这是最普通，也是常见的一种方法。
Can you mend this table? I broke it yesterday．
你会修理这张桌子吗?昨天我把它弄坏了。
When the entered，each was given a small present．
孩子们进来时，每人都得到一份小礼物。
The monkey's extraordinary performance was learning to operate a tractor. By the age of nine，the animal had learned to drive single-handed．
这只猴子最出色的表演是学开拖拉机。到9岁时，它已学会独自驾驶拖拉机了。
He spoke for the first motion and against the second．(the second＝the second motion)
他赞成第一个提议，反对第二个提议。
They are fine actors．Smith is the finest I've ever seen．www.cooyu.net
他们是优秀的演员，但史密斯是我见过的最好的演员。
有时，名词的省略出现在相同的名词之前。
Cut off the first and last parts of the play，and leave then middle．
(the first＝the first part of the play)
把这个剧本的首尾两部分删去，只留下中间部分。
2)省略动词
谈到动词的省略，典型的例子应首推培根关于读书的那段名言。
Some books are to be tasted，others(are)to be swallowed，and some few (are) to be chewed and digested．
书有可浅尝者，有可尽食者，少数则需咀嚼消化。
Jack needn't stay here，but George must．(＝but George must stay here)
杰克不必留下了，可是乔治必须留下来。
John won the first race and Jim(won) the second.
约翰胜了第一场比赛，吉姆胜了第二场。
3)省略形容词
相比较而言，英语中省略形容词来避免重复的情形，不如其他词类多。
Robert seemed angry，and George certainly was(angry)．
罗伯特似乎生气了，而乔治肯定是生气了。
4)省略从句
I did not notice it till too late．(＝till it was too late)
等我注意到这事时，已经晚了。
l must get it done what ever the cost．(＝what ever the cost may be)
无论代价如何，我也要把这事办成。
He gave the same answer as before．(＝as he has given before)
他的回答和从前一样。
