［正］ I'm not clever at English.

［析］ clever at是固定搭配，表示在某方面有特长。

close

［误］

It is cold outside. Please keep the door close.

［正］ It is cold outside. Please keep the door closed.

［析］ 这里的close是动词，意为"关闭"，而keep后要加形容词，所以要用close的过去分词形式closed作形容词。作形容词用的close意为"近的"、"亲密的"

。 ［误］ Come closely so that I can see you.

［正］ Come close so that I can see you.

［误］ Good teaching and good testing are close related.

［正］

Good teaching and good testing are closely related.

［析］ close,closely同样可以作副词用，但其意义不同，close是"靠近"、"接近"之意，而closely则是"紧密"、"严密"、"密切"

之意。

［误］

My school was quite close from my home.

［正］

My school was quite close to my home.

［析］ "与……接近"是close to…，例如：

He was close to fifty.

There is a busstop close to the station.

close shut turn

shut与close是同义词，如close the door或shut the door. 但要讲把某人关在门外时则只能用shut somebody out而不能用close，因shut语气较强，并含有隔离之意。而turn off

是指关上电视、电灯、煤气之类，有切断之意。

cloth

［误］

The children wear very good cloth to go to school.

［正］ The children wear very good clothes to go to school.