1. 我有重要的事情要告诉你。
误：I have important something to tell you.正：I have something important to tell you.析：当复合不定代词，如something， anything， everything， nothing等被形容词修饰时，形容词要放在其后。
2. 她和你父亲一样是位好老师。
误：She is as a good teacher as your father.正：She is as good a teacher as your father.析：在as …… as结构中，若形容词作定语修饰单数可数名词，不定冠词a （an）应置于形容词和名词之间，不可放在形容词之前。
3. 那里的人喜欢喝茶。
误：There people like drinking tea.正：People there like drinking tea.析：表示方位的副词，如here， there， upstairs， downstairs， below， home等也可作定语，但通常放在所修饰的词之后。
4. 你认为我们首先应当做什么？
误：What do you think should we do first？
正：What do you think we should do first？
析：英语中如果特殊疑问句中插入以一般疑问句式出现的插入语，如do you think等，则特殊疑问句本身的主语、谓语一般仍按陈述语序，而不再使用疑问语序。
5. 昨天他从马上跌了下来。
误：He fell the horse off yesterday.正：He fell off the horse yesterday.析：fall off中的off是介词，并非副词，所以应放在宾语之前。
6. 王涛有时上学迟到。
误：Wang Tao sometimes is late for school.正：Wang Tao is sometimes late for school.析：频度副词sometimes， often， usually， always等通常位于实义动词之前，be动词之后。