,考生不難掌握。
例如:
① It’s terrible hot here.
Terrible是形容詞,不能修飾形容詞,應(yīng)將其改為terribly。
② Culture is essentially to our humanness.
Essentially—essential。Culture is后面應(yīng)該有一個表語,但是essentially是副詞不能做表語,因此改成essential。
介詞錯誤。
主要是介詞的多余或缺失、錯用。這一部分需要平時多多積累來弄清常用介詞的搭配。
例如:
① In an addition, he still went to see a movie.
In addition是固定搭配,所以應(yīng)將In an addition改為In addition。
、 This has probably been the case in quite a while.
In--for Has been是現(xiàn)在完成時的表達方式。因此與之相對應(yīng)的時間狀語就應(yīng)該是for a quite a while,for表示持續(xù)的—段時間。