III.不用冠詞的情況:
(1)名詞前有指示代詞this, that, these, those時不用冠詞。
eg. That girl is my friend.
(2)名詞前有物主代詞my, your, his her, their等時不用冠詞。
eg. Lucy is her sister.
(3)名詞前有whose, which, any, each, every等代詞時不用冠詞。
eg. Which man is Mr Green?
Each student has a beautiful picture.
(4)復數(shù)名詞表示一類人或物時不用冠詞。
eg. Those young men are teachers, not students.
(5)物質(zhì)名詞表示種類時不用冠詞。
eg. Snow is white.
(6)抽象名詞表示一般概念時不用冠詞。
eg.Does she like music?
(7)在球類運動和棋類游戲前時不用冠詞。
eg.play basketball/soccer/chess
(8)在三餐前不用冠詞。
eg. have breakfast/lunch/supper/dinner
(9)在人名、地名、節(jié)假日、星期、月份前不用。
eg.Tina, China, Tiananmen Square, New Year’s Day, Tuesday, January National Day 國慶節(jié)
注意
在民間節(jié)日,即以Festival 組成的節(jié)日名稱前要加the 。
如:the Spring festival 春節(jié)
(10)在學科和節(jié)目名稱前不用冠詞。
(11)家庭成員的名稱、稱呼語或只有一人擔任的職務的名詞前不用冠詞。
注意
此時要用大寫Mother
Father is at home, but Mother isn't.
此時要用大寫Mother
爸爸在家,媽媽不在家。
We'll make you monitor.
我們會讓你當上班長的。
Sir, may you answer me a question?
先生,您能回答我一個問題嗎?
My favorite is English.
(12)在某些固定搭配中不用冠詞。
eg.at noon, at work, at home, by bus, by air, on foot, from morning till night, at night, go to school, go to bed, at last
4.在有些詞組中,用冠詞和不用冠詞意思有較大區(qū)別。
in hospital(在住院);in the hospital(在醫(yī)院)
in prison(在坐牢);in the prison(在監(jiān)獄里)
at table(吃飯,用餐);at the table(在桌旁)
in front of(在某個范圍之外的前面);in the front of(在某個范圍之外的前面)
go to college(上大學);go to the college(去那所大學)
take place(發(fā)生);take the place(代替)