冠詞是指那小而美的三個字:a, an, the。其中 'a' 與 'an' 又稱為不定冠詞,'the' 稱為定冠詞。
不定冠詞 'a/an' 後面跟著未明確指出的單數可數名詞。
定冠詞 'the' 後面跟著明確指出或先前已提過的單數或複數可數名詞、或不可數名詞。
A boy and some girls are in the playground.
有一個男孩和一些女孩在操場上。
The boy is playing basketball, but the girls aren't.
那個男孩正在打籃球,但女孩們沒有。
If I were you, I would go to see a doctor.
If I were you, I would go to see the doctor.
假如我是你的話,我會去看醫生。
Everyone who works in this laboratory uses a computer.
在這個實驗室工作的每個人都使用電腦。
Everyone who works in this laboratory uses the computer.
在這個實驗室工作的每個人都使用這部電腦。(共用一部電腦)
The money was from her paycheck.
這筆錢是從她的薪水來的。
請將正確答案拖放到適當的空格內,再按Solve鈕看結果。
- The chicken laid egg.
- Please hand me book; any book will do.
- My brother enjoyed book you gave him.
- Where is bathroom?
- Are you sure this is man who stole her car?
- Somebody call policeman!
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冠詞是最常見的限定詞,單數可數名詞前面一定要有「限定詞」。
She is a friend of mine.
她是我的一個朋友。
I have a dog and two cats.
我有一隻狗和兩隻貓。
He took an umbrella for fear of being caught in the rain.
他帶了一把雨傘,生怕下雨會被淋到。
Any idiot can figure that one out.
任何一個白痴都可以搞懂它。
- 誠實不一定是上策。
- The honesty is not necessarily the best policy.
- Honesty is not necessarily the best policy.
- 她是個學生。
- She is student.
- She is a student.
- 陳先生是一位律師。
- Mr. Chen is lawyer.
- Mr. Chen is a lawyer.
- 我每週六打網球。
- I play a tennis every Saturday.
- I play tennis every Saturday.
- 我每個星期天都去教堂做禮拜。
- I go to a church every Sunday.
- I go to church every Sunday.
- 這街角有一座教堂。
- There is church on the corner of the street.
- There is a church on the corner of the street.
A number of 與 The number of
雖然 "a number of" 與 "the number of" 裡的介系詞 of 後面的受詞通常都是用複數名詞,但是 a number of 後面用複數動詞,而 the number of 後面用單數動詞。
a number of |
+ |
複數名詞 |
+ |
複數動詞 |
A number of studies have found that just being around a dog or petting a dog can lower blood pressure.
一些研究發現,身邊有狗的陪伴或是撫摸狗,就可降低血壓。
A number of schools were closed when the city was hit by the storm.
這城市被暴風雨襲擊,一些學校被關閉。
the number of |
+ |
複數名詞 |
+ |
單數動詞 |
The number of students in this class is 15.
這班學生人數是15。
The number of stores in the city has tripled since 2008.
自從2008年以來,這城市的商店數量增加到三倍。
the number of 與 a number of
冠詞 | 範例 | 備註 |
a | A number of ants are swarming into the kitchen. | 使用複數動詞 |
| 一群螞蟻蜂擁進了廚房。 | |
the | The number of ants in the kitchen is increasing. | 使用單數動詞 |
| 廚房裡螞蟻的數量正在增加。 | |
A percentage of 與 The percentage of
The percentage of obese kids has risen.
肥胖兒童的比例有所上升。
量詞 "a percentage of", 使用單數動詞或複數動詞取決於 of 後面的名詞。
A large percentage of the older population is voting against him.
很大比例的老年人口投票反對他。
In Chicago, rent as a percentage of income has risen to 31 percent.
在芝加哥,房租佔收入的比例已攀升到31%。
In many of the highest-paying professions, women's salaries as a percentage of men's are lowest.
在眾多高薪專業技能的職業,女性的工資依男性的百分比而言是最低的。