语法填空技巧
1. 考查介词，包括表时间、方位、方式的介词on，in，at，with，by，through等。如2010年高考考查了with表伴随的用法：The young man went home____35_____a happy heart.；2009年考查了介词on和at: Jane stopped where a small crowd of men had gathered. She found some good quality pipes 37 sale.， When Jane got home, with her small but well-chosen present in her bag, her parents were already 39 table having supper.
2. 考查连词，包括表转折but，while、并列and，or、因果because，so等连词。如2008年高考考查了连词but：He was very tired after doing this for a whole day, 37 he felt very happy since the crop did “grow” higher.
3. 考查副词，包括形容词转化成副词时的一般情况及特殊情况，如warm→warmly，true→truly；“le”结尾e改y 如：possible→possibly，probable→probably等。2010年考查了副词warmly，如题：His teacher took a deep drink, smiled 34 (warm), and thanked his student very much for the sweet water.；另外，2007年高考考查了副词merrily，如题：We drank together and talked 38 (merry) till far into the night.
4. 考查形容词，一般常考查比较级或最高级形式，如2010、2008年高考均考查了形容词的比较级sweeter和higher，如题：The teacher replied, “You tasted the water. I tasted the gift. The water was simply the container for an act of kindness and love. Nothing could be ___39___ (sweet).”（2010年高考）；He was very tired after doing this for a whole day, but he felt very happy since the crop did “grow” 38 (high). （2008年高考）。另外考生需注意词性转化，像过去分词用作为形容词，如experienced editors中的experienced（有经验的）；或是由名词转化为形容词，如名词detail转化成形容词detailed（详细的）等。
5. 考查代词，代词的种类繁多，包括人称代词、物主代词、疑问代词、反身代词和指示代词等，其中近年来对指示代词it 在句中指代事物、不定式或从句的用法较常见，如2010和2008年高考题就考查了it代事物的用法，如题：He asked his teacher,” Sir, the water was awful. Why did you pretend to like 38 ?”（2010高考）， It is said that a short –tempered man in Song Dynasty was very anxious to help his rice crop grow up quickly. He was thinking about 34 day and night.（2008高考）还有09高考考查了it指代不定式的用法：She remembered how difficult 31 was to choose a suitable Christmas present for her father.
6. 考查冠词，考生应非常明确冠词a，an，the的功用。对冠词的考查方面，2010年高考考查了定冠词the的特指用法：A young man, while traveling through a desert, came across a spring of clear water.____31____water was sweet.另外，近年来高考对冠词a基本用法的考查非常频繁。如2009年高考第33空：Besides,
shopping at this time of the year was not 33 pleasant experience : people stepped on your feet or 34 （push）you with their elbows（肘部），hurrying ahead to get to a bargain.；再如2007年高考第35空：…, the head of the village was tying up his horse to my car to pull it to 35 small town some 20 kilometres away 36 there was a garage.
7. 考查谓语动词，包括考查谓语动词的时态及语态方面。教学大纲要求学生掌握的常考时态有数十种。在语法填空题中，对一般过式时的考查是近几年高考的重点考查对象，如2007年高考：The sun was setting when my car 31 (break) down near a remote village.考查了谓语动词break的过去式broke；2009年高考：…, people stepped your feet or 34 (push) you with their elbows(肘部), hurrying ahead to get to a bargain.考查了push的过去式；Her mother was excited. “Your father has at last decided to stop smoking,” Jane 4 0 (inform). 考查了inform的一般过去被动式；再如2010高考：After a four-day journey, the young man 33 (present) the water to the old man.考查了present的一般过去式。
8. 考查关系代词及关系副词，这主要是考查学生对于关联词在从句中的应用的能力，其常考词为that，who，which，what等，另外，学生对于that在定语从句可作主、宾、表语，但在名词性从句是不作成分并没有词义的不同功用一定要区别开来，否则很容易造成失分。如2010年高考考查了关系代词that的特殊用法：We understand this lesson best ____40___ we receive gifts of love from children.；再如2008年高考考查了that引导同位从句的用法：One day, he came up with an idea 35 he would pluck (拔) up all of his crop a few inches.；还有在2010、2007两年高考均考查了关系代词who：He filled his leather container so that he could bring some back to an elder 32 had been his teacher.(2010年高考)；I realized that the villagers who had gathered around me were arguing as to 32 should have the honour of receiving me as a guest in their house. (2007年高考)。
9. 考查非谓语动词，包括不定式、现在分词、过去分词及动名词。考生了解它们在句中的功用、区别及常考点是非常必要的。现在分词表示主动且表示动作正在进行，如2010年高考：He spit it out, __ 37___(say) it was awful.考查的就是现在分词saying。过去分词表示被动且表示动作已经发生或用来描述事物的状态，如2007年高考：While she was getting me 34 (settle) into a tiny but clean room, the head of the village was tying up his horse to my car to…..，考查了过去分词settled。另外，不定式担当句子状语是高考常考的一个知识点，如2008年高考：For example, the proverb, “plucking up a crop 32 (help).考查了不定式to help作目的状语；2009高考：She
wished that he was as easy 3 2 (please) as her mother. 考查了不定式to please用于形容词后担当状语。学生只有掌握了它们在句中的功用，才能在写出正确的非谓语动词形式。