Abstract：English writing is one of the four basic skills one should master in the course of learning English. It is one of the most practical tools in students’ future career. Besides, the development of society and the frequent contact among different countries require that students have a good English writing. However, it is found that students’ English writing is not so good, especially the students’ English writing in county middle schools. There are a lot of problems in their English writing. So, what are the problems of students’ writing? What are the common errors? Why do the students often commit such errors？Trying to answer these questions, the writer of this paper designs a questionnaire, chooses 60 first-year high school students as subjects to find out the common errors in the students’ English writing, and analyzes the causes of the errors. Meanwhile, some effective suggestions are put forward to help the teachers and students in English writing based on this study. 

Key words: first-year high school students; English writing; common errors; error analysis; suggestions

摘要：英语写作是英语学习者必须掌握的四项基本技能之一。一方面，它可以为学生在将来的职业生涯中提供一种实用的谋生手段，另一方面，社会的发展和各国之间越来越频繁的交流也要求英语学习者具有较高的英语写作水平。然而，据调查，中学生的英语写作水平不容乐观，尤其是县级中学生的英语写作水平。他们的英语作文中存在着各种各样的问题。那么，中学生的英语作文中究竟存在着哪些问题？哪些属于常见错误？什么原因导致他们犯这些错误？带着这些问题，本文作者设计问卷调查，以60个高一学生为调查对象，找出高一学生英语作文中的常见错误，分析错误根源，并提出几点有效提高英语写作的建议。

关键词：高一学生；英语写作；常见错误；错误分析；建议