定冠词the与指示代词this,that同源,有那(这)个的意思,但较弱,可以和一个名词连用,来表示某个或某些特定的人或东西。1)特指双方都明白的人或物:Takethemedicine.2)上文提到过的人或事:Heboughtahouse.I'vebeentothehouse.3)指世上独一物二的事物:thesun,thesky,themoon,theearth4)单数名词连用表示一类事物,如:thedollarthefox;或与形容词或分词连用,表示一类人:therich;theliving。5)用在序数词和形容词最高级,及形容词only,very,same等前面:Wheredoyoulive?Iliveonthesecondfloor.。That'stheverythingI'vebeenlookingfor.)与复数名词连用,指整个群体:Theyaretheteachersofthisschool.指全体教师)Theyareteachersofthisschool.(指部分教师)7)表示所有,相当于物主代词,用在表示身体部位的名词前:Shecaughtmebythearm..8)用在某些由普通名词构成的国家名称、机关团体、阶级、等专有名词前:thePeople'sRepublicofChinatheUnitedStates9)用在表示乐器的名词之前:Sheplaysthepiano.10)用在姓氏的复数名词之前,表示一家人:theGreens11)用在惯用语中:intheday,inthemorning(afternoon,evening),thedayaftertomorrowthedaybeforeyesterday,thenextmorning,inthesky(water,field,country)inthedark,intherain,inthedistance,inthemiddle(of),intheend,onthewhole,bytheway,gotothetheatre零冠词的用法1)国名,人名前通常不用定冠词:England,Mary;2)泛指的复数名词,表示一类人或事物时,可不用定冠词;Theyareteachers.3)抽象名词表示一般概念时,通常不加冠词;Failureisthemotherofsuccess.4)物质名词表示一般概念时,通常不加冠词,当表示特定的意思时,需要加定冠词;Mancannotlivewithoutwater.5)在季节、月份、节日、假日、日期、星期等表示时间的名词之前,不加冠词;WegotoschoolfromMondaytoFriday.6)在称呼或表示官衔,职位的名词前不加冠词;TheguardstooktheAmericantoGeneralLee.7)在三餐、球类运动和娱乐运动的名称前,不加冠词如:havebreakfast,playchess8)当两个或两个以上名词并用时,常省去冠词;Ican'twritewithoutpenorpencil.9)当by与火车等交通工具连用,表示一种方式时,中间无冠词;bybus,bytrain;10)有些个体名词不用冠词;如:school,college,prison,market,hospital,bed,table,class,town,church,court等个体名词,直接置于介词后,表示该名词的深层含义;gotohospital去医院看病gotothehospital去医院(并不是去看病,而是有其他目的)11)不用冠词的序数词;a.序数词前有物主代词b.序数词作副词Hecamefirstintherace.(the)first,firstofall,fromfirsttolast冠词与形容词+名词结构1)两个形容词都有冠词,表示两个不同东西。Heraisesablackandawhitecat.2)如后一个形容词无冠词,则指一物。Heraisesablackandwhitecat.冠词位置1)不定冠词位置不定冠词常位于名词或名词修饰语前。注意:a.位于下列形容词之后:such,what,many,half,Ihaveneverseensuchananimal.Manyamanisfitforthejob.b.当名词前的形容词被副词as,so,too,how,however,enough修饰时,不定冠词应放在形容词之后:ItisaspleasantadayasIhaveeverspent.Soshortatime.Toolongadistance.,rather与单数名词连用,冠词放在其后。但当rather,quite前仍有形容词,不定冠词放其前后均可。如:quitealotd.在as,though引导的让步状语从句中,当标语为形容词修饰的名词时,不定冠词放形容词后:Braveamanthoughheis,hetremblesatthesightofsnake当名词被比较级形容词修饰时,不定冠词通常置于比较级形容词之后。2)定冠词位置定冠词通常位于名词或名词修饰语前,但放在all,both,double,half,twice,threetimes等词之后,名词之前。Allthestudentsintheclasswentout.数词一、基数词1)基数词写法和读法:345threehundredandforty-five;2)基数词一般是单数形式,但下列情况,常用复数:a.与of短语连用,表示概数,不能与具体数目连用,如scoresofpeople指许多人;b.在一些表示一排或一组的词组里;如:Theyarrivedintwosandthrees.他们三三两两的到达了。c.表示几十岁;inhisthirtiesd.表示年代,用in+the+数词复数;e.在乘法运算的一种表示法里,如:3x5=15Threefivesis(are)fifteen.二、序数词序数词的缩写形式:first---1stsecond---2ndthirty-first---31st三、数词的用法1)倍数表示法a.主语+谓语+倍数(或分数)+as+adj.+asIhavethreetimesasmanyasyou.我有你三倍那么多。b.主语+谓语+倍数(分数)+thesize(amount,length…)of…Theearthis49timesthesizeofthemoon.地球是月球的49倍。c.主语+谓语+倍数(分数)+形容词(副词)比较级+than…Thegrainoutputis8percenthigherthisyearthanthatoflastyear.d.还可以用by+倍数,表示增加多少倍Theproductionofgrainhasbeenincreasedbyfourtimesthisyear.2)分数表示法构成:基数词代表分子,序数词代表分母。分子大于1时,分子的序数词用单数,分母序数词用复数:1/3one-third;3/37threeandthree-sevenths.数量表示法1.表示长、宽、高、面积等,用基数词+单位词(meter,foot,inch,kilogram等)+形容词(long,wide,high等)表示,或者用基数词+单位词+in+名词(length,width,height,weight等)表示。twometerslong或twometersinlength2米长threefeethigh或threefeetinheight3英尺高fourincheswide或fourinchesinwidth4英寸宽Thisboxis2kilogramsinweight.ThecitywallofXi'anis12meterswideand12metershigh.2.表示时间、距离时,使用含数词的名词所有格形式作定语。fiveminutes'walk1.Youare____shametoyourfamilywhileheis___honortohisfamily.A.an,anB.a,anC.an,aD.a,a2._____Europeand__Americaareseparatedby_______AtlanticOcean.A./,/,theB.the,the,theC./,/,/D.the,the,/3.____terriblelifepeopleinthesmallislandlivedatthetime?A.WhatB.HowC.WhataD.Howa4.Thingsof___kindcometogether;peopleof__kindfallinto___samegroup.A.the,the,theB.a,a,theC.the,the,aD.a,the,the5.Myfatherisill.Heisstillin____hospital.I’mgoingto___hospitaltoseehim.A.the,theB./,/C./,theD.the,/6.Payspecialattentiontotheidiomsof____Englishlanguage.A.theB.someC.anD./7.MymotherandIwantedtoseanewplay,butweweren’tbeabletogettheticketsfor_____twoofus.A./.B.theC.amongD.between8.Youmissed________“r”whenspellingtheword“horror”.A.theB.aC.anD./9.Shepulledtheboyby____armandgavehimahintthatshedidn’twanthimtotell___truth.A.the,theB.his,theC,the,/D.his,a10.Outrushedthesoldier,__gunin___hand.A.the,aB.a,theC.the,theD./,/11.Hehasturned___writer=Hehasbecome____writer.A.a;aB./;/C.a;/D./;a12.____BeijingUniversitydatesbackto1898,in____QingDynasty.A./,/B./,theC.The,the.D.The,/13.Heis____olderofthetwobrothers.A.aB.anC./D.the14.—Haveyouseen_________pen?Ileftitherethismorning.—Isit________blackone?IthinkIsawitsomewhere.A.a;theB.the;theC.the;aD.a;a15.What____fineweatherwehavetoday!A.aB./C.someD.an16._____Himalayasis_____highestmountainin______world.A./;the;/B.The;the;theC.A;a;aD./;/;/17.Theyeachhave_____book.LiHua’sisabout____writer.WangLin’sison___science.A.a;a;/B.the;/;theC./;the;/D.a;the;a18.______Physicsis_____scienceofmatterandenergy.A.The;/B./;/C./;theD.A;a19._____sunrisesin_____eastandsetsin_____west.A.A;an;aB.The;/;/C.The;the;theD.A;the;a20.Theywereat____din