Articles 冠词 (用于单数，表示“一个”)

Articles Is used Example

冠词 用于 例子

1. a  before a singular countable noun. The  a book

noun starts with a consonant  a house
‘b,c,d,f,g,h,j,k,l,m,n,p,q,r,s,t,v,w,x,y,z’  a car

用于以辅音‘b,c,d,f,g,h,j,k,l,m,n, p,q,
r,s,t,v,w,x,y,z’ 开头的名词前面

 before words which start with the vowel  a unit  a unicorn

‘u’ and ‘e’ that have ‘you’ sound.  a union  a user
 a ewe  a European
以元音字母‘u’ and ‘e’ 开头，而以  a uniform  a
‘you’ 发音的词语前面  a university eucalyptus

2. an  before a singular countable noun. The  an insect

noun starts with a vowel ‘a,e,i,o,u’  an echo
 an ant
用于以元音‘a,e,i,o,u’开头的名词前面  an umbrella

 before words which start with silent ‘h’  an hour  an heir

 an honour  an heirloom
用于以不发音的‘h’ 开头的词语前面  an honest
pupil
3. the  When we talk about something that  I saw a few deer at the zoo.
we have mentioned earlier. The deer are tame.

讨论我们先前提到的事物

 When we talk about a particular  This is the electronic

thing. dictionary that I told you
about.
谈论特定的事物
  When there is only one such thing.  the sun  the earth
 the sky  the sea
指世上独一无二的事物  the moon  the ground

 before names of seas, rivers, oceans,

 the Red Sea (sea)

groups of islands, mountain ranges, the Nile River (river)

deserts, newspapers and plural the Gobi Desert (desert)

names of countries. the Philippines (country)
 the Atlantic Ocean ( ocean )
用于海、河、洋、群岛、山脉、沙  the Soloman Islands (islands)
漠、报纸和国家名是复数的名称前  the Himalayas
面 ( mountain range)
 the ‘New Straits Times’
( newspaper)

 before the superlatives of adjectives  the highest

 the fastest
形容词的最高级形式前  the best
 the worst
 the most wonderful
 the most intelligent

 NOTE: No articles are needed before names of games, countries, cities,

roads, single mountains and means of transport with the preposition ‘by’
before them.

注意：在运动，游戏，国家，城市，道路，一座山，与介词“by”连
用的交通方式等名称的前面都不加冠词“a, an, the”

例如：1. The pupils enjoy playing basketball and Scrabble.

2. Kuala Lumpur is the capital city of Malaysia.
3. My uncle goes to work by motorbike.