冠詞

定冠詞 (the) 及不定冠詞 (a,an)

不定冠詞 (a, an) PART I.

A=one Rome wasn’t built in a day.

a=any, everyMonkeys are smart animals.

=A monkey is a smart animal.=The monkey is a smart animal. a=the same

Birds of a feather flock together.We are of an age.

表一個

表同類的全體

表同樣的

不定冠詞 (a, an) PART II.

a=per

twice a week a=certain

Do you know a Mrs. Chen?a= one like

He is a Newton.

表每一

表某一個

表像 ~的人

定冠詞 (the) PART I.the+ 前面出現過的 N

I bought a pen. The pen is expensive.the+ 最高級 / 序數

the most beautiful girl / the secondthe 比較級 +of the two…

She is the prettier of the two (girls).宇宙獨一無二的東西

the earth/ the sun/ the moon

定冠詞 (the) PART II.

方向 方位the north/ the right/ the left/ the south

by the 計量名詞 ( 依照…計算 )

by the month/ by the dozen/ by the poundthe + 身體各部位

He hit me on the head.

定冠詞 (the) PART III.

the + adj. = 全體複數the rich=rich people the poor=poor people

the+adj.= 抽象名詞the true=truth the kind=kindness

the 名詞 + 片語 / 子句He is the man who loves me.The book on the desk is mine.

the 名詞 + 片語 / 子句 ( 一定要 +the?)

He is the principal of our school.

He is a teacher of our school.

專有名詞前面不加冠詞 但有例外

the 姓氏複數 指全家人The Wangs = The Wang familyThe Wangs live in America.

= The Wang family lives in America.正是國名的全名 或 帶有 of 的片語

the United Statesthe Republic of Chinathe City of Tainan

專有名詞前面不加冠詞 但有例外限定的專有名詞

He is the Edison of the age.島名、山名 ( 複數 +the 單數則不用 )

Mt. Jade Mt. Ali

the Alps the Philippines海、洋、河、湖…

the Pacific Ocean the Red Sea

the Yellow River the Sun Moon Lake

專有名詞前面不加冠詞 但有例外

公共建築物the White House the Grand Hotelthe Empire State Building公園、車站不加 the

Taipei Park Tainan Station

書報、雜誌the Bible the Taipei Newsthe Times the Central Daily

專有名詞前面不加冠詞 但有例外

全體國民the Chinese

the Americans

冠詞的省略 PART I.

表示總稱Monkeys are smart.

man 和 woman 表全體時Man is a smart animal.Man is stronger than woman.

稱呼Waiter, come here.Boy, come here.

冠詞的省略 PART II.

家人Father Mother

三餐breakfast lunch dinner

學科English mathematics history geography

片語face to face side by side step by stepday by day from morning till night

冠詞的省略 PART III.

星期、月、節日Monday July Christmas

地名、人名 Taipei Maryby+ 運輸方法

by ship by land by sea by bus抽象名詞

Failure is the mother of success.

冠詞的省略 PART IV.

物質名詞Gold is more expensive than silver.

church school hospital

He is very ill, and has to go to hospital.

I am going to the hospital to visit a sick friend.

go to school go to bed go to church

play the ????

play +the + 樂器play + 運動、遊戲play the instrument

play basketball

play chess

so, as, too, how + adj. + a(n) N

a kind man (so)so kind a man

as kind as you (a man)as kind a man as you

too good (a chance)too good a chance

a pretty flower (how)how pretty a flower

Exercise I.

We should do our best to help (a/ the) poor.

They sell meat by (X/ the) pound.He is so honest (a/the) boy that we all

like him.I have (X/the) breakfast at seven.Mother gave me (X/an) English

dictionary.

Exercise II.

(X/The) Mt. Jade is the highest mountain in Taiwan.

This is (X/the) most interesting story I have ever heard.

Father is working in Taipei. He comes home twice (a/the) month.

It is (X/a) fun to go mountain-climbing.Although he is short, he plays (X/the)

basketball well.

Exercise III.A: Is he an American? B: No, he is ____

(a/an/the/x) European. I like to play ___(a/an/the/X) tennis.The workers are paid __(by the week/ for

a week/ to a week/ in a week).__(The/A/An/X) Taipei Park is a very

popular place in Taipei City.Mr. Lee is __(a/an/the/this) one-eyed

man you mentioned.

Exercise IV.

They are playing __(X/one/the/a) basketball in the basketball court.

She is playing __(X/a/one/the) piano in the living room.

I have never seen __(such/such an/ a such/ such a) large apple before.

As far as I know, he is __(a honest man/ an honest man/ a man honest/ an man honest).

Exercise V.

__ (Numbers/ The number/ A number/ Number) twenty-four can be divided by 2,3,4,6,8,and 12.

__(A/An/The/X) most important developments in air transportation have been with airplanes.

I would like to speak to ___(the person/a person/person/persons) in charge here.

Exercise VI.

He used to play __ basketball when he was __ student. (the..a/a..a/X..the/X..a)

The small fish eat very small animals and plants ___sea. (in the/on the/in/an)

The earth is __(a/the/an/X) beautiful blue-green sphere covered with water for the most part.

Most of ___(eggs/the egg/an/egg/the eggs) we eat come from chickens.

Exercise VII.

People around ___(the world/a world/ world/the worlds) are crazy about Harry Potter series.

The actress demanded __ apology from the newspaper for __ untrue report about her personal life. (a..a/a..an/an..an/an..a)