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"。
2.指上文提到过的人或物,用定冠词the;指世界上独一无二的事物前用定冠词the. 如:the sun, the moon, the earth.
3.表示人体部位的名词前用the:The mother took the little girl in the hand and patted her on the head.母亲执着小女孩的手,轻轻地拍着她的头。
4.the用于序数词,表方位的名词和形容词最高级前。the first, the best , in the south.
5.在复数姓氏前加the,表示××一家人,常看成复数。如:the Browns;用于形容词之前表示一类人或事物:the poor(穷人)、the false(假的东西)
6.用于乐器名称前play the piano;
7.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
(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.
8.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。