Entrance Exam in English Revision------ArticlesTeaching MaterialThe material is from Go for it 7A &8A. It’s a Grammar part.Articles include Indefinite Articles，Definite Article and Zero Article.They are a kind of function words.They often precede the nouns.Students probably think Articles are easy to learn,but easy to lose the point.So the teacher should work out some ways to make students study and apply smartly. Teaching Objective1.Knowledge Objective:Students can master and use the Articles freely by reviewing.2.Ability Objective:Students should be able to take an active part in cooperative learning activities.3.Emotional Objective:Students should learn new things by reviewing old knowledge.Do not fail to do good even ifit’s small.Teaching Important and Diffichult Points1.To get to know the basic usages of Indefinite Articles and Definite Articles,the special usages of Articles and Zero Articles.2.The special of Articles and Zero Articles.Teaching Aids: blackboard、transparencyTeaching Method: speak and practice trial methodTeaching Process:Ⅰ.Lead-inFirst look at the blackboard,there are four sentences.1.I am a teacher of English.2.I am an English teacher.3.Look at the blackboard.4.We should have / breakfast every day.Please read together. Pay attention to the red words.What are they called? They are called Articles.What do they have in common?They are all before the nouns.So today we’ll go over the Articles.Articles are a kind of function words.We often put an article before a noun,this is the meaning of Articles.Then who can tell me the classification of Articles.How many kinds of Articles? Good!Three.They are Indefinite Articles,Definite Article and Zero Article.Let’s review the usages of Articles.This is the jingle about Articles,I think it can help us understand it.冠词a、an、the,名词前面坐；元音音素前坐an,辅音音素前坐a；a、an用来表泛指，如需特指就用the.中考说明：冠词主要考查不定冠词a、an ，定冠词 the 及零冠词的选用。
通常出现在单选题第26题，分值1分。
Ⅱ.Do old exams about ArticlesLet’s do together and analysis the test points.2011 and 2018 tested themixture of Articles.2012,2013,2015 and 2016tested Indefinite Articles.2014 tested Definite Article.2017 tested Zero Articles.What will test this year?Can you guess?Ⅲ.The usages of Indefinite ArticlesLet’s review the usages of Articles.考点一：不定冠词a、an表泛指。
看读音,不看拼写The first test point:Indefinite Articles mean general reference.Just read pronunciation,not look at spelling.以元音因素开头的字母（a,e,f,h,i,l,m,n,o,r,s,x）前用an. 如 an “x-ray”，an “r” There is an “n” in a word ”name”.There are 26 letters in the English alphabet,how many letters begin with vowels?Twelve,a,e,f,h,i,l,m,n,o,r,s,x.We can use one sentence,that’s (Mr.Li has one fox.)Pay attention to the red letters,we must use an before these letters.以辅音字母开头的但用an. 如 an hour[au], an honest[ɒ] boy以元音字母开头若发辅音的用a,发元音的用an. 如 a UFO, a university,a usual day,a useful book,a uniform, a European country等an unusual man,an ugly duckling,an umbrella, an unexpected visitor, an Alien, an 8/11/18/801.不定冠词的用法Let’s look at the jingle about Indefinite Articles.不定a,an表泛指。
首次提到某一种，某人某物不具体；序前加a表又一，固定词组表示一。
（1)表示某人(事物)的某一种类* My father is a driver.* Do you like an apple or a pear?（2)表示某人某物,但不具体说明何人何物。
*A student from Class Two runs fastest.*A man is calling now.（3)表示数量，有“一”的含义*There is a flower in the vase.*A panda has a mouth , a nose，two eyes.（4）a +序数词表又一、再一。
*His parents have two chilren,but they want to have a second one. （5)用于固定词组*half an hour *a moment ago * a lot of*have a rest *a little a few *a pair ofⅥ.The usages of Definite ArticlesThe second test point:Definite Articles used to indicate that a thing is unique.考点二：考查定冠词the表特指The jingle about Definite Articles.上文提到双方知，世上独一单可专；序乐形高姓氏前，习惯用语要牢记。
2.定冠词的用法（1)指上文提到过的人或物,用定冠词the*There is a book on the desk,but the book is mine.（2)世界上独一无二的事物前用定冠词the*the sun *the moon *the earth（3)定冠词the用于序数词前或表示方位的名词前和形容词最高级前*the first *the best *in the south（4)乐器名称前用定冠词the* play the piano * play the violin（5)在复数姓氏前加the，表示××一家人，常看成复数*The Browns are going to Shanghai for a holiday this summer.=The Brown family are going to Shanghai for a holiday this summer.（6)在一些形容词前，表示一类人*the rich 富人 *the old 老人*the deaf 聋子在一些专有名词和习惯用语中常用定冠词the* the Great Wall *by the way*in the morning *on the right*behind the chair *all the timeⅤ.The usages of Zero Articles考点三：考查零冠词的用法及特殊用法。
The third point:the usages of Zero Articles and special usages of Articles.3.零冠词的用法The jingle about Zero Articles. 专有、不可数名词前，月、季、星期、节日前；称呼、头衔、复数类，三餐、固定、球不冠；名前物、指不用冠。