1. 冠詞 定冠詞 (the) 及不定冠詞 (a,an)

2. 不定冠詞 (a, an) PART I. A=one Rome wasn’t built in a day. a=any, every Monkeys are smart animals. =A monkey is a smart animal. =The monkey is a smart animal. a=the same Birds of a feather flock together. We are of an age. 表一個 表同類的全體 表同樣的

3. 不定冠詞 (a, an) PART II. a=per twice a week a=certain Do you know a Mrs. Chen? a= one like He is a Newton. 表每一 表某一個 表像 ~ 的人

4. 定冠詞 (the) PART I. the+ 前面出現過的 N I bought a pen. The pen is expensive. the+ 最高級 / 序數 the most beautiful girl / the second the 比較級 +of the two… She is the prettier of the two (girls). 宇宙獨一無二的東西 the earth/ the sun/ the moon

5. 定冠詞 (the) PART II. 方向 方位 the north/ the right/ the left/ the south by the 計量名詞 ( 依照 … 計算 ) by the month/ by the dozen/ by the pound the + 身體各部位 He hit me on the head.

6. 定冠詞 (the) PART III. the + adj. = 全體複數 the rich=rich people the poor=poor people the+adj.= 抽象名詞 the true=truth the kind=kindness the 名詞 + 片語 / 子句 He is the man who loves me. The book on the desk is mine.

7. the 名詞 + 片語 / 子句 ( 一定要 +the?) He is the principal of our school. He is a teacher of our school.

8. 專有名詞前面不加冠詞 但有例外 the 姓氏複數  指全家人 The Wangs = The Wang family The Wangs live in America. = The Wang family lives in America. 正是國名的全名 或 帶有 of 的片語 the United States the Republic of China the City of Tainan

9. 專有名詞前面不加冠詞 但有例外 限定的專有名詞 He is the Edison of the age. 島名、山名 ( 複數 +the 單數則不用 ) Mt. Jade Mt. Ali the Alps the Philippines 海、洋、河、湖 … the Pacific Ocean the Red Sea the Yellow River the Sun Moon Lake

10. 專有名詞前面不加冠詞 但有例外 公共建築物 the White House the Grand Hotel the Empire State Building 公園、車站不加 the Taipei Park Tainan Station 書報、雜誌 the Bible the Taipei News the Times the Central Daily

11. 專有名詞前面不加冠詞 但有例外 全體國民 the Chinese the Americans

12. 冠詞的省略 PART I. 表示總稱 Monkeys are smart. man 和 woman 表全體時 Man is a smart animal. Man is stronger than woman. 稱呼 Waiter, come here. Boy, come here.

13. 冠詞的省略 PART II. 家人 Father Mother 三餐 breakfast lunch dinner 學科 English mathematics history geography 片語 face to face side by side step by step day by day from morning till night

14. 冠詞的省略 PART III. 星期、月、節日 Monday July Christmas 地名、人名 Taipei Mary by+ 運輸方法 by ship by land by sea by bus 抽象名詞 Failure is the mother of success.

15. 冠詞的省略 PART IV. 物質名詞 Gold is more expensive than silver. church school hospital He is very ill, and has to go to hospital. I am going to the hospital to visit a sick friend. go to school go to bed go to church

16. play the ???? play +the + 樂器 play + 運動、遊戲 play the instrument play basketball play chess

17. so, as, too, how + adj. + a(n) N a kind man (so) so kind a man as kind as you (a man) as kind a man as you too good (a chance) too good a chance a pretty flower (how) how pretty a flower

18. Exercise I. We should do our best to help (a/ the) poor. They sell meat by (X/ the) pound. He is so honest (a/the) boy that we all like him. I have (X/the) breakfast at seven. Mother gave me (X/an) English dictionary.

19. Exercise II. (X/The) Mt. Jade is the highest mountain in Taiwan. This is (X/the) most interesting story I have ever heard. Father is working in Taipei. He comes home twice (a/the) month. It is (X/a) fun to go mountain-climbing. Although he is short, he plays (X/the) basketball well.

20. Exercise III. A: Is he an American? B: No, he is ____ (a/an/the/x) European. I like to play ___(a/an/the/X) tennis. The workers are paid __(by the week/ for a week/ to a week/ in a week). __(The/A/An/X) Taipei Park is a very popular place in Taipei City. Mr. Lee is __(a/an/the/this) one-eyed man you mentioned.

21. Exercise IV. They are playing __(X/one/the/a) basketball in the basketball court. She is playing __(X/a/one/the) piano in the living room. I have never seen __(such/such an/ a such/ such a) large apple before. As far as I know, he is __(a honest man/ an honest man/ a man honest/ an man honest).

22. Exercise V. __ (Numbers/ The number/ A number/ Number) twenty-four can be divided by 2,3,4,6,8,and 12. __(A/An/The/X) most important developments in air transportation have been with airplanes. I would like to speak to ___(the person/a person/person/persons) in charge here.

23. Exercise VI. He used to play __ basketball when he was __ student. (the..a/a..a/X..the/X..a) The small fish eat very small animals and plants ___sea. (in the/on the/in/an) The earth is __(a/the/an/X) beautiful blue-green sphere covered with water for the most part. Most of ___(eggs/the egg/an/egg/the eggs) we eat come from chickens.

24. Exercise VII. People around ___(the world/a world/ world/the worlds) are crazy about Harry Potter series. The actress demanded __ apology from the newspaper for __ untrue report about her personal life. (a..a/a..an/an..an/an..a)