初中英语语法冠词专项练习

初中英语语法冠词专项练习 一.概念 冠词是一个虚词,它置于名词之前,限定名词的意义.冠词可分为定冠词,不定冠词和零冠词三类. 二.相关知识点精讲 不定冠词: 1. a用于辅音发音开头的词前, 如:a book; an用于元音发音开头的词前,如:an apple, an hour. 请区别:a useful machine, an umbrella, a “u”, an “h”。 1. a/an 用于单数可数名词前。 a book a boy a man a bird a dog an hour an interesting book a big dog a dangerous aminal 【练习】判断正误: a story( ) a bread ( ) a paper( ) a bag( ) a pretty woman( ) a school ( ) a useful book ( ) 2.表示类别:这种用法是指某人或某物属于某一种类,或者指某一种类的人或物中的任何一个或一件,或者指某一种类的人或物,但不具体说明是何人或何物。例如: That is a pen, not a pencil. 那是钢笔而不是铅笔。(指属于某一种类) Give him a pear, please! 请给他一个梨。(指某一种类中的任何一个) Listen! A boy is singing in the classroom. 3.和one 的区别:a/an 表示类别种类One 强调数量 a bus (表示是一辆公交车而不是一辆小汽车也不是火车) one bus (强调是一辆车而不是两辆或三辆) There is a cat under the chair. 椅子下面有一只猫。(强调种类) There is one cat under the chair.椅子下边有一只猫。(强调数量) 4. 表示基本单位,作“每一”讲。例如:three times a day, 10 yuan a kilo six class a day thirty miles an hour等。 定冠词: 一:the 表示特指。表示名词所指的人或事物是同类中的特定的一个,以别于同类中其他的人或事物,相当于汉语中的“那个”或“这个”的意思。 the book in my bag the boy under the tree the apples in the basket the hospital near my home 二:可以和单、复数名词,也可以和不可数的名词连用。 the books the book the rice the bread the football the old man the interesting book the teachers the women 三:用法: 1). 定冠词的最基本的用法是“特指”:表示某个或某些特定的人或物。 Do you know the girl in a red skirt? 你认识那个穿红裙子的女孩吗? Beijing is the capital of China. 北京是中国的首都。 2). 再次提到上文提到过的人或物,应该用定冠词the。例如: Tom has an apple, The apple is big and red. There is a boy under the tree.The boy is my brother. 3). 指谈话双方都知道的人或物。例如: Let’s go and give it to the teacher.咱们去把它交给老师吧。 Open the door,please!请打开门。 4). 用于某些固定词组中。例如: in the morning / afternoon / evening 等。 5). 用在形容词前表示一类人。 the old 老人the young 年轻人the rich富裕的人 the poor_________ the deaf __________ the blind____________ 6). 用在表示“姓”的复数名词前,表示一家人或夫妇二人。例如: The Whites are spending their holiday in England. The Greens came to China two years ago . 7). 用在由普通名词构成的表示场所的专有名词前。 the Great Wall 长城the Summer Place颐和园 the United States 美国the October Revolution 十月革命 the Chinese People’s Liberation Army 中国人民解放军 the Long March 长征 8).用在序数词或形容词最高级前 The first thing I want to say is to listen carefully in class. He is the tallest one in our class. 9).世界上独一无二的事物等(月亮、地球、天空、宇宙) the globe太阳系the universe 宇宙the atmosphere大气层 The sun rises in the east. The earth goes round the sun. 10).在世纪,年代名词前用冠词。 in the 1980s 或in the 1980’s 20世纪80年代 in the nineteenth century 二十世纪 11).在江河、山脉、湖泊、海洋、群岛、海峡、海湾运河前用the。 the Changjang River 长江 the West Lake 西湖the Pacific Ocean 太平洋 12).在介词短语中常用定冠词the,如:in the box ,behind the chair。 13).不能用定冠词the的几个方面: (1)在节日、星期、月份、季节、年等词前不用冠词。如:in summer, in August 请区别: in the spring of 1945. (这里表示特指,故加the) (2)一日三餐和球类运动名不用冠词。如:have breakfast ,play football (3)一些固定词组中,如:go to bed ,go to school, by bus ,at night. 14).在有些词组中,有冠词和无冠词意思不同,请注意区别: in front of 在…前面, in the front of 在…范围内的前部 in hospital (生病)住院, in the hospital 在医院里。 零冠词: 一:所谓零冠词,即指不使用冠词的情况: 二:用法: 1)在物质名词,抽象名词前不用冠词 The desk is made of wood. What is work? Work is struggle 2)国名,人名前通常不用定冠词: England,China Mary Lilei Mr.Green 3). 在星期、月份,季节等名词前;Sunday March summer winter 4)名词前有物主代词,指示代词,不定代词,名词所有格修饰时(this,my,that,those, these,her) 如:this morning my pen your watch whose bike 等 5) 在球类运动、一日三餐、学科和语言的名词前如: have breakfast play chess play basketball (注意在乐器前必须加定冠词如弹钢琴play the piano play the violin) 6)当by 与火车等交通工具连用,表示一种方式时,中间无冠词; by bus by train by car by air by bike by plane (注意如果用介词on 表示乘坐交通工具必须用a 或an 来表示如in a bus on a bike 等) 7)有些个体名词不用冠词;如: school,college,prison,market,hospital,bed,table,class,town,church,court 等个体名词,直接置于介词后,表示该名词的深层含义; go to hospital去医院看病 go to the hospital去医院(并不是去看病,而是有其他目的) 练习: 1 ( ) 1 Han Meimei is ___ Chinese girl. Lucy is ____ English girl. A. a; a B. an; an C. a; an D. an; a ( ) 2 A little boy wrote____ "U" and___ "n" on the wall. A. a; an B. an; a C. an; an D. a; a ( ) 3 _____ old lady in brown is____ university professor. A. An; a B. An; / C. The; an D. The; a ( ) 4 There are sixty minutes in____hour. A. an B. the C. a D. / ( ) 5 This is ____ interesting book and it is also ____ useful one. A. an; an B. an; the C. an; a D. a; a ( ) 6 A computer is ____useful tool in ____ world today. A. an; the B. a; the C. the; the D. a; a 2 ( ) 1 We have never seen ____ interesting film. A. such B. such an C. so D. such a ( ) 2 Mrs Smith is ____ friend of __ A. the; mine B. a; me C. the; my D. a; mine ( ) 3 He is___boy. A. a seven-years-old B. an eight-year-old C. the seven-year-old D. an eight-year-older ( ) 4 Fancy saw____ accident in the street yesterday. A. the B. a C. an D. / ( ) 5 Now he is ___ artist. 1 have known him since he was ___ one-year-old boy. A. a; an B. a; a C. an; an D. an; a 3 ( ) 1. Which bigger ___ elephant or ___ horse? A. a; the B. an; a C. the; an D. an; the ( ) 2 ____monkey can climb____trees. A. /; the B. A; / C. The; a D. /; / ( ) 3 ____ rains are faster than ____ buses. A. /; / B. The; / C. /; the D. The; a ( ) 4 -Have you learned German? -Yes. It's ___ language I've ever learned. A. a quite difficult B: quite a difficult C. difficult quite D. difficult a quite ( ) 5 Some animals, like ____ cat, ____ dog or ____ wolf, do not need to hibernate (冬眠). A. /; /; the B. the; the; the C. a; /; the , D. the; /; / 冠词 1. Mr Wang has worked as ______ English teacher for more than 10 years. A. / B. a C. an D. the 答案:C 【解析】考查冠词。修饰English teacher,排除B。句意:作为一位英语老师,故选C。2、. ----How long does it take us to go to your hometown from here? ----It takes us hour or more to go to my hometown by train. A. an; a B. a ; an C. an; / D. a; / 【答案】C 【解析】冠词的考察 hour 第一个字母h不发音,所以一小时应用an hour; by 介词,当交通工具前无修饰词时,用介词by且名词前不用冠词。 3、.—What useful book it is! —Yeah, it tells you how to play guitar. A. an; the B. a; a C. a; the D. an; a 答案:C 【解析】本题考查的是冠词的用法。a用在以辅音(指辅音音素)开头的词前,an用在以元音(指元音音素)的词前。the表示特指。本题意思是,-这本书真有用。-是的,它告诉你怎么谈吉他。useful和guitar是以辅音音素开头,故本题选C。 4、.Susan joined an art club at ___age of six and paints well. A. the B. an C.a 答案:A 【解析】冠词用法。at the age of为固定搭配,意为“在……岁时”,故选A。 5、My uncle is ________ engineer. He works very hard. A. the B. a C. an 答案:C 【解析】考查冠词。表示“一个,一位”用a/an.此题engineer以元音音素开头,前用an. 6、.A horse is _______ useful animal. A. a B. an C. the D. / 答案:A 【解析】A 考查冠词用法根据句意:马是有用的动物。a用在辅音元素前, an 用在元音元素前,the用在特指事物前。故选A. 7、 We usually go to ______ school on weekdays, and sometimes go to______ cinema at weeken ds. A. 不填;the B. the; the C. the; 不填 D. 不填;不填 答案:A 【解析】冠词用法。Go to school 固定用法,go to a/the cinema 也是固定用法,a/the cinema 表示一类事物。 8.、 _ are planning to go on vacation. A. Black’s B. A Black’s C. The Black’s D. The Blacks 【答案】D 【解析】冠词的考察 the加姓的复数形式表示“一家人” 9、Mrs Smith has _____ son and a daughter. A. a B. an C. the 答案B 【解析】考查冠词的用法。根据句子的a daughter,可知泛指一个儿子和一个女儿,son的开头字母的因素是辅音,要用a,故选B。 10、 Her daughter began to pla y _____ piano when she was fi ve. Now she’s very good at it. A. an B. a C. the D. / 答案C 【解析】考查冠词的使用。演奏乐器要冠词the 。 11、. She learned to play piano all by herself. A. a B. an C. the D.不填 【答案】C 【解析】考查冠词用法,乐器前要加定冠词the。 12、. —What do you want to be in the future, Nick? —I want to be _____ pilot. It is_____ exciting job. A、 a; a B. a; an C. the; an D, a; the 答案:B。考查冠词。“a+单数名词”泛指人或物的类别。答句句意:我想做一位飞行员,那是一种令人激动的工作。易错提示:job与pilot不是同一物,不要误以为后面是第二次提到而用the。 13、There is ______big supermarket in ______center of our city. A、a; the B. the; a C. the; the 答案:A 【解析】考查冠词。对于可数名词,第一次提到用a或an,big的第一个音素是辅音音素,用a;in the centre of-------是固定搭配。 14、 Beijing, _______ capital of China, has _______ long history. A. a; a B. the; 不填 C. the; a D. 不填;the 答案C 【解析】考查冠词的用法。The表特指,the capital of China意为“中国的首都”; has a long history意为“有一段悠久的历史”。 15、 Let’s have ____ break; I want to make_______ telephone call. A. a; a B. a; the C. the; a D. the; the 答案:A 【解析】本题考查固定短语的构成。have a break是固定搭配,意为“休息一下”; make a telephone call也是固定搭配,意为“打电话”。故选A。 16、. "Cindy, do you have ________e-mail address? I want to send you some photos. " "Yes, I do. It’s cindy]26@ sohu. com. " A. a B. an C. the 答案:B 【解析】 e-mail是以元音音素开头的单词,其前应用不定冠词an。故选B。 17、 It is ________ popular way among the young people to chat on the Internet now. A. a B. an C. the 答案A 【解析】冠词的考查。Popular是以辅音开始的单词,一种流行的方式应用冠词a. 18、. — Do you know ______ girl who is standing under ____ tree? — Of course! She is Lucy, my classmates. A. the, the B. a, a C. a, / D. /, the 答案:A 【解析】冠词用法。the用于特指某人(物),本句意思就是指树下站着的这个女孩,girl, tree 都是特指,故选择A。 19、There is _____ pencil on the desk. A、 an B. a C. the D. / 【答案】B 【解析】冠词的考察“桌子上有一支铅笔”,表示泛指,pencil第一个因素是辅音音素,故用不定冠词a. 20、 I often go to school ________. A. by bus B. by a bus C. by the bus 答案:A 【解析】考查固定短语。乘坐公共汽车是by bus,没冠词。 21、. Sam wants to be _________ actor. A. a B. the C. an 答案:C 【解析】考查冠词用法不定冠词数量有“一”的意思,actor开头读音是原音,所以不用a 而用an。 22、—Why do you like Jack? —Because he is honest boy. A. a B. an C. the 答案: B 【解析】冠词的考查.honest是以元音开始的单词,应够用冠词an. 23、 I don’t know the city. Where can I find ___ good restaurant?. A. a B. an C. the D. (不填) 答案:A 【解析】冠词的用法。第一次提到的事物一般用不定冠词a或an,第二次提到或特指的一般用定冠词the,从本句的表达可知,是第一次提到,故答案为A。 24、 Learning_____ country’s language is a better way knowing _____culture behind it. A. the; a B. a; the C. /; the D. a; / 答案:B 25、John can play _____ guitar, but he can’t play ______ chess. A. the;/ B./;the C. the; the 答案:A 解析:考查冠词的用法。表示“弹奏乐器”使用定冠词the,表示“下棋”不使用冠词,故选A项。 26、—lily is coming by_____ plane tomorrow. —Let s go to _ airport to meet her. A. a; a B. /; a C. the; the D. /; the 答案:D 【解析】考查点:冠词的用法。解题思路:by+交通工具,中间没有任何冠词,定冠词the 用在名词前表特指,不定冠词用在名词前表一类,a用于辅音音素开头的词前。根据句意:“丽丽明天乘飞机来。让我们去机场见她吧。”此处表示特指。故选D。 27、—What ________ exciting sports show! —Yeah, I love this game. A. a B. the C. an 答案:C 【解析】考查冠词的用法。exciting是元音音素开始的单词,所以用an。 28、.Miss Liu wants to lose weight. She just has _______ cup of milk for ________ breakfast ever y day. A. a; the B. a;(不填) C. the; a D. the;(不填) 答案: B “一杯牛奶”是a cup of milk, 用a表示数量“一”;一日三餐名词前常常不用冠词,因此答案为B。 29、._______ lion is a dangerous animal. Don’t you think so? A. A B. An C. The 答案:C 30、. There is big supermarket in center of our city. A. a; the B. the; a C. the; the 答案:A 31、 Li Na plays ________ tennis very well. She has become ____first Asian woman to reach a Gr and Slam(大满贯) final. A. a, the B. /, the C. the, a D./,a 答案:B 该题考查了冠词的用法,第一个空考查了零冠词的用法,球类名词前不用冠词;第二个空考查了定冠词the的一种用法,用在序数词、形容词最高级前,表特指。 32、.Meimei’s father is teacher in a school. A. / B. an C. a D. the 答案:C 33、. On April 12, 1961,_____27—year—old Yuri Gagarin(尤里.加加林)became the first human to go into_____ space. A. the;不填 B. the; the C. a;不填 D. a; the 答案A 【解析】冠词用法。由句意:在1961年4月12号,27岁的尤里.加加林成为进入太空的第一人。第一个空属于特指,应该用the,而space作“太空”时一般不用冠词。故选A。34、. ---How was ________ dinner at Mike’s house? ---It was great. Mike’s mum is _________ wonderful cook. A. a; the B. the; a C. the; the D. a; an 答案:B 【解析】选B。考查冠词的用法。定冠词the用在名词前表特指,不定冠词用在名词前表一类。问句是指麦克家的晚餐,故是特指;答语是说麦克的妈妈是一个极好的厨师,是泛指。 a 用于辅音音素开头的词前,故选B。 35、—Did you get there by ______ bike? —No, I took ______ taxi. A. a; a B. 不填; a C. the; the D. a; the 答案:B 【解析】冠词的用法。by直接加交通工具表示方式,take a taxi是固定词组。 36— What does Michael look like? — He has big eyes and _______ wide mouth. A. a B. an C. the 答案:A 【解析】考查不定冠词的辨析。mouth为可数名词,被形容词wide修饰;而wide又是以辅音字母开头。句意:他有大大的眼睛和一张大嘴。故选A。 37、. Which of the following phonetic transcription(音标) is right for the phrase “the egg”? eg/(di(eg/ D. /(eg/ C. /θi( A./e? eg/ B. /ei 答案:B 【解析】定冠词的用法。定冠词the在元音因素前发而不发。是元音,故选B。 38、 My mother is _______English teacher in No. 2 Middle School. A. a B. the C. an D, / 答案:C 【解析】考查冠词的用法。a用于辅音之前,an用于元音之前;由句意“我的母亲是一位第二中学的英语教师”及单词English的第一因素是元音,可判定用an。故选C。 39、 Look! There is ________ cat in the tree. A. a B. an C. the D. / 答案A 【解析】考查冠词的用法。cat为可数名词,且以辅音开头。句意:看!树上有一只猫。故选A。 40、 I like music, but I don’t like ______ music of this film. A. a B. an C. the D.不填 答案:C 【解析】:冠词用法。不定冠词A 和an表泛指。定冠词The表特指。由句意“我喜欢音乐,但我不喜欢这部电影的音乐”。故选C。 41、– By the end of this year, China’s state and provincial (省的) libraries will be free to the public. –That’s _______ good news for those who often go to these places. A. a B. the C. 不填 答案:C 【解析】冠词的用法。答语中news是一个不可数名词,故前面既不能用a也不能用an,定冠词the一般用于第二次提到的某个事物。 42、. -What are you going to be when you grow up? - teacher like you. A. A B. An C. The D./ 答案:A 【解析】冠词的用法。a 修饰以辅音音素开头的单数可数名词;an修饰以元音音素开始的单数可数名词。the表特指。句意为“你长大了打算干什么?”“像你一样做一位老师。”故选A。 43、. On March 11, 2011 _____ earthquake hit Japan. A. an B. a C. \ D. the 答案:A 【解析】考查冠词的用法。a用于辅音之前,an用于元音之前;由句意“一场地震在2011年3月11日袭击了日本”及单词earthquake的第一因素是元音,可判定用an。故选A。 44、. There’s ______ apple on the table. _______ apple is for my little brother. A. a; An B. an; An C. the; An D. an; The 答案:D 【解析】冠词的用法。泛指用不定冠词,apple是元音音素开头的用an;再次提到上文的人或物用定冠词the. 45、The evening party was really fun. We had _________ great time. A. a B. an C. the D.不填 答案:A 【解析】固定搭配。 have a great time意为“玩的开心”。 46、 Photography can be ______excellent hobby for kids. A. / B. a C. an D. the 答案:C 【解析】不定冠词的用法。不定冠词an用于元音前,表示“数量有‘一’”的意思,句意为“对孩子们来说一个很好的爱好”。 47、–What do you usually have for ______ breakfast, Peter? –A friend egg, three pieces of bread and a glass of milk. A. a B. an C. the D. / 答案:D 解析: 考查冠词的用法。三餐前不用冠词,故选D项。 48、.There is _______report in today’s newspaper. It’s about _______sports meeting that will be held in Weihai. A. a; the B. an; the C. the; the D. a; a 答案:A 【解析】冠词的用法。report为可数名词单数,这里表示“一”;这里的sports meeting是特指“在威海举行的体育运动会”,故用the。 49、. — Who’s that lovely girl? — You mean ______ girl with long hair? That’s Kate. A. a B. an C. the D. 不填 答案:C 【解析】冠词的用法。此处girl之后有后置定语with long hair,是特指“长头发的那个女孩”,因此用the。 50、 My birthday is coming. Dale will send me ___ e - dog as my birthday present. A. a B. an C. the 答案:B 【解析】冠词用法。泛指用不定冠词,e-dog是元音音素开头,所以用an。故选B。 51、. Lily is ______ active girl and she is fond of playing ______ volleyball. A. an; a B. a; the C. an; / D. a; / 【答案】C 解析:考查冠词的用法。active是以元音音素开头故用an; 球类前不用冠词。故选C。 52、 Lady Gaga is ??________very popular singer. She has lots of fans. A. a B. an C. the D. / 答案:A 【解析】不定冠词的用法。a/an 后接单数可数名词,强调数量“一,一个”。故选A. 53、 I am going to make ________special house for my pet pig this weekend. A. an B. a C. the 答案:B 【解析】冠词的用法。本句句意为本周末我打算为我的宠物狗做一个特别的房子。一个特别的房子为a special house,此处为不定冠词,而special的开始是辅音音素,因此本题答案为B。 54、— Have you seen______ pen? I left one here this morning. — Is it___________ black one? I think I saw it somewhere. A. the; the B. a; a C. the; a D. a; the 答案:B 【解析】考查冠词用法。两个空缺处均是泛指,且都是以辅音因素开头的单词,故答案选B。 55、.Lucy is__ good girl. She often helps others. A.a B.an C.the D./ 答案:A 【解析】冠词的用法不定冠词表示泛指,指一类,a用在用于辅音音素开头的词前,an用于元音音素开头的词前,定冠词the用在名词前表特指。g的音标是/g/,故用冠词a。 56、 Justin Bieber is ______Canadian singer and he has lots of fans. A. a B. an C. the D. 不填 答案:A 【解析】冠词的用法。Justin Bieber是一个音乐家,是泛指且Canadian的第一个音是辅音,因此用a。 57、--Do you know ______ man in blue? --Yes, he’s a professor of_________ university. A. the, a B. a, an C. the, an D. / , the 答案:A 【解析】考查点:冠词的用法。定冠词the表示特指,此处特指穿蓝衣服的那个人;第一次提到某物要用a/an, university是辅音音素开头的,故“一个大学”要说a university,an要放在以元音音素开头的单词前。故选A。 58、.—There’s ______ ball on the ground. Would you please pass ______ ball to me? —With pleasure. A. the; the B. the; a C. a; a D. a; the 答案:D 【解析】考查冠词。对于可数名词,第一次提到用a或an,第二次提到用the。 59、. Ge You is ______ interesting actor. He has lots of fans. A. a B. 不填 C. an 答案:C 【解析】冠词用法。interesting是元音音素开头的单词。根据句意:葛优是一位有趣的演员。得出答案an. 60、 It’s not __ good idea to drive for four hours without _ break. A. a; a B. a: the C. the; a D. the; the 答案:A 【解析】选A。考查冠词的用法。不定冠词用在名词前表泛指一类。定冠词the用在名词前表特指,前一个空表示泛指“一个好主意”;without a breakfast是固定搭配“不停顿的”。 61、 As we know, England is _______European country and Singapore is ______Asian country. A. an; an B. an; a C .a; a D. a; an 答案:D 【解析】冠词的用法。European首字母发音为/j/, Asian 首字母发音为/e?/,故选D。62、. ---Who’s ___________ boy in red, do you know? ---Oh. He’s ___________ friend of Tom. A. the, a B. an, the C. a, the D. the, an 答案:A 【解析】冠词用法。特指用the,指穿红色衣服的男孩;汤姆的一位朋友,用a。故选A。63、. — Look at _______ skirt. I bought it for Mother on Mothers’ Day, isn’t it nice? — Oh, what _______ nice present! A. a; a B. a; the C. the; a D. a; 不填 答案:C 【解析】冠词的用法。特指这条裙子用冠词the; 感叹句中只能用不定冠词不能用定冠词。 64、I really like ______ book you lent me yesterday. A. a B. an C. the D. 不填 答案: C 【解析】本题考查定冠词the的用法。the 在本句中表特指。故选C。 65、. Fred plays _____ piano after _____ supper every day. A. the; the B. /; the C. the; / 答案: C 【解析】本题考查定冠词the的用法。凡是乐器前都要加,音乐music前面也加,如:play the music… . 但三餐及球类前面不能加the.故选C。 66、. – Can I help you, sir? -- I’d like to have 100 _____. I want my students to draw pictures. A. piece of paper B. pieces of paper C. pieces of papers 答案: B 【解析】本题考查不可数名词的运用. paper是不可数名词,它没有复数形式,若表示数量,一般用a piece of短语表示,它的复数形式应体现在piece上。 paper是不可数名词,故排除C;答句意“我想要100张纸……”。100张纸中,量词piece应用复数形式,故排除A。正确答案是:B。 67、. This novel can make you laugh and cry at _____ same time. A) a B) an C) the D) / 答案:D 【解析】考查点:冠词的用法。解题思路:此处是考查固定短语at the same time意为“同时”,该句意为“这本小说能同时让你笑和哭”,故答案选D; 68、We will see __________ even stronger China in __________ near future. A. a; the B. an; the C. the; a D. an; a 答案:B 【解析】in the near future“在不久的将来”是个固定搭配;even是以元音因素开头的词, 故答案选B。 69、 We should often help _______poor. A. a B. 不填 C. the 答案:C 【解析】形容词前面加上the ,表示这一类人,句意是“我们应该经常帮助穷人”,故选C。 70、. I usually go to school on ________foot. A a B. the C. / 答案:C 【解析】冠词的用法。固定短语on foot“步行”,on与foot之间没有冠词,故答案为C。71、Yao Ming, NBA star, will continue matches this season.