短文改错是历年高考英语试题中的一个题型，该题旨在考查考生在语篇中综合运用英语的准确性。试题设置的考点角度灵活、覆盖面广、综合性强。下表是河北省使用的2000-2006年全国卷中短文改错的考点分布情况。
统计显示，考点所涵盖的语法项目中主要集中在名词、动词、形容词、副词、介词、冠词、连词、代词等方面，此外还有固定结构、词语辨析和行文逻辑等方面。
其中动词作为句子的主干，必然成为重要考点。以下是近几年全国卷短文改错中针对动词的常见考点及分析。
-谓语动词的时态
1.(NMET06III)We had guests last night who have not stayed in a B&B hotel ago.【have→had】
2.(NMET06II)High over the water，they discover a hole in the balloon.【discover→discovered】
3.(NMET05I)One of them was that they can earn money.【was→is】
4.(NMET05II)I will write again and send you the photos we take together.【take→took】
5.(NMET04I)Sometimes，we talked to each other very well in class，but after class we become…at once.【talked→talk】
6.(NMET03)She liked it very much and reads it to the class.【reads→read】
7.(NMET02)As we climbed the mountain，we fed monkeys，visiting temples and told stories.【visiting→visited】
8.(NMET02)The time passes quickly.【passes→passed】
9.(NMET01)They did not want me to do any work at family;they want me to devote all my time to my studies so that I'll get good marks in all my….【did→do】
10.(NMET2000)I remembered her words and calm down.【calm→calmed】
判断时态正误的依据主要有四个：(1)根据时间状语，例如：句1(2)根据全文的主体时态，例如：句2、3、4、5(3)根据上下文的逻辑关系，例如：句8(4)根据并列关系，有连词“and，but”等或标点符号“；”作为提示，例如：句6、7、9、10。
-主谓一致
1.(NMET05I)Earning their own money allow them to spend on anything as if they please.【allow→allows；主语为动名词Earning their own money，谓语用单数】
2.(NMET04III)But not all information are good to society.【are→is；主语为不可数名词information，谓语用单数】
3.(NMET04II)If I listen to my own records，there are no need to spend money.【are→is;主语为单数名词need，谓语用单数】
4.(NMET2000)Now my picture and the prize is hanging in the library.【is→are；主语是my picture and the prize，谓语用复数】