中學生英語學習常見錯誤一覽表4
［正］ someone was knocking at the door.
［析］ knock雖可以作及物動詞，如： the car knocked a hole in the fence. 但作"敲門"講一定要用作不及物動詞： knock at (on) the door.
know
［誤］ i want to know to play this game.
［正］ i want to know how to play this game.
［析］ 要注意英語中在不定式前加疑問代詞或疑問副詞的用法。如：i want to know how to do it / what to do / when to do it / where to go.
know know of
i know him.為"我很了解他。"而i know of him. 則為"我聽說過他。"同樣的用法還有hear和hear of這一詞組。
l
large
［誤］ he found a large number of mistake in his homework.
［正］ he found a large number of mistakes in his homework.
［析］ "a large number of + 復數(shù)名詞"，意為大量的。
last
［誤］ this is the newest news.
［正］ this is the latest news.
［析］ "最新消息"應為latest news，因為最晚到的新聞才是最新消息，請注意英語與漢語的區(qū)別。
last the last
［誤］ i saw my brother the last week.
［正］ i saw my brother last week.
［析］ 當談到與目前有關的上月、上星期等概念時只能用last month, last week, 而不能加定冠詞，the last 可用于表示一系列詞的最后一個，如： that was the last christmas i spent at home. 但the last可以用來表示持續(xù)到現(xiàn)在的一個長時期，如： i am busy for the last week.
late
［誤］ yesterday i went home lately.
［正］ yesterday i went home late.
［析］ late即可做形容詞又可作副詞；而lately則意為"最近的"，如： i haven't seen her lately.
late latter later lately
late有兩個比較級，指時間較晚應用later，如口語中常講： see you later. (一會見。)而latter則指按順序講的后者，或靠后的，其反意詞為former，如： the former president(前總統(tǒng))。又如： i can understand the latter part of the story. 而lately則意為"近來"、"不久前"。laughed at by his classmates. 中的at是不可省掉的。laugh over 則指"笑著談論"某事，如 we laugh over the film. (我們笑著談論那個電影。)
lay
［誤］ we lied on the beach.
［正］ we lay on the beach.
［析］ 英文中有三個動詞易混，在考試中也頻頻出現(xiàn)，它們的現(xiàn)在式，過去式，過去分詞以及現(xiàn)在分詞是：
lay (vt. 放) laid laid laying
lie(vi. 躺) lay lain cying
lie(vi. 說謊) lied lied lying
learn
［誤］ the teacher said："you must study this poem by heart."
［正］ the teacher said："you must learn this poem by heart."
［析］ study與learn在作"學習"講時，常常可以互換，但learn側重于學習成果或初級階段的模仿性學習，如：the little baby is learning to walk. 而study則多側重于學習的過程，如： i'm studying at this college. 而learn…by heart則是"記住"、"背誦"之意。
leave
［誤］ i'll leave beijing to shanghai.