英语语法中，冠词是很重要的一部分，冠词又分为定冠词和不定冠词以及零冠词（不用冠词）。今天我们就学习一下零冠词的概念和用法：

1、人名、地名、国名等专有名词前通常不用冠词：

Mike is English, but he likes Beijing opera

2、头衔，职位，称呼前一般不加冠词：

The guards took the American to General Lee.

This is Doctor Li

In 1860, Lincoln became President of the United States.

We made him head of our class.

3、三餐、球类、学科前不用冠词，

如have breakfast/lunch/supper 、play

football/basketball/soccer /volleyball/tennis

Dinner is ready, Let’s hurry up.

I often play football with my friends.

We all like English

4、交通工具之后不用冠词，

如by bus/plain/train/air/ boat/ ship/bike

Everyday I go to school by bus. Did you come back by plane or by train?

5、表泛指一类或一般概念不用冠词：

Horses are useful animals. Failure is the mother of success. He is fond of music.

6、已经有代词、所有格等修饰时，不用冠词

My mother and father are school teachers.

Do you want to know about my morning?

This is Li Ming’s book

7、不是特定的节日、日期、星期、季节、年份、月份等名词前不用冠词，

如 Women’s Day 、 Christmas Day、April Fools’Day、 National Day、 Christmas Day

June 1 is Christmas Day. It is Tuesday.

Winter has come, is spring still far away? He came here in 2016.

8、 序数词作副词时，前不用冠词：

He came first in the race. Work must come first.

9. 用于某些独立结构中。如：

The teacher came in, book in hand. 老师走了进来，手里拿着书。

10. 一些固定词组中不用冠词，

如go to bed, go to school, at night

注意区别有些词组中，有冠词和无冠词意思不同，

in front of 在…前面, in the front of 在…范围内的前部

go to hospital去医院看病go to the hospital 去医院 go to bed 去睡觉 go to the bed去床边

at table 吃饭 at the table 在桌边 at school上学 at the school在学校。