Question

找出下列英语句子的错误 指出来改正

1. I would live in Nanjing when I was at primary school.
2.The explorer discovered the ancient cave in accident.
3.This course requires that every student turn in a paper of two pages least and four pages most.
4.Debbie is not sometimes responsible for what she does.
5.Nobody knows the exact age of the earth by certain.
6.He raised his arm to protect his face to the blow.
7.The beggar accepted the food and money and gave a performance as return.
8.A stitch on time saves nine.
9.The postman dropped my letter into our neighbour's mail box through mistake.
10.He sent his parcel by the sea since airmail was too expensive.

Answer 1

1. would live -> lived或was living
这里不适合用“过去将来时”，意：当我念小学时，我住在南京。表示过去时间内发生的一般性动作，用一般过去时。用was living也可以，表示过去时间内进行的动作。

2. in accident -> by accident
by accident 偶然地，固定词组

3. least -> at least, most -> at most
最少 最多 at least / at most

4. does -> has done
意：她有时对自己所做的事不负责。是先做了事，再不负责，所以所做的事要用“完成时”，前者一般现在时，后句用现在完成时

5. by certain -> for certain
for certain 毫无疑问地、肯定地，固定词组

6. to -> from / against
protect from.. /against 保护..不受..
意：他举起了胳膊，保护自己的脸不受打击。

7. as return -> in return
in return 作为回报的，固定词组

8. on -> in
a stitch in time saves nine (谚语)小洞不补，大洞吃苦

9. through -> by mistake
by mistake 错误地，固定词组

10.by the sea -> by sea
by sea （前面不用冠词）固定词组 意思是：通过海运

Answer 2

1.would删去，live改为lived
2.in改为by
3.least改为 at least
4.sometimes放句首
5.by改为in
6.to改为against
7.as改为in
8.on改为in
9.through-by
10.the sea改为sea

Answer 3

I lived in Nanjing when I was at primary school.

.sometimes Debbie is not responsible for what she did.

The postman made a mistake that he dropped my letter into our neighbour's mail box

He sent his parcel by the sea cheaper than airmail.