-英語寫作常見10種錯誤改錯練習(xí)I. Disagreements1. When one have money, he can do what he want to.2. Every boy and girl in Grade 6 are eager to win the contest.Use either a singular or plural form of the words in brackets to fill in each blank. 1. Sixty hours _ the amount of work time I contracted for. (be) 2. The jury _ to reach its decision very quickly. (expect) 3. He believes that athletics _ school morale. (improve) 4. She is one of the women who _ this country what it is. (make)II. Misplaced modifiers1. I believe I can do it well and I will better know the world outside the campus.2. The story he told at first sounded very interesting.Find any misplaced modifier in the following sentences, and then improve them. 1. They are sweeping the floor wearing masks. 2. The drivers are told to drive carefully on the radio. 3. She happily deposited the money she has earned teaching English in her savings account. 4. I almost spent two hours on this exercise.III. Sentence fragments1. There are many ways to know the society. For example by TV, radio, newspaper and so on.2. My parents always afraid that I may get lost.Try to correct the following sentences: 1. You cant ring her up now. For its already midnight. 2. Ill meet you in the library. At four in the afternoon. 3. She stood by the window. And looked at the street below. 4. You ever seen her lately?IV. Dangling modifiers1. At the age of ten, my grandfather died.2. To do well in college, good grades are essential.Identify any dangling modifier in the following sentences, and then make improvements where necessary. 1. On entering the office, many questioning eyes were fixed on the boss. 2. To be frank, youre really funny. 3. Covered with snow, I find the bamboo more attractive. 4. To buy a good computer, many factors should be taken into consideration. 5. Checking carefully, a serious mistake was found in the design. 6. Judging by what you said, he has done quite a good job.V. Misuse of parts of speech1. None can negative the importance of money.Identify any misused part of speech and then make necessary improvements. 1. Life is beauty, happy and difficult. 2. Everyone has his own attitude to treat life. 3. I want him to go with us even he doesnt want to. 4. The students against the plan made by the teacher. 5. During school, he wrote his first novel. 6. Straight roads goes straightly from one place to another.VI. Ambiguous reference of pronouns1. Mary was friendly to my sister because she wanted her to be her bridesmaid.2. And we can also know the society by serving it yourself.Correct any mistake in the use of pronouns.When a person reads about a natural disaster in another country, it hardly affects you. Of course I feel bad and upset when people get killed. But as these disasters happen thousands of miles away from you and because they dont affect your own life, people arent traumatized by them. If a flood killed a close friend of mine, you would be more emotionally upset.VII. Run-on Sentences1. There are many ways we get to know the outside world.2. You cant go home now, it is raining so heavily.Revise the following sentences. 1. I finished my work then I went to bed. 2. Vegetables are good to your health however, overeating them will also be harmful. 3. Nobody will buy these novels, they are too expensive. 4. He heard laughter inside the house, no one answered the door. 5. People watch TV for different reasons their judgment naturally differs.VIII. Trouble in diction1. The increasing use of chemical obstacles in agriculture also makes pollution.Correct the misused words in the following sentences. 1. The little boy was mouse-hearted. 2. That politician is a respectable figure in the political arena. 3. We sat down by the oak tree, enjoying the wind coming from the lake. 4. Social habits vary from country to country. 5. My father opened the curtain a little least I see him. 6. Our university can contain 4,000 students.IX. Redundancy1. In spite of the fact that he is lazy, I like him.2. For many people, they find grammar boring.Improve the following sentences. 1. For the people who are diligent and kind, money is just the thing to be used to buy the thing they need. 2. Time is the kind of thing that you cannot control it with your will. Because he was scolded, therefore, the boy banged the door and ran out. 3. Various different sources all provide the same statistics 4. Employees cooperated together to complete the project. 5. He bought the red one, because it is more cheaper. 6. No one did nothing. 7. At present, mini skirt is out of fashion. 8. Mary showed her friends the house in which she used to live in.X. Comprehensive misusage1. The fresh water, it is the most important things of the earth.2. Today, Money to everybody is very importance, ours eat, cloth, live, go etc.Revise the following sentences. 1. Born in a small town in Anhui, Hu became a taxi driver l