2016年成人高考专升本英语复习资料-词汇知识梳理之冠词1
冠词是一种虚词,只能附着在名词上帮助说明名词的含义。
冠词分为定冠词(the)和不冠词(a或an)两类,定冠词表示特指,不定冠词表示泛指。
a用于读音以辅音开头的词前面,an用于读音以元音开头的词前面。
如:a university, a useful book, an umbrella, a horse, an honest man.
一、不定冠词的基本用法
1.表示“一”的含义。
Give me a pen please.
We go shopping twice a week.
2.泛指某个人或东西。
Yesterday we visited an English secondary school.
She picked up a magazine and began to read.
3.表示一类人或东西。
He works as a language teacher in that university.
As a writer, he is successful.
Even a child can answer this question.
可数名词单数出现,泛指用不定冠词,特指用定冠词。一个可数名词的单数不能自己单独出现。