时态错误可以算语法错误中低级而又最不易发现的两种了。它的低级是因为时态是所有考生在笔头上都已掌握的很好;但一转到口头上,就很难保持了。请看以下的例子:
Part I问题:Why did you choose to study that subject?
针对这个问题,可能你的雅思口语老师会教你用"the reason why I…is that…"这个句型来回答。但所有考生在第1次作答时,基本上都会忽略所提出问题的时态,而在作答时用一般现在时来回答:The reason why I choose to study this subject is that I am interested in learning it at that time。
很显然,正确的回答应该把句中的choose变为chose,is变为was,am也要相应的变成was:如:The reason why I chose to study this subject was that I was interested in learning it at that time.