中學生英語學習常見錯誤一覽表3
exercise
［誤］ the students exercise spoken english in the morning.
［正］ the students practise spoken english in the morning.
［析］ exercise多指運動、訓練，而practise則多指把理論付諸于實踐的練習。
［誤］ everyone should do exercises every day.
［正］ everyone should do exercise every day.
［析］ 作為運動講exercise是不可數名詞，而當"練習"、"體操"、"早操"則是可數名詞，例如：i do a lot exercises in the p.e. class.
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fail
［誤］ tom failed his exam.
［正］ tom failed in his exam.
［正］ tom failed to pass the exam.
［析］ fail為不及物動詞，其后可用in加名詞，或直接接不定式。
family
［誤］ i'm sorry i have to go. tom's families are waiting for me.
［誤］ i'm sorry i have to go. tom's family is waiting for me.
［正］ i'm sorry i have to go. tom's family are waiting for me.
［析］ family是集合名詞，把它當作整體看它是單數，如看作家庭中的每個成員則為復數。如：your family are very kind to me. my family is very large.
far
［誤］ my school is ten miles far from here.
［正］ my school is ten miles away from here.
［析］ far一般不與實際距離連用。
［誤］ "did you walk far?"
"yes，i walked far."
［正］ "did you walk far?"
"yes, i walked a long way."
［析］ 一般肯定句中不用far單獨作狀語，而用a long way.far組成的常用詞組有：as far as. ①遠至，一直到。如：he walked as far as the station. ②就……而言。如：as far as he was concerned these books were very good. ③只要。如：i can help you as far as i can. so for到目前為止。例：he is very well so far.
farther further
far有兩個比較級，即farther和further，其意思略有不同：farther主要用于表示距離的遠近，如：milan is farther away than rome. 而further則是指"進一步的"，如：will we need any further discussion on this matter.
fast
［誤］ a fast train runs fastly.
［正］ a fast train runs fast.
［析］ fast其形容詞與副詞形式相同。
fast soon
fast指行動本身的速度快，如：the foreigner speaks too fast. 而soon則多指兩個動作之間間隔短，時間到來的迅速，如：she will come soon.
feel
［誤］ i feel badly about my mistakes.
［正］ i feel bad about my mistakes.
［析］ 感觀動詞如feel, smell等后面要接形容詞而不是副詞。feel good是指某人精神好，而feel well是指人身體狀況良好。
［誤］ i try not to hurt her feeling.
［正］ i try not to hurt her feelings.
［析］ feeling在作"感情"講時要用復數，而作"感覺"講則要用單數。如：i have a feeling that we will win the game.
few
［誤］ few of them is very good.
［正］ few of them are very good.
［析］ few意為"幾乎沒有"，但要用復數謂語動詞。如果講有一些人應用a few, 如：there were only a few people in the street.