Unit 4 Finding your way Grammar

Grammar A 冠词 a , an & the

Warm up What can they see in Sunshine Zoo?

a panda It is ________ . The panda is eating bamboo.

a monkey It is ________ . The monkey is eating an apple.

an elephant It is __________ . The elephant __________ is walking .

an apple It is ________ . The apple _______ is red.

The difference between a and an a panda a monkey an elephant an apple 结论：a用于辅音音素开头的词前， an用于元音音素开头的词前。

不定冠词 ( a / an ) 1、用于可数名词的单数形式前，表示“一” 的含义。 This is an interesting book. There is a garden behind Jim’s house. 2、用于固定词组中。 half an hour, a lot of, just a minute, a pair/packet/carton/loaf/… of…

小试身手：用a或an填空 注意：an是放于元音音素前， 而不是元音字母前。 a an ___ lion ___bird ___orange ___“L” ___giraffe ___ old man ___ “u” ___ umbrella ___ interesting book ___ hour a an a an a an an ____ honest boy an an 注意：an是放于元音音素前， 而不是元音字母前。

How to use “the” 结论： 当我们首次提到某人或某物时， 在前面用不定冠词a/an。 当我们再次提到某人或某物时， It is a panda . The panda is eating bamboo. It is a monkey. The monkey is eating an apple. It is an elephant. The elephant is walking . It is an apple . The apple is red. 结论： 当我们首次提到某人或某物时， 在前面用不定冠词a/an。 当我们再次提到某人或某物时， 我们在前面加定冠词“the”。

小试身手：用a/an 或the 完成下列句子 1.Once there lived ___ old man . ___ old man had 3 sons. 2.-- Is there ___ library near here? -- Yes.____ library is just next to ____post office. 3.There is ____park near my home. _____park is very big. 4. There is _____cinema in Green Street. I'll watch ____film in _____cinema. an The a The the a The a the the a

Page 47 finish Millie and Daniel’s conversation with “a/an” or “the’ Keys: 1.a 2.a 3.The 4.the 5.an 6.a 7.a 8.an 9.the 10.the Language points: lie on ---lying on an open area go across the bridge

定冠词(the) 1. 用于上文提到过的人或事物。 eg. I want to have a fashion show. Where can I have the show? 2. 用于谈话双方都知道的人或事物， 表示“这/那个”。 eg. Who’s behind the door? Look at the blackboard.

3. 用于世界上独一无二的事物。 eg. the sun, the moon, the earth, the world, the Great Wall, the Summer Palace 4. 用于乐器名词前。 eg. play the piano, play the violin, play the guitar 5. 用于某些adj.前表示一类人或事物。 eg. the poor/rich, the old/young

6. 用于姓氏复数前，表示“…夫妇/一家人”。 eg. The Whites often have a party in the garden. 7. 用于序数词、adj.最高级前。 eg. He’s the third child of his family. I want to go to the biggest cinema. 8. 用于一些固定短语中。 eg. in the front/middle of …, in the morning, at the same time, in the centre of …

定冠词the的其他用法： 1.the sun 2.the second 3.the old 4.the Greens 5.play the piano 6.the biggest one 世界上独一无二的事物 序数词前 某些形容词前，表示某一类人 用于姓氏复数形式前，表示某一家人 乐器前 形容词最高级前

1.We live on ___third floor of the tall building. 小试身手：用适当的冠词填空，为什么？ 序数词前 1.We live on ___third floor of the tall building. 2.____Whites are preparing for the coming Thanksgiving Day. 3.My cousin ,Amy,like playing ____violin. 4.___earth goes around ____sun. 5.I believe you are ____best singer . 6.____rich should try their best to help ____poor. the The 用于姓氏复数形式前，表示某一家人 the 乐器前 The the 世界上独一无二的事物 the 形容词最高级前 The the 某些形容词前，表示某一类人

eg. by plane, go to school/work, after school, at night, at work 特别提醒： 名词前不加冠词。 月份 ，季节，星期，国家，体育运动，一日三餐， 语言，节日，人、地名,专有名词或可数名词复数前。 一些固定短语中 eg. by plane, go to school/work, after school, at night, at work

Exercises 在需要的空格内填入冠词a,an或the: the the a The an the a The the the a / Where are ___ balls? Are they under ___chair? ---Who is that? ---_____ girl in ____ hat? I don’t know. 3.I have ____ apple. It’s in my bag. Can you see ____ apple? 4.This is ____ bag.____ bag is under ____ desk. 5.Look at ____ map. It’s ___ map of ___ China. 6.Are they _____ twins? Yes, they are. the the a The an the a The the the a / /

the an the The the the / a a an The 7. We are in _____ same school. But John is ____ American boy. 8. We must be polite to _____ old. 9. _____ moon goes around _____ sun. 10. Who is ____ first one to come here? 11. She goes to school by ____ bike, but yesterday she went here in ____ car. 12. It’s ____ useful book. He is ____ unhappy boy. 13. ______ Smiths are having supper at home now. the The the the / a a an The

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