Article冠詞是虛詞,它不能單獨使用，只能附在一個名詞上說明這個名詞。冠詞分為不定冠詞a(an)詞和定冠詞the.不定冠詞一般表示泛指;定冠詞一般表示特指。冠詞的定義冠詞的分類不定冠詞

a/an定冠詞

the零冠詞

①

a用于輔音音素開始的詞前；an用于元音音素開始的詞前abook,agirl,aboy,atree,adog

anEnglishbook,anhonestboy②特殊單詞：（不發元音的情況）auniform,auniversity,ausefulbook,aEuropean,anhour,anhonestboy,aone-waystreet(1)不定冠詞a(an)用于單數可數名詞前

不定冠詞a/an的用法(2)不定冠詞用來表示類別,指某一類人或某一類事物中的一個(泛指).

Hisfatheris

adoctor.

HeworksinamiddleschoolinBeijing.(3)不定冠詞用于單數可數名詞前,可以表示其全類(泛指).

AnEnglishteacherteachesthestudentshowtolearnEnglish.Practice:用a或an填空1.This

is

____pear

and

that

is

____

apple.

2.Mary

has

____dictionary.She

get

it

from

her

uncle.

3.This

is

orange.It

is

___

small

orange.

4.

My

teacher

give

me

___useful

book.

5.I

have

___

hour

to

do

my

homework.

6.Do

you

have

___

umbrella?

7.She

wear

___

uniform.aanaananaaaan定冠詞the的用法

(2)用于單數可數名詞前,表示整體或類別.Thepandaisarareanimal.=Apandaisarareanimal.=Pandasarerareanimals.(3)用來表示世界上獨一無二的事物.thesun,themoon,thesky,theearth,theworld,

theuniverse(4)用于表示階級,黨派的名詞前.theChineseCommunistParty中國共產黨;theworkingclass

工人階級theproletariat無產階級(5)表示方位、左右

in

theeast/west;inthemiddle;ontheright;ontheleft;

Thesunrisesintheeast.(6)用于樂器名詞前,但漢語拼音的樂器前不用冠詞.

playthepiano;

playtheviolin;playerhu(7)常用于含有普通名詞或形容詞的專有名詞前

①用于許多江海,山脈,群島等名詞前

theYellowRiver(黃河)，

theEastSea(東海)，theHimalayas(喜馬拉雅山脈)，

thePacificOcean(太平洋),theGreatWall(長城)theRiverSeine(塞納河)theNiagaraFalls(尼亞加拉瀑布)theYangtseRiver(長江)②

用于由普通名詞構成的國名ThePeople‘sRepublicofChina(中華人民共和國)theUnitedStates(美利堅合眾國)③用于機關,團體,朝代,時代,報刊雜志等名詞前:theUnitedNations(聯合國)thePeople'sDaily(人民日報)

theSummerPalace(頤和園)theStateCouncil(國務院)

theTangdynasty(唐朝)

thePeaceHotel(和平飯店)

theBritishMuseum(英國博物館)

(8)用于某些形容詞或過去分詞前,表示一類人或事物

thepoor，therich，theliving，theyoung

thewounded（受傷者），

theoppressed（受壓迫者）(9)用于復數的姓氏前,表示"兩夫婦"或"全家",在此情況下,這類名詞作復

數對待。

TheSmithswatchTVeveryday.

TheJohns

aremovingtoShanghai.(10)用在序數詞、形容詞最高級及only所修飾的詞前面

Shanghaiisthebiggestcityinchina.

Afterthegame,thefirstthingtheywantedtodowastotakeahotbath.

Heistheonlystudentwhodidn’tpasstheexam.11.句型“越...,越...”The+比較級，the+比較級

Theearlier

yougo,

thesooner

youwillbeback.

Themorecarefulyouare,thefewermistakesyouwillmake.12.用在表示時間的詞組中

inthemorning/afternoon/eveninginthedaytime在白天inthepast在過去

inthe1980's/1980s在20世紀80年代

inthe20thcentury

比較：atnight/noon/dusk黃昏/midnight()1._____moonmovesaround_____sun.A./;/B.The;theC.A;aD.The;/()2.Welivein_____southofChina.A.aB.theC./D.an()3._____Browns_____watchingTV.A.The;isB.The;areC./;isD./;are()4.Whetherearlyin____morningorlateat___night,hemaybeinhisoffice.A.the;the

B.the;/C．/;the

D．/;/()5.Asisknowntoall,____People'sRepublicofChinais____biggestdevelopingcountryintheworld.A.the;/

B./;theC.the;the

D./;/練習；在下列選項中選出正確的答案BBBBC(1)泛指的物質名詞和抽象名詞前,不用冠詞.Mancannotlivewithoutwater.Failureisthemotherofsuccess.Breadismadefromflour.Watercontainshydrogenandoxygen.零冠詞的用法比較：Thewaterinthisriverisundrinkable．這條河里的水不能飲用(2)泛指的復數名詞，表示一類人或事物時，可不用定冠詞

Nowpeoplearelivingahappylife.

Trees

areplantedeverywhere.

Theyareteachers.

Studentsshouldobeytheschoolrules

當兩個或兩個以上名詞并用時，常省去冠詞；

Ican'twritewithoutpenorpencil.(3)專有名詞（如：國家、人名、城市等）之前通常不用冠詞。ChinaTomBeijingEngland

NewYorkLuXunisagreatChinesewriter．LondonisthecapitalofEngland．Chinaisadevelopingsocialistcountry．(4)

在季節、月份、節日、假日、日期、星期等表示時間的名詞之前，不加冠詞。inwinter/springinMarch/AprilonTuesday/FridayonChristmasonNationalDay.WehavenoclassesonSaturday.

TheLongMarch(長征)startedinOctober1934.ShelikesspringwhileIlikesummer.比較：inthespringof1998(明確的特定的某一個春天，用the)(5)表示三餐飯、球類、棋類、學科、語言等的名詞前一般不用冠詞。Whendoyouhavelunch?

Ilikeplayingbasketball.Doyouwanttoplaychesswithus？LearningEnglishisveryimportant.*三餐飯前帶有形容詞修飾時，應加冠詞：

haveaquickbreakfast.*當球類指具體事物時，應加冠詞：

whereisthefootball?(6)名詞前有指示代詞,物主代詞,不定代詞或名詞所有格修飾,不用冠詞。Ilikethispicturebetter.Isthatyourpen？Taketheirchairsaway!Astimewenton,Einstein'stheoryprovedtobecorrect.Mike'sschoolisoverthere.(7).用于正式或獨一無二的頭銜或職位前，（主要指他們用于賓語，表語，補語或同位語時）

IwouldlowertaxesifIwerepresident.

Wehaveelectedhimourmonitor.

(8).成對出現的詞組前面，不用冠詞dayandnight日以繼夜

husbandandwife夫妻

facetoface面對面

sidebyside/handinhand肩并肩/手拉手

frombeginningtoend

從頭到尾(9)當by與火車等交通工具連用，表示一種方式時，中間無冠詞

bybusbytrain

bysubway

bybikebycarbyboatYou'dbebettergoingbybus.

Shallwegobyplaneorbytrain?

(10)其他固定詞組中，不用冠詞onfootathomeinfactafterschool

indangeronfireatsunrise/sunset/night/noon/duskgo