【英语第19期】冠词

1. 冠词分类

(1)不定冠词：a / an a unit / an uncle

　　元音开头的可数名词前用an :

　 　an egg / an apple / an orange / an eraser / an answer / an ID card / an alarm clock / an actor / an actress / an e-mail / an address / an event / an example / an opera / an hour/an old man / an interesting book / an exciting sport / an action movie / an art lesson /

(2)定冠词：the the egg the plane

2. 用法:

　　

不定冠词的用法

a用在以辅音音素开头的单词前

a man 一个男人

a hat 一顶帽子

特殊用法：

a用在以读作辅音的元音字母开头的单词前。

a university
一所大学
u发/j/

a European
一个欧洲人 e发/j/

a one-way
street 一条单行马路 o发/w^/

an用在以元音音素开头的单词前

an apple一个苹果

an egg一个鸡蛋

an uncle一位大叔

an umbrella一把伞

特殊用法：

an用在以不发音的h字母开头的单词前。

例：an hour 一小时

an honest man 一个诚实的人

an还用在发音以元音开头的单个字母前。

字母：
Ff Hh Mm Nn Ss Ll Xx Rr

口诀：
Oh, Mr. Len is a fox

例：an MP3
player 一个MP3播放器

an NBA player 一个NBA球员

定冠词的用法：

　　(1)特指某(些)人或某(些)物： The ruler is on the desk.

　　(2)复述上文提到的人或物：He has a sweater. The sweater is new.

　　(3)谈话双方都知道的人或物：The boys aren’t at school.

　　(4)在序数词前： John’s birthday is February the second.

　　(5)用于固定词组中： in the morning / afternoon / evening

不用冠词的情况：

　　(1)专有名词前：China is a big country.

　　(2)名词前有定语：this , that , my , your , some, any , no 等：

　　This is my baseball.

　　(3)复数名词表示一类人和事：Monkeys can’t swim. They are teachers.

　　(4)在节日，日期，月份，季节前：Today is Christmas Day. It’s Sunday.

　　(5)一日三餐前：We have breakfast at 6:30.

　　(6)球类 棋类运动前：They often play football after class. He plays chess at home.

　　* 但乐器前要用定冠词：I play the guitar very well.

　　(7)学科名称前：My favorite subject is music.

　　(8)在称呼或头衔的名词前：This is Mr Li.

　　(9)固定词组中：at noon at night by bus