1.试用笼统词
英语语言中笼统词有have, take 等，笼统词的重要特点在于意义广泛，搭配性强，构成词组后可以替代众多具体动词。虽然不能精确表达一个动作，却能大致表达意思。在一些具体动词写不出来的时候，用这些笼统词取代，也能收到异曲同工的效果。
例如：我经历了一个极其艰苦的时代。
i experienced a terrible hard time.
这一句中，experience被遗忘时，用have代替，成为：i had a terrible hard time. 其效果及表达的意义决不亚于第一句。这样的例子还很多。如：
do you understand my meaning, sir? = do you take my meaning, sir?
i will preside over the meeting. = i will take the meeting.
i will subscribe to the local newspaper. = i will take the local newspaper.
they occupied the city. = they took the city.
the boy resembles his father. = the boy takes after his father.
从以上的例句不难看出，具体词音节较多，使用频率不高，容易遗忘，而笼统词则不然。因此，在作文应试中，笼统词取代具体词，不失为一种应急良策。