冠詞是一種虛詞,放在名詞的前面,幫助說明名詞的含義。冠詞分不定冠詞(The Indefinite Article)和定冠詞(The Definite Article)兩種。a (an)是不定冠詞,a用在輔音之前,如a book, a man; an用在元音之前,如an old woman, an hour等。the是定冠詞。
1.不定冠詞的用法
1)指人或事物的某一種類。這是不定冠詞a(an)的基本用法。例如:
I am a boy.
Pass me an apple, please.
2)指某人或某物,但不具體說明何人或何物。例如:
A boy is waiting for you.
He borrowed a story-book from the library.
3)表示數量,有“一”的意思,但數的概念沒有one強烈。例如:
I have a mouth, a nose and two eyes.
警示 在“a…or two”結構中,a雖然表示“一”,但不能換成one。例如:
a day or two一兩天。
4)用于某些固定詞組中。例如:
a bit, a few, a little, a lot of, a piece of, a cup of, a glass of, a pile of。
2.定冠詞的用法
1)特指某(些)人或某(些)事物。這是定冠詞the的基本用法。例如:
Beijing is the capital of China.
The book on the desk is mine.
(特指桌上的那本書。注意名詞book被短語on the desk所限定。)
2)指談話雙方都知道的人或事物。例如:
Where is the teacher? (雙方都知道指的是哪一位教師。)
Open the window, please. (雙方都知道指的是哪一扇窗。)
3)指上文提過的人和事物。例如:
There was a chair by the window. On the chair sat a young woman with a baby in her arms; the baby was thin.
4)用在世界上獨一無二的事物前。例如:
The earth is bigger than the moon, but smaller than the sun.
5)用在序數詞和形容詞最高級前。例如:
Mr Green taught the first class.
Alice is the tallest in her class.
6) 用在某些專有名詞前。例如:the Great Wall, the Summer Palace, the History Museum, the Science Museum, the Capital Stadium, the Childrens Palace, the East Street Hospital, the Party。
警示 “某些專有名詞”指的是由普通名詞構成的專有名詞,獨立的專有名詞如France, South Korea則屬于“不用冠詞”的第一條。
7)用在一些習慣用語中。例如:in the day, in the morning (afternoon, evening), the day after tomorrow, the day before yesterday, the next morning, by the way。
3.下列情況中一般不用冠詞
1)在專有名詞和不可數名詞前。例如:China, Grade Two, Class Three, science, chalk, ink, paper, water, tea, milk。
2)名詞前已有作定語用的this, that, my, your, some, any等代詞。例如:
The letter is in her basket.
Go down this street.
3)復數名詞表示一類人或事物時。例如:
My father and mother are teachers.
She likes reading stories.
4)在節(jié)日、日期、月份、季節(jié)前。例如:
Today is New Years Day.
It is Sunday(Monday, Tuesday, etc.)
March 8 is Womens Day.
It is cold in winter.
注意 “春節(jié)”是the Spring Festival, 前面一般要加the。
5)在稱呼語或表示頭銜的名詞前。例如:
Whats the matter, Granny?
This is Comrade Wang.
6)在某些習慣用語中的名詞前。例如:at noon, at night, at first, at last, by bus, in bed, in time, in front of, go to school, go to bed。
7)在三餐和球類運動名稱前。例如:
He goes to school after breakfast.
We are going to play football.
應用 在下列句子需要的地方填入冠詞a, an或the。
①____ elephant is much stronger than ____ horse.
②There are ____ hundred and eighty-eight students in ____ Grade Eight, and there are forty-seven students in ____ class.
③Beijing is ____ capital city of ____ China.
④My grandpa usually goes out for ____ walk in ____ evening.
⑤Could you tell me ____ way to ____ nearest post office?
⑥Would you like ____ milk or ____ tea?
⑦____ second bell was already ringing when he went into ____classroom.
⑧____ child saw ____ ball on ____ ground and picked it up.
⑨____ doctor has been working for five hours without ____ rest.
⑩There is ____ lake at ____ foot of ____ hill. By ____ lake stand many apple trees.
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