1、不定冠词(例如英语中的a/an)用来表示这个冠词后面的名词是指某一类特定事物中的一个,但具体是哪一个并不重要;
其中a用于辅音音素前 。例如:
a useful book,
a university,
have a swim/walk/talk/look/dance/drink/rest ,
a European......
而an则用于元音音素前。例如:
an hour,
an honest boy ,
keep an eye on sth
英语冠词a,an,the用法大总结!
2、定冠词(例如英语中的the)用来限定这个冠词后面的名词是某个特定的事物,定冠词的用法规则则比较多,包含以下几条:
1)特指双方都明白的人或物:
Give me the book.
2)上文提到过的人或事:
--Do you know the lady in blue?
–Yes, she is a teacher of a university.
3)指世上独一物二的事物
the sun ( sky / moon/ earth/ world/ nature/ universe )
4)单数名词连用表示一类事物;或与形容词或分词连用,表示一类人:
the dollar 美元; The lion is a wild animal.
the rich /poor/ blind/ aged / living / impossible
5)用在序数词和形容词最高级,形容词only,very, same,表示身体部位的名词等前面:
I live on the second floor.
She caught me by the arm.
6)用在表示乐器和表方位的名词前:
She plays the piano \violin \ guitar in the north of China
7)用在普通名词构成专有名词前:
the People's Republic of China the United States the Great Wall the Summer Palace
7)用在姓氏的复数名词之前,表示一家人:
the Greens are playing the piano.
8)其他一些固定用法:
in the day,
in the morning,
in the middle(of)
in the end,
all the time at the same time on the whole,
by the way
the next morning,
in the sky(water,field,country)
in the dark,in the rain......
a用于辅音(不是辅音字母)开头的词前。
例如:
a boy, a university, a European country
an用于元音 (不是元音字母)开头的词前。
例如:
an hour, an honor, an island, an elephant, an umbrella