七、冠词

冠词一般放在名词的前面，帮助说明名词所指的人或事物，在词典中标注为art.。冠词的家族比较小。

1. 不定冠词

不定冠词有a, an，表示“一个”，只能用在可数名词的单数形式前。a用于辅音发音开头的单词前，而an用于元音发音开头的单词前。

An apple a day keeps doctors away. 一天一苹果，医生远离我。

2. 定冠词

定冠词the的用法主要包括以下几类。

3. 零冠词

不使用冠词的情况也被称为零冠词。一般情况下，零冠词用于表示泛指的名词前。常见的零冠词用法：

不定冠词、定冠词和零冠词的比较

冠词练习

答案

请选择合适的冠词填在横线上（a, an, the, \）。

(1) A: I’d like ______ apple please.

　B: There are two apples on the table. Which one would you prefer?

　A: ______ bigger one, please.

(2) I like to play ______ football but my brother likes to play ______ basketball.

(3) Jerry is ______ pretty girl. But I’m not very interested in ______ pretty.

(4) We have ______ cat and ______ dog. ______ dog has ______ name and it’s very fun.

(5) Are you going to ______ party next weekend?

(6) Where are you going for the vacation? ______ West Lake in Hangzhou.

(7) I often play ______ piano in my free time.

(8) Beijing is the capital of ______ China.

(9) Don’t be late! We’ll have ______ dinner at 8.

(10) ______ Japanese like to bow at first meeting.