中學生英語學習常見錯誤一覽表2
bback
［誤］ i'm sorry. i have to back home.
［正］ i'm sorry. i have to go back home.
［正］ i'm sorry. i have to go home.
［析］ back用作"回到(某處)"之意，不是動詞。
be
［誤］ where do you from?
［正］ where are you from?
［析］ "你從何處來"應為where are you from?或where do you come from? 但要注意這兩句話均是問對方從哪個國家來的。要是口語中問"你是從什么地方來?"應講where did you come from? 回答用i came from the library.
beat
［誤］ we have won your class.
［正］ we have beaten your class.
［正］ we have won the game.
［析］ win是勝過之意，它是及物動詞，但其后的賓語只能接比賽、戰爭、獎品、獎金的名稱，如：which team won the football match? 而beat指打敗對手、敵人……如：my brother beat me at poker.(要注意的是，beat的過去式與原形相同，而過去分詞為beaten)。
［誤］ the ball beat me badly.
［正］ the ball hit me badly.
［誤］ he used to hit the little boy black and blue.
［正］ he used to beat the little boy black and blue.
［析］ beat指打擊多次，而hit則為擊中對方的一次性打擊。
beautiful
［誤］ he is a beautiful boy.
［正］ he is a handsome boy.
［析］ 我們可以講she is a beautiful girl. this is a beautiful park. 但要講男人的"英俊"時要用handsome.
because
［誤］ the reason why i was late is because i was ill.
［正］ the reason why i was late is that i was ill.
［誤］ because it was sunday, so the park was crowded.
［正］ because it was sunday the park was crowded.
［析］ 這種錯誤是因為中文的習慣與英語的表述法不同，中文常講我來晚了的原因是因為我病了，而英文中的第二個因為要用that代替。又因中文常講因為……所以……，而英文中用了因為就不能再用所以了，同樣用了"所以"也就不要再用"因為"一詞。例如：because we study hard, we passed the exam easily. 或者：we study hard so we passed the exam easily.
because because of
because后要接從句，例如：we like physics because we can learn a lot of new ideas. 而because of后要接名詞作介詞賓語，如：he is not at school because of the illness.
before
［誤］ we have two hours to kill before we will go home.
［正］ we have two hours to kill before we go home.
［析］ kill time意為"消磨時光"。
英語狀語從句中要用一般現在時表示將來的動作。如：if it rains we will not go to the park.
［誤］ i did this work two days before.
［正］ i did this work two days ago.
［析］ 用ago組成的時間狀語其主句中的謂語動詞要用過去時，而before引起的時間狀語其主句中的謂語動詞多用完成時，如：i has done this work a few days before.
before long long before
before long是"不久"之意，例如：i shall go to america before long. 而long before則是"很久很久"之意，如：we knew this teacher long before we saw him. (我們在看到這位老師之前很久就知道他了。)