冠詞
不定冠詞“a”用來表示可數名詞的單數形式,用於輔音音素前,an用於元音音素前。
如:a person, a day; an hour, an old man...
I.定冠詞用法如下:
(英語剛啟蒙時你就知道冠詞了,可你真正掌握了嗎?再背一遍又何妨?!)
1.用於雙方都知道的名詞前:Please clean the classroom.
2.用於單數名詞前,表示一類人或物:
The horseis a useful animal.(馬是有用的動物)
This is a very hard job for the teacher.(對於老師這是一項很難的工作。)
3.用於世界上獨一無二的東西前:the sun, the spring.
4.用於方位名詞前:People in the west like coffee very much.
5.用於樂器名詞前:play the violin.
6.用於計量單位前:Gasoline is sold by the gallon.
7.形容詞最高級和序數詞前:This is the easiest way to work out the problem.
He came to see me for the first time.
8.用於江河湖海山脈名稱前:the Pacific,the Thames,the Rocky Mountains
9.雜誌、報刊名稱前:the Times,the Overseas Digest
10.用於建築物、和組織前:the White House, the Ministry of Education
11.用於姓氏複數前,表“某某夫婦,某某一家人”the Smiths,the Greens
12.用於形容詞前,表一類人 / 物:the rich, theblind
13.用於 English,Chinese,French等名詞前,表“全體國民”the English,the Chinese
II.以下情況不用冠詞:
1.三餐前 breakfast,lunch,supper, ... Have you had lunch?
2.體育運動項目前 playchess,... I have no interest in tennis.
3.在由 by引出的交通工具前 by air(乘飛機),by car
4.在稱呼或職位前 He has been elected president of the committee.
5.習慣用語前 at school,day by day,at table(在吃飯),go to church(做禮拜)...
轉自:http://www.qiewo.com/html/20091114/26630.html
PS. 好學又好問MM推薦了冠詞的另一個英文link,也很不錯,鏈接如下: