冠词的用法
I、冠词的分类
冠词可以分为不定冠词（a/an）、定冠词（the）和零冠词（不用冠词）。
II、冠词的用法
一、不定冠词的用法
不定冠词a (an)表示的意思是“一个”。a用于辅音音素开头的词前；而an则用于元音音素开头的词前。
例如：The little boy eats an apple, and the little girl eats a banana.
1．用于可数名词的单数形式前，表示“一”。
There is an apple on the plate.
2．表示一类人或物。
A tiger is a dangerous animal.
3．第一次提到某人或某物。
This is an English-Chinese dictionary.
4. 在一些固定搭配中
a lot of/ a little/ a few/ a pair of/ a set of 等
二、定冠词的用法
定冠词（the）是 this/these/that/those的总称，放在名词前，表示特定的事物或人。
1. 第二次提到某人或某物，用定冠词the
Look! There is a ball under the table. The ball is mine.
2. 用于指说话双方都知道的事物或人。
Would you mind closing the window?
3. 放在序数词前。
Monday is the second day of the week.
4. 放在形容词最高级前。
He is the tallest boy in our class.
5. 表示世上独一无二的事物。
The earth goes around the sun.
6. 定冠词放在姓氏复数前，表示“„„一家”。
The Greens are from Australia.
7. 定冠词后接单数名词表示一类人或物。
The dog is a kind of cute animal.
8. 定冠词和形容词连用，也可以代表某类人或物。
the poor the bad the rich the good
9. 演奏某项乐器时，乐器前需加the。如：
play the drums/play the piano/ play the violin
10. 在一些固定搭配中。如：
in the morning in the afternoon 在下午
in the evening 在晚上 all the year round 一年到头
三、零冠词的用法
1. 复数名词前不加冠词可以表示一类人和事物
Noodles are my favorite.
2. 洲、国家、城市前不用冠词
We live in Asia.
3．不可数名词表示一类一般不用冠词。
Would you like to drink water?
4. 在季节、月份、星期、节日、日期、等表示时间的名词之前，不加冠词； It is very cold in winter in Beijing.
5. 在姓名前不加冠词。
She is Mrs. Henry Black.
6. 在一天三餐、表示球类运动名词前不用冠词。
After we have lunch, we will play football.
7. 在固定搭配中,名词前不需要用冠词。如：
go to school go to bed sit at table stay in bed
冠词用于习语中
英语冠词在不少习语(idioms)中属于固定说法，需要靠平时多记，
下面只是列出其中一部分供大家参考：
1. 用不定冠词的习语：
all of a sudden 突然，as a rule 通常，as a matter of fact 事实上，
to have a cold 感冒了，to have a rest 休息一会儿, in a hurry 匆忙
2.用定冠词的习语：
in the morning(afternoon,evening) 上午（下午，晚上），
in the middle of...在...之中
to put the cart before the horse 本末倒置，
to break the ice 打破沉默，
to tell the truth说真话,
to go to the doctor’s 看病，
to go to the cinema 看电影
3.不用冠词的习语
at noon ( night,dawn,midnight ) 中午（夜晚，黎明，午夜），
go to school上学，
leave school 毕业，
to play volleyball 打排球，
in town 在城里， in bed 躺在床上,
in hospital住院， catch fire 着火， lose heart失去信心，
take place 发生， at home在家， in fact 事实上，
by chance偶然， by heart通过记忆，
in time 及时， out of date 过时，
take part in参加 , have supper 吃晚饭
练习题
一、单项选择。
1. He often has ________ egg and some milk for breakfast.
A. / B. a C. the D. an
2. ---What’s the trouble with Lingling?
---She doesn’t go to________ school and stay in _____bed now.
A. a; / B. the; the C. /; / D. /; a
3. ---Do you have _______ dictionary?
---No, but Lucy has ______ new dictionary on the bookshelf.
A. a; the B. the; the C. the; a D. a; a
4. _______ earth is round.
A. A B. An C. The D. /
5. There is _______ “L” in the word “LUCK”.
A. a B. the C. an D. /
6. I hope you have ______ happy day today.
A. a B. an C. the D. /
7. _______ Whites are having dinner together.
A. A B. The C. An D. /
8. There is _______ orange and some pineapples in the basket.
A. the B. / C. a D. an
9. Lisa has _______ hat. ______ hat is very beautiful.
A. a; A B. an; A C. a; The D. an; /
10. I’m watching_______ movie. It is about_______ interesting love story.
A. a; an B. a; a C. the; the D. /; an
11. There is _______ house in the picture. There is ________old woman near_________house.
A. an; a; the B. a; an ; the C. the ; a; an D. a; the; an
12. He has already worked for ______ hour.
A. the B. an C. a D. 不填
13. Alice is fond of playing ______ piano.
A. the B. an C. a D. 不填
14. Beyond ____ stars, the astronaut saw nothing but _____space.
A./；the B. the ; the C. /，/ D. the; /
15. ______ terrible weather we`ve been having these days!
A. How a B. What a C. How D. What
16.------ Where is Jack? ------ I think he is still in ______ bed, but he might just be in ______bathroom.
A. 不填；不填 B. the; the C. the;不填 D. 不填; the
17.When do you have _____breakfast every day?
A. a B. an C. the D. 不填
18. Many people are still in _____ habit of writing silly things in ______public places.
A. the ; 不填 B. 不填 ; the C. the ; the D. 不填; 不填
二. 句子改错。每句中有一个错误，请改正。
1. July is a seventh month of the year.
2. We wait here for half a hour.
3. Students often play the football after
school.4. It’s an European wolf.
5. They often have a supper in a restaurant.
6. Smiths are talking happily.
7. Are you from the America?
8. Panda live in China.
9. On the Sunday we don’t go to school.
10. Do you know richest man in the village?
一般现在时
3、魏芳不是在读书，她在写信。
Wei Fang _____ _____ a book. She _____ _____ a letter.
4、今天天气怎么样？_____ is the weather today? 或_____ is the weather _____ today?
5、我正在通过收音机学 (learn) 英语。
I _____ _____ English on the radio.
6、这个老人每天早上六点钟起床。
The old man _____ _____ at six o’clock in the morning every day.
7、你从哪里来？ Where _____ you from? 或Where _____ you _____ from? 我从美国来。 I _____ from America. 或I _____ from America.