冠词
不定冠词的用法
1）泛指人，事或物的类别，相当于any， A steel worker makes steel.
2）泛指某人或某物。 A boy is waiting for you. 3）表示one或者every，
I have a mouth, a nose and two eyes. 4）用于某些固定词组中。
a few, a little, a lot of, a bit of, a couple of a second language make a fire
a peaceful world have a population of a cold rain catch a cold
a burning sun
at a time have an area of
We study 8 hours a day.
twice a week
have a height of
Do sb a favor in a hurry
get a fever
be in bed with a fever
an hour and a half twice a week make a face
without saying a word
a world of silence
in a low voice make a mistake
have a good time have a wonderful journey
make a note of
in such a short time take a holiday with a will
an experience
a collection of
find sb a bed in a word go for a walk
have a word with sb a waste of
5）用在quite, rather , many , such 等词之后。 He is rather a fool. This is a rather warm room. This is rather a warm room. 6）用在so/too+形容词之后。
It’s too difficult a book for us.
7) 抽象名词，物质名词具体化
a success a must a necessary a shock a surprise It’s a fact that It’s an honour that 8) a most important book 9) 独一无二的名词前有修饰语
A full moon a burning sun a peaceful world 10) 季节， 星期， 三餐前有修饰语
a wonderful lunch a cold winter a rainy Sunday 11) a second a third
12) a Mr. Li wants to meet you.
a pleasure
定冠词的用法
1）表示特定的或上文已提到过的人或物。 I am very interested in the film. 2）表示世界上独一无二的东西。
the earth, the moon, the sun, the world,
3）用在序数词。形容词最高级及对两人或物进行 比较时起特定作用的比较级前。 The second story, the largest room
He is the taller of the two children in his family.
4）用在由普通名词构成的国家，党派等专有名词前以及江，河，湖，海，山川，群岛的名词前。 the United States , the Communist party of China, the Changjiang River, the Great Lake, the Rocky Mountains
5）用在形容词前表示一类人。
the poor (rich, old, young, sick, dead, new , blind ,wound) 6) 特指某人或某物。 Give me the book.
Who is the girl you just said hello to
7）在姓氏复数形式前，表示全家人，或这一 姓氏的夫妇俩。 The Turners are sitting at the breakfast table. 8）用在单数可数名词前，表示一类人或事物。 The horse is a useful animal. The brain is the center of thought. 9）演奏乐器的名称前通常用定冠词。
Do you like to play the piano or the violin 10）指世纪或世纪的某个年代前。
In the 1870’s, when Marx was already in his fifties….. 11）在表示发明物的单数名词前加冠词。
The compass was invented in China four thousand year ago.
12）在有些关于国家和民族的形容词前加上定冠词，也可以泛指这个国家和民族的全体人员。（这些形容词是以-sh, -ch, -ese结尾的）。
the Irish, the Welsh, the English, the French, the Chinese 13) 打…… 某人的…. 部位 Pat sb by the shoulder 14) 农历的节日
The Spring Festival the Mid-Autumn Day The Lantern Festival 15) 越来越…..
The more, the better.
16) 语言后面有language
The English language the Chinese language 17)固定搭配
late into the night deep into the night in one’s fifties on the road
in the 1990s
listen to the radio
in the forties
the rich
the Atlantic Ocean
on the phone in the China today
in the night
the beauty of nature
in the sun
be wounded in the leg in the dark on the other side at the foot of in the end on the left
on the contrary at the moment
at the end of on the air at the same time break the law
at the top of by the end of join the army
in the habit of
at the age of in the sky make the bed
form the habit of
不用冠词的情况
1）专有名词，不可数名词，人名，地名等名词前，一般不加冠词。 China, America, Smith, Beijing Railway Station 但是，当一个不可数名词被限定时，它前面要用定冠词。 还有 ，抽象变具体时，一般前面加不定冠词。 The milk in the bottle has gone bad. Physics is a science.
It’s a pleasure to go with you. This is a surprise to me.
2) 可数名词前有物主代词，指示代词，不定代词，名词所有格等限制时，不加冠词。 This book is mine.
3）季节，月份, 星期，节日，一日三餐名称前一般不加冠词。 March, May Day, Sunday, National Day, Children’s Day Have you had supper
Spring is the best season of the year. 如果月份等被一个限定性定语修饰，就要加冠词。 He joined the Army in the spring of 1992.
4）称呼语及表示头衔职务的名词作宾语，补语，及同位语时，一般不加冠词。 Premier Zhou , Professor Liu What’s this, Mother.
Lincoln was made President of the United Sates again. The president interviewed people.
5）学科名称，球类，棋类名词前不加冠词。 Do you study mathematics
6）表示泛指的复数名词前不用冠词。 They are workers.
7）在与by连用的交通工具名称前不加冠词。 by car,by bus , by air , by road
但 take a bus, come in a boat,on the train/bus 8）表示语言的名词前一般不用冠词。
Chinese中文，English英文，French 法文，但是在 the Chinese language, the English language 等中要用定冠词。
9）在 turn（做“变成”解）后跟单数名词，名词前不加冠词。 He was a medical student before he turned writer.
10)在一个 以“普通名词（或形容词最高级）+as” 开始的让步状语从语中,前面不用定冠词。 Shortest though/as he is m he runs fastest in our class. Disable woman as she is , Clever as she is
11）在若干独立结构中不用冠词。
He entered the forest, gun in hand.(with a gun in his hand ) 12）某些固定词组前不用冠词。 husband and wife, young and old, hand in hand, sun and moon,
bread and butter, in class, in university, to church, by mistake on business
to prison,
every few minutes on holiday
take pleasure in doing go to school go to town at night
go to college
Beijing University
in surprise leave school
in height
leave college
in time of danger in snow have accidents later in life in use
in short supply in case of fire
in international trade
in trouble at present keep in mind
in danger in fact by chance face to face
from morning to evening
by heart day by day
little by little arm in arm 13) word “消息”
Word came that the Chinese women football team won the match.
高三英语复习：冠词知识点总结
