Determiners

限定詞位於名詞或名詞片語之前，可以顯示該名詞是特定的還是通用的。

定冠詞與不定冠詞

冠詞的作用就像句子中的形容詞。英語中有三個冠詞： "a"、 "an"和 "the"。 "A" 和 "an"是不定冠詞，”the“是定冠詞。

定冠詞

定冠詞“the”用於主題獨特、具體的或之前已提及的情況。

我們也在以下情況中使用定冠詞：

• 在著名建築之前

• 在姓氏之前

• 在名稱中包含“共和國”、“王國”或“州”字樣的國家/地區之前

• 在有複數名稱的國家之前

• 在十年期之前

• 在地理區域之前

• 在最高級、序數詞之前

示例:

People love to take pictures in front of the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

The Andersons are coming over for dinner on the weekend.

The United Kingdom is in Europe.

Will you be visiting the Netherlands this time?

I wish I had been alive in the '60s.

The Amazon River is the widest river in the world.

This is the best movie I have ever seen.

不定冠詞

不定冠詞“a”和”an“用於第一次提及的事物以及一個類或組的特定成員。當後面的單詞以輔音開頭時使用“a”，以母音開頭時使用“an”。

我們也在以下情況中使用不定冠詞：

• 有某樣東西之一

• 職位名稱

• 國籍

• 宗教

• 某樣事物的例子

• 在"what"和"such"之後

示例:

There is a rat in the basement!

A police officer knocked at my door last night.

She married a Japanese man and moved to Japan.

He goes to synagogue because he is a Jew.

My mother has a large collection of vintage postcards.

What a lovely day!

指示代名詞

英文的指示代詞有「這個」、「那個」、「這些」、「那些」。它們顯示或示範事物與說話者之間的關係。

This sweater is so itchy.

Are you going to eat this muffin?

I will need these boots when I go hiking tomorrow.

That building is so tall I can't see where it ends.

Will we also be offered those snacks?

Those cherry trees are starting to blossom.

量詞

量詞是在名詞前使用的單字或片語，表示多少。

與可數名詞一起使用	與不可數名詞一起使用	與兩者一起使用
許多	很多	全部
a few/few/very few	a little/little/very little	enough
a number (of)	a bit (of)	more/most
several	a great deal of	less/least
a large number of	a large amount of	no/none
a great number of	a large quantity of	沒有
a majority of		一些
		any
		a lot of
		lots of
		plenty of

I'm selling several old university books online.

There are very few spoons left in the cutlery drawer.

There is a large amount of money in Leslie's bank account.

There is plenty of hot water for you to take a shower.

We have enough chocolates for everyone to have four each.

分配詞

分配詞顯示某物如何分配、劃分或分享。 它們包括 "all", "both", "each", "every", "either"和"neither"。

All of the students in the class passed the exam.

They would both like a copy of the program.

Each child in the dance class will get new tap shoes.

I have liked every chocolate I have tried so far.

I would like either the red or the blue car.

Neither the brown nor the white dog went for a swim.