英文 English - Articles - A, An, and The

冠词

Articles -   A, An, and The are used in front of nouns.



The article A

is used in front of singular nouns which begin with consonant sounds (r,t,x,b,d and etc)
用于单数的名词,辅音字母 (r,t,x,b,d 等等)

Also, it used in 'U' sound  (University, Uniform, Unicorn...)
也用于 "" 声如 (University, Uniform, Unicorn...)

Examples:

A cat

A university

A watch

A ball

A child

A girl

A unicorn




The article An

is used in front of singular nouns which begin with vowel sounds (a, e, i, o, u).            

用于单数名词和母音字母(a, e, i, o, u)


 Use in silent 'h' (Hour, Honest, Honour...)

不读 h 声的字眼如 (Hour, Honest, Honour...) 都要放 an


Examples

An igloo

An egg

An hour

An honest boy

An umbrella 

An apple

An Elephant




The article The

is used in front of nouns (singular, plural, countable and uncountable). It is used when we speak about a specific person, thing, place or country. 

在名词(单数,复数,可数和不可数)之前使用。当我们用于一个特定的人,事物,地点或国家时会使用它。 


is also used when we speak about something or someone for the second time.

当我们第二次谈论某事或某人时,也会使用该词 


is used in the superlative form.

以最高级形式(形容词或副词)使用。 


Examples

Ahmad is the tallest boy in the class.

A boy broke the vase. The boy scolded by his mother.

The moon shine upon the lake.

The dog barked at the stranger.

My mother went to the market this morning.



Omission of the article - 

Omission of the article mean there is no article in the sentence. Usually food, game, place with did not put any article on it 

省略意味着句子中没有任何冠词 。通常食物,游戏,地方都没有在上面放任何冠词.


Examples

1)Ali likes to eat cake.

2)Football is my favorite sports 

3)We stay in Kuala Lumpur.

 

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Exercise

Fill in the blanks with ‘a’ or ‘an’

1. __________egg

2. _________ house

3. ________ dog

4. ________ university


EXERCISE 2 Fill in the blanks with (-), the or a

1. I speak _____ French.

2. I often listen to _________ radio.

3. _________ phone is downstairs in ___________ kitchen.

4. _________ Canada is a big country.

5. She’s got __________ nice face and ___________ blue eyes.

6. This table is made of _________ glass.

 

 EXERCISE 3 Fill in the blanks with a, an or the

1 Mr. Lee bought _______ big bungalow last month.

2 Ramli wants to be __________ pilot when he grows up.

3. Mei Ling is ___________ honest girl.

4. ________ fire broke out in that house _______ hour ago.

5. ________ plane is flying high up in _________ sky.

6. My father works in ________ office.

7 Take _______ class register to _______ office.

8 ____________ earth moves around ___________ sun.

9 Sabrina gave ________ orange to _________ beggar outside the gate.

10 _____________ sun rises in __________ east.

11 She is going to take _________ bus to get to _______ railway station.

12 _________ bat lives in __________ cave.

13. My brother studies in ________ university in Kuala Lumpur.

14 She is wearing a __________ uniform to school.

15 ____________ sky is blue.

16 ___________ old lady walked across the busy road.

17 She bought _________ umbrella to school.

18 Adrian is _________Eurasian boy.

19 ___________ Indian girl in the blue dress was crying just now.

20 I saw __________ eagle flying in __________ sky.


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