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殺手一號：主謂一致

以下是學生課上答題的答案，大家能看出來這個同學的答案哪裡錯了?

Imagine that a guy drive along the high way where have a lot of billboards advertising cars. One billboard advertise a car called panther. This guy drive by, but he don’t notice that. If you ask him later to name an animal that start with letter “P”. Instead of saying pig, he say panther. He have no conscious memory about the billboard, but the billboard had an effect on him.

正確答案是：

Imagine that a guy driveS along the high way where ‚HAS a lot of billboards advertising cars. One billboardƒ advertiseS a car called panther. This guy ④driveS by, but he⑤ DOESN’T notice that. If you ask him later to name an animal that ⑥startS with letter “P”. Instead of saying pig, he ⑦sayS panther. He ⑧ HAS no conscious memory about the billboard, but the billboard had an effect on him.

錯誤原因：

主語是第三人稱時，謂語還是原型，並沒有變形。其實，除了主語是第三人稱時謂語要做第三人稱單數的變形，當主語是名詞性從句，動詞不定式，和動名詞時，謂語也要用第三人稱單數。

殺手二號：時態一致

過去時的使用是時態使用中較為簡單的一種。可是，要做到在答題時需要使用過去時的時候都記得要使用過去時卻沒那麼容易。同學在答題時會把注意力集中到語言的組織上，無暇顧及時態，所以常常會出現時態的混用。請大家看看下面這位同學的答案有什麼問題：

I went out to a movie yesterday, and I watch Smurfs 2. After the movie, I had dinner with friends.

這個同學描述的是昨天做的事情。前面記得用過去時，說著說著，變成了一般現在時，到最後又變回了過去時。

正確答案：

I went out to a movie yesterday, and I watchED Smurfs 2. After the movie, I had dinner with friends.

殺手三號：人稱一致

人稱一致問題是同學在答托福Task5的時候慣犯的一個錯誤。Task5是學生困難和解決題，一男一女進行對話。對話中一個同學敘述自己遇到的問題，另外一個同學提出解決方案，題目要求是複述學生的困難和解決方案等。學生答題時一會兒用she,一會兒用he, 無法自拔。我們來看看下面這個同學是怎麼答題的：

In the conversation, the man has a problem that he forgot his paper home, but today is the due date. He has two options. First, she can drive back to get his paper. If he hurries, she can come back before the class is over. Second, he can e-mail the paper to her professor later, but .................

這篇對話描述的是一個男生同學遇到的問題以及他可能選擇的解決方案有哪些。可是這位答題的同學開頭用的是he, 後面就不斷的蹦出了she.

為什麼會出現這種現象呢?在漢語中不管是“他”還是“她”，發音是一樣的。我們從來不會說“男他”，“女她”。導致我們在說英語的時候總是把he,she混淆。

正確答案：

In the conversation, the man has a problem that he forgot his paper home, but today is the due date. He has two options. First, he can drive back to get his paper. If he hurries, he can come back before the class is over. Second, he can e-mail the paper to his professor later, but .................

殺手四號：名詞複數

在托福口說答題中使用到可數名詞時要麼前面加“the”表特指，要麼前面加“a”表個別，要麼後面加“s”表一群。可同學答題時往往把可數名詞孤零零放在那兒，什麼也不加。我們看看下面這個同學是怎麼答題的：

Pronghorn live in North America. They run super fast. Why do they run fast? Long time ago, lion lived in North America, chase and prey pronghorns. Lion are faster than other predators today. Now, lion are extinct. They are no longer predator for pronghorn. But back then, pronghorns’ speed was critical to their survival.

答案中所加底線的部分都是可數名詞，後面都要加“s”.

正確答案：

Pronghorns live in North America. They run super fast. Why do they run fast? Long time ago, lions lived in North America, chase and prey pronghorns. Lions are faster than other predators today. Now, lions are extinct. They are no longer predators for pronghorn. But back then, pronghorns’ speed was critical to their survival.