定冠词的用法
1.特指某(些)人或某(些)物,这是定冠词的基本用法。
The book on the desk is mine
2.指谈话双方都知道的人或事物。
Open the window, please.
3.指上文已经提到的人或事物。
I have a car. The car is red.
4.指世界上的事物。
Which is bigger, the sun or the earth?
5.用在序数词,形容词高级前。
The first lesson is the easiest one in this book.
6.用在由普通名词构成的专有名词前。
the Great Wall 长城,the United States 美国
7.用在某些形容词前,表示某一类人。
the poor穷人, the blind盲人
8用在姓氏复数形式前,表示“全家人”或“夫妻俩”。
the Greens 格林一家或格林夫妻俩
9.用在方位词前。
on the left在左边,in the middle of在中间
10.用在乐器名称前。
She plays the piano every day.
11.用在表示海洋,河流,山脉,群岛及国家和党派等名词前。
the Black Sea黑海,the Yangzi River长江
12.用在某些固定词组中:
in the morning/evening, in the dark, in the end, at the latest, at the same time, at the end of, the other day, make the bed, on the whole, by the way, go to the cinema
【Exercise】:
1) ______ rich should help _____ poor.
A. The…a B. The…the C. A…the D. /…/
2) _____ Browns are coming to see you tomorrow.
A. A B. An C. / D. The
3)_____ young man beside me is _____ university student.
A. An, a B. An, / C. The, an D. The, a
4) He ordered a washing machine by phone two days ago, and _____ machine has arrived.
A. a B. an C. the D. /
5) It’s about half ____ hour’s walk from here to _____ nearest underground station.
A. a, the B. an, the C. /, the D. the, a
6) The old lady teaches children to play _____ piano at a weekend school.
A. a B. an C. the D. /
7) _____ Yu Garden is a beautiful place in Shanghai.
A. A B. / C. An D. The
8) -Do you know ______ university student who is talking with Joe?
-Yes, she’s my cousin, Kate.
A.a B. an C. the D. /
9) More college graduates would like to work in _____ west part of our country ____ next year.
A. the, the B. /, / C. /, the D. the, /
*10) The cakes are delicious. He’d like to have _____ third one because _____ second one is rather small.
A. a…a B. the…the C. a…the D. the…a