Unit 4 Finding your way Grammar

Grammar A 冠词 a , an & the

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.

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”。 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”。

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 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。

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 parties in the garden. The Blacks The Greens 7. 用于序数词前 eg. He’s the third child of his family. I live on the second floor. 8. 用于最高级前 eg. Tom is the best student in our class. He is one of the tallest students in the school. I live in one of the_____(big) flats. 9. 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 …

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

A a 不定冠词a 、an 1、泛指某一类人或事物中的一个或一类。 如： An elephant is much heavier than a horse. ____ horse is ____ useful animal. 2、用于序数词前，表示“又一，再一”。 I have read the books twice, but I want to read a third time. A a

零冠词：不用冠词的情况 思考： 一些固定短语中 是不是所有的名词前都得加冠词？ 星期，月份 ，季节，年，国家，节日，语言, 学科？ 零冠词：不用冠词的情况 球类运动，棋牌游戏，一日三餐 一些固定短语中 eg. by plane, go to school/work, after school, at night, at work

零冠词（不用冠词） 1、在专有名词（国名，城市名，人名, 路名）前不用冠词。 Beijing is a beautiful city. 2、在称呼语或表示头衔的职位名词前不用冠词。 Mr Wang is from Australia 3、名词前有物主代词、指示代词、不定 代词、名词所有格 或any和no时名词前有“this , that , those , these , my , your ,some，Tom’s ”等词修饰时不用冠词。

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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