冠詞
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名詞
冠詞是一種虛詞,不能單獨使用。
不定冠詞的用法 :表泛指。a用於子音音素開頭的單詞前,an用於母音音素開頭的單詞前。不看字母看發音,不見母音不加an。常見的用an 的單詞如下:
以a開頭的:an actor/actress ,an artist, an amazing singer, an American writer, an angry teacher, an anxious driver, an astronaut, an apple,
以e開頭的:an exciting job, an engineer,an egg ,an energetic player, an excellent painter, an eight-year-old boy, an eleven-year-old girl 注意:a European country
以I 開頭的:an idea an important part, an interesting program
以o開頭的:an old man, an orange dress, an official, an outgoing girl
以u開頭的:a useful book, a university student, a usual story, a UFO
an unhappy girl, an umbrella, an ugly man
特別記:an honest man, an hour, an honor
二、定冠詞的用法:表特指,偶爾也會用於固定搭配中。
零冠詞的情況
特殊情況下的冠詞用法
1。 在某些固定片語中。例如:at home, by bus, go to school on time, in trouble day and night face to face watch TV listen to music in danger on business on show等名詞前不用冠詞。
2。 有些中國傳統樂器前不能加定冠詞the。例如:
erhu (二胡),pipa (琵琶),guzheng (古箏)
3。 一日三餐前一般不加冠詞,但是一日三餐被某個詞所修飾時,一般要加不定冠詞a或an。例如:
a big breakfast, a quick supper
4。 由festival構成的中國傳統節日前需要加定冠詞the。例如:
the Spring Festival, the Dragon-boat festival
5。 表示成套的東西時,兩個並列的名詞前只需要用一個不定冠詞。例如:
a shirt and tie, a knife and fork
6。 一些短語中,有無冠詞時的意義是不一樣的。例如:
in hospital (生病住院), in the hospital (在醫院) go to university (上大學), go to the university (去大學) at table吃飯 at the table在桌子旁 in class在課堂上in the class在班裡in front of in the front of