冠词(The Article)
冠词是一种虚词，放在名词的前面，帮助说明名词的含
义。冠词分不定冠词(The Indefinite Article) 和定冠词(The
Definite Article)两种。a (an)是不定冠词，a用在辅音之前，如
a book, a man; an 用在元音之前，如an old woman, an hour
等。the 是定冠词。
1.不定冠词的用法
1)指人或事物的某一种类。这是
不定冠词a(an)的基本用
法。例如:
I am a boy.
Pass me an apple, please.
2)指某人或某物，但不具体说明何人或何物。例如
A boy is waiting for you.
He borrowed a story-book from the library.
3)表示数量，有“一”的意思，但数的概念没有one 强烈。
I have a mouth, a nose and two eyes.
警示在“ a, or two ”结构中， a 虽然表示“一” ，但不能换成one 。例如:
a day or two 一两天。
4）用于某些固定词组中。例如
a bit, a few, a little, a lot of, a piece of, a cup of, a
glass of, a
pile of 。
2.定冠词的用法1）特指某（些）人或某（些）事物。这是
定冠词the 的基本用
法。例如:
Beijing is the capital of China.
The book on the desk is mine.
（特指桌上的那本书。注意名词book 被短语on the desk
所限定。）
2）指谈话双方都知道的人或事物。例如
Where is the teacher? （双方都知道指的是哪一位教师。）Open the window, please. （双方都知道指的是哪一扇
窗。） 3）指上文提过的人和事物。例如
There was a chair by the window. On the chair sat a young woman with a baby in her arms; the baby was thin.
4）用在世界上独一无二的事物前。例如
The earth is bigger than the moon, but smaller than the sun.
5）用在序数词和形容词最高级前。例如
Mr Green taught the first class.
Alice is the tallest in her class.
6）用在某些专有名词前。例如:the Great Wall, the Summer Palace, the History Museum, the Science Museum, the
Capital Stadium, the Children 's Palace, the East Street
Hospital,
the Party 。
警示“某些专有名词”指的是由普通名词构成的专有名
词，独立的专有名词如France, South Korea 则属于“不用冠词”的第一条。
。例如:in the day, in the morning 7）用在一些习惯用语中
(afternoon, evening), the day after tomorrow, the day before yesterday, the next morning, by the way 。
般不用冠词
1）在专有名词和不可数名词前。例如:China, Grade Two, Class Three, science, chalk, ink, paper, water, tea, milk。
2)名词前已有作定语用的this, that, my, your, some, any
等代词。例如:
The letter is in her basket.
Go down this street.
3）复数名词表示一类人或事物时。例如
My father and mother are teachers.
She likes reading stories.
4）在节日、日期、月份、季节前。例如
Today is New Year' s Day.
⑤ Could you tell me
way to nearest post office?
It is Sunday(Monday, Tuesday, etc.)
March 8 is Women ' s Day.
It is cold in winter.
注意“春节”是 the Spring Festival, 前面一般要加 the 。 5）在称呼语或表示头衔的名词前。例如
What 's the matter, Granny?
This is Comrade Wang.
6）在某些习惯用语中的名词前。 例如 :at noon, at night, at first, at last, by bus, in bed, in time, in front of, go to school, go to bed 。
7）在三餐和球类运动名称前。例如
He goes to school after breakfast.
We are going to play football.
应用在下列句子需要的地方填入冠词
a, an 或 the 。 ① __ elephant is much stronger than
hundred and eighty-eight students in
Grade Eight, and there are forty-seven students in class.
③ Beijing is __ capital city of _ China.
④ My grandpa usually goes out for walk in evening. horse. ② There are
⑥ Would you like milk or ___ tea?
⑦ __ second bell was already ringing when he went into
classroom.
⑧ ___ child saw ball on ground and picked it
up.
⑨ __ doctor has been working for five hours without
rest.
⑩ There is lake at ___ foot of __ hill. By lake stand many apple trees.
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