初中英语课外辅导:冠词用法撮要 |
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英语中冠词共有三个:不定冠词a和an及定冠词the。冠词虽少,用法却很多。 ▲不定冠词a/an的用法主要有: 1. 指人或事物属于某一种类。如: I'm a student.(是学生而不是其他) 2. 表类别,以个体代替整体。如: An elephant is much bigger than a tiger. 3. 表示 “一”的概念,但意味没有one那样强烈。如: Jim has an apple every morning. 4. 表示单位,作“每一”讲。如:three times a day, 10 yuan a kilo 5. 指某人或某物,但不具体说明是何人、何物。如: A Mr Wang is waiting for you outside. He lives in a village far from here. ▲定冠词the的用法主要有: 1. 表示特指某人或某物。如: The book on the desk is mine. Beijing is the capital of China. 2. 表示上文提过的人或事物。如: There is a cat under the chair. The cat is black and white. 3. 表示世界上独一无二的东西。如: the earth, the sun 4. 用于说话双方都知道的名词前。如: Let's go to the park, shall we? 5. 用在作定语的序数词前。如: He is always the first person to come. 6. 用在形容词前表示一类人。如:the rich, the old, the deaf, the wounded 7. 用在乐器名称前。如: play the violin 8. 用在表示“姓”的复数名词前,表示一家人或夫妇二人。如: The Whites are spending their holiday in England. 9. 用在由普通名词构成表示场所的专有名词前。如: the People's Park, the Golden Gate Bridge ▲不用冠词的情况(零冠词的用法)主要有: 1. 在物质名词或抽象名词前。如: Water and air are important to us. Wisdom is better than strength. 2. 名词前面已有作定语用的this, that, these, those, my, your, some, any等代词的情况下。如: I want this car, not that car. There is some water in the cup. 3. 在季节、月份、日期、星期、节日前。如: There are four seasons: spring, summer, autumn and winter. School begins on September 1. March 8th is Women's Day. 特例:1)中国的传统节日要加the。如:the Spring Festival 2)表示一段特定时间、月份、季节前须加定冠词。如: in the October of 1958 4. 在一日三餐、球类运动和学科名词前。如: I have breakfast at six in the morning. They play football every day. I prefer science to physics. 特例:当表示三餐的名词前有定语修饰时,要加不定冠词。如: They had a good dinner yesterday. 5. 在称呼和头衔前。如: What's the matter with you, Granny? It's the order of Captain Li. 6.在“专有名词+普通名词”构成的表示街道、广场、公园、桥梁等名词前。如:Nanjing Road, Tian'anmen Square (文/李建高;英语辅导报初四普及版04—05学年度第13期;版权归英语辅导报社所有,独家网络合作伙伴新浪教育,未经许可,不得以任何形式进行转载。) |