Grammar item 13 Indefinite articles - a和an (1)
不定冠詞 (1)
Let’s listenBoy: What’s that strange shadow in the water?
Girl: It looks really big. Is it an otter or a seal?
Boy: No, it’s not an otter or a seal. It has arms - eight long arms! It’s an octopus!
Girl: It’s a giant octopus! Wow, look! It’s chasing after a dolphin and a ray! It wants to eat them!
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中文的「一隻」和「一條」,變成英文後統統用a / an,例如:a seal(一隻海豹)、an otter(一隻水獺)、an octopus(一隻八爪魚)、a dolphin(一條海豚)、a ray(一條魔鬼魚)。
Let’s learnIndefinite articles are
a and
an. They mean ‘one’, referring to a single object or person.
不定冠詞有兩個:a 和 an。如果名詞的數量只有一個,我們就會把它放在名詞前面。
Rules 規矩 | Examples 例子 |
Consonant 以子音開首 | a school一所學校 | a pencil一枝鉛筆 |
a house一間房子 | a window一扇窗 |
Vowel 以母音開首 (即 a, e, i, o, u) | an axe一把斧頭 | an egg 一顆雞蛋 |
an elephant一隻大象 | an iron 一個熨斗 |
an orange一個橙 | an umbrella一把雨傘 |
Let’s tryDraw lines to group the words.
請選出以下名詞需要哪個冠詞,然後用線連起來。
a an
boy ant owl ear
Let’s talkDraw the words and talk about them.
請畫一畫以下詞語,然後說一說你畫了什麼。
a book | an ice cream | a fish |
Let’s try答案:a: boy / an: ant, owl, ear
Grammar item 18Subject pronouns
主格人稱代名詞
Let’s listenBoy: Who’s your best friend?
Girl: Anna is my best friend. I moved here a year ago. I didn’t know the kids here. Then I met Anna. She is really kind. We both like to play badminton and since then she and I have always been together.
Boy: Agreed. Anna is so friendly that everyone likes her. She always lets others go before her and she is popular with her friends.