冠词是词汇中的基础的,也是简单的部分,所以同学们有必要掌握其基本用法,归纳起来,同学们应该掌握以下几点: 1.冠词指不定冠词a,an和定冠词the
2.不定冠词an常用于元音发音开头的词前,如:an hour,an English car. 请区别:a useful machine
3.指上文提到过的人或物,用定冠词the
4.在世界上独一无二的事物前用定冠词the.如:the sun,the moon,the earth
5.定冠词the用于序数词前,表示方位的名词和形容词最高级前。如:the first,the best ,in the south
6.在复数姓氏前加the,表示××一家人,常看成复数。
如:The Browns are going to Shanghai for a holiday this summer.
7.在介词短语中常用定冠词the,如:in the box ,behind the chair
8.特别注意不能用定冠词the的几个方面:
(1)在节日、星期、月份、季节、年等词前不用冠词。如:in summer,in August
请区别:in the spring of 1945. (这里表示特指,故加the)
(2)一日三餐和球类运动名不用冠词。 如:have breakfast ,play football
(3)一些固定词组中,如:go to bed ,go to school,by bus ,at night.
9.在有些词组中,有冠词和无冠词意思不同,请注意区别:
in front of 在…前面 in the hospital 在医院里
in the front of 在…范围内的前部 in hospital (生病)住院
练习:There's _________800-metre-long road behind _________hospital.
A.an,an B.a, a C.an, the D.a, the
