在表达方面，初学者常见差错中最为典型的是写汉语式英语，即不符合英语表达习惯的句子。出现汉语式英语的原因往往表现在两个方面，一个是把具有某个汉语释义的英语单词用在英语句子中不恰当的地方，即写错某些词语的意思、搭配或位置；另一个是按汉语思维的顺序去排列英语句子，自造表达方法。
请看下列例句：
1.during the holiday， i learned to wrap dumplings.
2.my grandpa sees the gate for a factory.
3.she received the first place in the singing competition.
4.under the teacher's help i worked out the difficult problem.
5.in the afternoon， i played table-tennis with xiao ming and i always won him.
6.the man dresses a black coat.
7.the policeman caught the thief's arm.
8.i very like english.
9.he wastes sleep and forgets meals when he studies.
10.our chinese teacher bites his words and sentences when he speaks.在以上的句子中，例句1至8属于第一种错误。 其中，第1至4例句是把英语单词的一个汉语释义生硬地放在了英语句子中。汉语中的“包饺子”是指从无到有地把饺子做出来，制做过程是“包”；而英语的wrap是指把现有的东西包起来，只有“包”这个意思，没有制做的意思。所以例句1中的wrap应该改为make.例句2中“看门”的“