a在什么前面，an在什么前面，the在什么前面

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如题所述

Answer 1

a / an 为不定冠词，用在非特定的名词前。an用在母音字首的名词前。

He is a teacher.   She is an assistant.

the  为定冠词，用在表限定，特定的名词前。

He is the teacher from the U.S.

一些规则

1. a/an为不定冠词，放在非特定的单数可数名词前。

Do you have a pen?  你有笔吗？任何一支，没有特定的。 He is an old man.

2. 当一个单数可数名词第一次被提到的时候要用a/an，再次提到的时候前面要用the。

I saw a dog. The dog ran away.

3.在there is / there are 後面的名词不可加the。单数可数名词前加a / an。所有名词无论是单数或复数，在there is / there are 後面皆为不特定。

There is a pen on the table.

There were planes in the sky.

4. 当提及在世界上唯一存在的事物时，前面要加the

The sky is blue.  (The sun, the moon, the earth)

5. 表达形容词副词的最高级superlative时，前面要加the。

Paris is the most beautiful place I’ve ever been.

He is the tallest student in my class.追答

6. 在动物园zoo，花园garden，博物馆museum，机构institute，公司company的名字前面要加the。

The Ford Motor Company was founded by Henry Ford.

7. 在饭店hotel/motel，剧院theater，桥bridge和建筑物building的名字前要加the，但是在厅堂，医院的名字前不加the。

The Hilton Hotel is on Main Street.

I was born in National Taiwan University Hospital.

8. 姓氏後面加名词时，前面要加the

The Everly Brothers were a famous musical duet.

9. 在复数名字前加the

The Johnsons bought a new car last week.

10. 在河流river，海洋ocean/sea，沙漠desert前要加the。

The biggest ocean in the world is the Pacific.

11. 在单独的湖泊，山脉，岛屿，峡谷前不加冠词a/an或the，但复数时要加the。

Only a few people have climbed Mt. Everest.

The Rocky Mountains are in the western United States.

12. 在国家country，城市city，州state前不可加冠词a/an或the，但是某些特定字组合成国家的名称时，前面要加the。

The capital of Taiwan is Taipei.

There are fifty states in the United States. the Republic of China, the United Kingdom

13. 在街道名称street, avenue, road, boulevard前不可加the。

Fifth Avenue is a famous street in New York.

I live on Thomas Street.

14. 复数名词前不可加a/an。

I have friends in Canada.

15. 不可数名词前不可加a/an。

She drinks orange juice every day.

16. 不可数名词除非是特定，否则前面不可加the

Do you often drink milk? Do you like the coffee I made?

17. 在早上，下午，傍晚前要加the，但是晚上，中午，午夜前不加the。

He always leaves home in the morning and goes home at night.

in the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening at noon, at night, at midnight

18. 在一些go的片语或复合字，名词前面不加the。通常是一些地方你固定去的，比方说家里，学校，教堂，都会去同一间。

Do you go to church? go to bed, go to class, go to school, go to college, go to jail, go home.