英語基礎(chǔ)教程ArticlesGrammar課件

1、1234are used before singular countable nounsis used before a singular noun beginning with a consonanta cata bikeis used before a singular noun beginning with a vowelan elephantan umbrellais used before singular and plural nouns when the noun is specific or particularI can see a scooter. The scooter

2、is blue.is used with nouns that are uniquethe moon, the sky, the sun, the Pope, etc.is used before the names of rivers, seas/oceans, mountain ranges, deserts and groups of islandsthe Amazon, the Pacific, the Alps, the Sahara, the Canaries, etc.is used before countries whose names contain words like

3、kingdom, states or republicthe United Kingdom, the United States, etc.is used before the names of musical instrumentsthe flute, the violin, etc.is used before nationalities and names of familiesthe British, the Italians, the Jacksons, the Greens etc.is used with superlative adjectivesMike is the tal

4、lest boy in our class. is used with hotels, pubs, restaurants, cinemas, theatresthe Ritz Hotel, the Odeon, the Palace Theatre, etc.is used when the place name contains of-phrasethe Statue of Liberty, the Tower of London, etc.before proper nounsThis is the Steve. xwith continents, countries, towns, streets or lakesAsia, Germany, Mardid, Oxford Street, Lake Michigan, etc. with names of mountains or islandsMount Everest, Mount Teide, Sicily, Bermuda, etc.before names of meals or gam