中考英語語法精講例析 冠詞
［誤］i like to eat bread for breakfast. bread sells in this shop is very good.
［正］i like to eat bread for breakfast. the bread sells in this shop is very good.
［析］物質名詞特指時也應加定冠詞。
［誤］the sun rises in east.
［正］the sun rises in the east.
［析］在方向、方位前應用定冠詞，如：in the east, in the west, in the north, in the south, in the direction 及in the past, in the future
［誤］do you know who invented telephone
［正］do you know who invented the telephone
［析］在特定和專有事物或名稱前要加定冠詞，
如：the english channel 英吉利海峽
the panama canal 巴拿馬運河
the suez canal 蘇伊士運河
［誤］would you please buy some food for the supper
［正］would you please buy some food for supper
［析］泛指一日三餐前無定冠詞。
［誤］i like to climb the mountain in the autumn.
［正］i like to climb the mountain in autumn.
［析］一年四季前不用定冠詞，如：spring is the best season in a year.
［誤］sometimes my parents come to school to see me.
［正］sometimes my parents come to the school to see me.
［析］有些名詞被用作其本身原來所含目的時不加冠詞，如：go to school上學，leave school(輟學)，after school(放學)，但如果當建筑物講時應加冠詞，如例句中其父母來校不是上學，而是看望孩子，則要加定冠詞。又如，he was in hospital for two days.(他在醫院住院兩天了。)而：he went to the hospital to see his mother.他去醫院看望他的母親。
［誤］i bought a same dictionary as she bought.
［正］i bought the same dictionary as she bought.
［析］在慣用法the same, the only, the very前的定冠詞不可換為不定冠詞。
［誤］the police caught the thief by his arm.
［正］the police caught the thief by the arm.
［析］這是英文表達法與中文的明顯不同之處，也是初學者極易忽視之處。在英語中的某些動詞，如：catch(抓)，take(拿)，strike (打),pat(拍)，hit(擊)，hold(握)，pull(拉)…動詞后應加人，再加介詞on, by, in, with…之后要加定冠詞，再加人體的某一部位。這時的定冠詞千萬不要換作his, her, their, 等詞。
［誤］he was paid by hour.
［正］he was paid by the hour.
［析］by和計量單位之間要有定冠詞。這句話應譯為：他的工資是按小時計算的。
［誤］i went to new york by his car.
［正］i went to new york by car.
［正］i went to new york in his car.
［析］by僅僅與交通工具相連表示應用某種工具，而加了別的修飾詞后其前面的介詞也應作相應的轉換。如：by car (坐小汽車)by taxi (坐出租車)by bike (騎自行車)by water (乘船)by air (乘飛機)by sea (乘船)
［誤］mary began to learn how to play piano when she was three.
［正］mary began to learn how to play the piano when she was three.
［析］在樂器前要加定冠詞，而在球類游戲之前則不要加冠詞，如：they like to play bridge when they are free. (他們空閑時愛打橋牌)