冠词
不定冠词a/an a用于辅音音素或半元音音素开头的单词前,an用于元音音素开头的单词前。
用于未曾提到的或对方不知道的人或物的名称前 There was a hole in the fence.
泛指某(一)个人或某(一)个事物 A girl is waiting at the school gate.
表示“一”的概念 He put a finger into his mouth.
用于单数名词前,表示一类的全部 A child not only needs food and clothing,but love as well.
表示单位量词的“每一” He got paid once a month,but not much.
用于某些专有名词前 A Mr White wants to see you this afternoon.
用于作可数名词用的抽象名词前 Working with Jane is a great joy.
用于表示“一……”之意的物质名词前 I’d prefer a coffee and a chicken sandwich.
用于表示特定的日、月、季节等的名词前表示具体意义 I can’t remember a Christmas like it.
用于有形容词、短语或从句修饰的不可数名词前 China is an country with a long history.
表示相同、同一或具有同一种性质,常与of搭配,构成“of+a/an+名词”结构 We are all of an age. 我们都是同龄人。
用于作同源宾语的名词前 Last night I dreamed a bad dream.
用于表示动作意义的名词前与动词构成固定短语 have a look 看一看 have a walk 散步 take a rest 休息一下 take a break 休息一下
定冠词 t h e 用于再次提到上文提到的或特定的人或事物 John bought a computer and a TV set,but there was something wrong with the TV.
用于单数名词前,指具有某种特点的一类人 或事物 The responsible teacher should be encouraging and motivating.
用于某些表示国家和民族的名词前 The Chinese eat with chopsticks.
用于表示宇宙中独一无二的事物的名词前 the earth 地球 the sun 太阳 the Equator 赤道 the solar system 太阳系
用于姓氏的复数形式前,表示全家人或 夫妇俩 The Turners were sitting at the breakfasttable then. 那时特纳一家正在吃早饭。
用于某些地理名词、国家、组织、报刊等 专有名词前 the Yellow River 黄河 the United Kingdom 英国 the Middle East 中东 the Times 《泰晤士报》
用于某些由普通名词构成的专有名词前 the Great Wall 长城 the Great Lakes 北美洲五大湖 the Little Bear 小熊座 the Silk Road 丝绸之路
用于人名或地名前,表示特定的含义 I know a Mr Smith, but not the famous Smith you mentioned.
用于某些抽象名词、物质名词前 The younger generation is the hope of the nation.
用于方位名词前或某些表示时间的词组或 习语中 on the left 在左边 in the end 后来,终于 on the contrary 相反 at the age of 在……岁时
用于形容词最高级及起特定作用的比较级前 It was the best day of my life. He is the taller of the two children in his family.
用于序数词或其他表示顺序的词前 You’re the third person to ask me that.
用在表示“越……越……”的“the+比较级..., the+比较级...”结构中 The more love we give, the more love we’ll receive.
用于某些形容词前使之名词化,表示一类 人或事物 The wounded were brought to hospital.
用于表示被演奏的西洋乐器或运动场所的名词前 I play the guitar in the school band.
用于“动词+sb.+介词+the+身体部位”结构中 The woman hit the man in the face and the man struck her on the back.
用于“by+the+计量单位名词”结构中 Part-time jobs are usually paid by the hour.
用于数词之前表示某世纪的某个年代 In the 1870’s, when Marx was already in his fifties, he began to learn Russian.
用于表示发明物的单数名词前 The computer has changed our lives in many ways.
含有定冠词的常用短语 all the time 一直 all the year round 一年到头 at the age of 在……岁时 at the same time 同时
零冠词 不可数名词和复数名词表泛指时 Animals can't live without water.
人名、地名、国家名前 Jackie Chan; Hong Kong; China
学科、语言前 I like math. |speak English
季节、月份、星期、节假日等前 in summer;in January; on Monday;Women's Day
一日三餐的名词前 (注:有修饰词则要加a) have breakfast/lunch/dinner (注:have a big lunch)
play后,球类、棋牌类的名词前 play basketball | play chess
表示头衔、职务的名词在句中作表语、同位语或补足语时 This is Professor Li.(表We elected him president. Lincoln,president of the United States,was murdered in 1864.
有物主代词/指示代词/不定代词/名词所有格等限定词修饰的名词前 her book; that book;every student; Mary's book;
与by连用表示交通工具的名词前 by car/train
用于习惯用语中 day by day;at first 等