一.什么是冠词

冠词的冠字有两种读音,一是读一声,是帽子的意思,英语所有名词在句中使用时必须带上一定的帽子,二是读四声,是第一的意思,说明冠词排在名词或名词短语的最前面。冠词也是一种虚词,不能单独使用,须跟名词一起使用,冠词可以分为定冠词(the),不定冠词(a, an)与零冠词三类。

二.冠词的基本用法

冠词是名词的帽子,对名词起限定或标记作用,因此,冠词的基本用法取决于冠词后面的名词。英语名词有专有名词与普通名词之分,普通名词又可以分为具体名词与抽象名词。一般来讲,专有名词用零冠词,具体名词根据具体情况用定冠词或不定冠词,抽象名词用零冠词。但是英语名词的分类不是绝对的,名词在实际使用中,专有名词可以普通化,具体名词可以抽象化,抽象名词也可以具体化。冠词的基本用法如下表:

初中英语重点难点(图解初中英语中考难点之冠词)(1)

三.冠的特殊用法

1. 形容词或分词前加定冠词,相当于名词,表示具有形容词性质一类的人或事物。例如:the rich富人, the poor穷人, the young年青人, the old 老年人, the following下面的, the wounded伤员。

2. 形容词或副词前加定冠词,构成“the more…… the more ……”,句型,表示越……,越……。例如:The higher the mountain is, the thinner the air becomes. The harder you work the greater progress you will make.

3. 不定冠词用于表计量单位的名词前,表示每一的意思。例如:Take this medicine three times a day. The fish cost two dollars a kilogram.

4. 冠词用于固定短语中,在固定短语中有用定冠词的,有用不定冠词的,也有用零冠词的。

用定冠司的短语有:in the end, at the moment, on the left, on the right, at the same time, by the way, all the same , at the same time, in the morning, in the afternoon, the same as, with the help of , the number of 用不定冠词的有:a mummer of , in a hurry, catch a cold, make a living, as a result, in a word, have a word with, a lot of , once upon a time , in a way.

用零冠词的有:on business, on duty, in fact, on foot, at present, in public, on show, on time, in time, make fun of, at night, in danger, from time to time, for example, take part in , take pride in, day by day, in person, in trouble, make sense.

提升练习题

用适当的冠词填空

1. We are going to see Marry. She is ill in _______ hospital.

2. Could you please play _______ piano for me while I’m singing.

3. _______ sun is shining brightly.

4. My dream is to be _______ engineer when I grow up.

5. Look at _______ eraser on the floor, Whose is it?

6.All parents want their sons and daughters to go to ______ university.

7. - Who’s the tall man with glasses ? - He’s my uncle. He works in ______ university.

8. He often takes his dog for ______ walk after supper.

9. —Why do you like Mary? —Because she is ______ honest girl.

10. We often take part in after class activities(活动),I like to play________basketball.

11. —What’s _________most useful invention in the 20th century?

—________computer, I think.

12. — How about ______ talent show?— I should say it was ______ great success.

13. —Lily is coming by ______ plane tomorrow. — Let’s go to ______ airport to meet her.

14. — You’ve dropped ________ “s” in the word “necessary”.

— Oh, ________ letter “s” is doubled.

15. —What’s the matter with you?

— I caught ________ bad cold and had to stay in ________ bed

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