The/ a,an

Question 1

A / An

Answer 1

قبل از اسم قابل شمارش a یا an قرار می‌گیرد

Question 2

The

Answer 2

وقتی در مورد چیزی صحبت میشه که برای ما قابل شناسایی باشه از the استفاده می‌کنیم

When we were on holiday, we stayed at a hotel. Sometimes we ate at the hotel and sometimes we went to a restaurant.

Children learn from playing.
We took the children to the zoo.

All cars have wheels.
All the cars in this car park belong to the people who work here.

Sugar isn’t good for you.
Can you pass the sugar, please?

Question 3

We use the when we thinking of specific thing

Answer 3

Tim sat down on a chair. ( perhaps one of many chairs in the room)

Tim sat down on the chair nearest the door ( a specific chair)

Question 4

We use THE when it is clear in the situation which thing or person we mean

Answer 4

Can you turn off the light pleas? ( the light in this room)
I took a taxi to the station ( the station in that town)

I have to go to the bank.
Is there a bank near here ?

I don’t like going to the dentist
My sister is a dentist

Question 5

We use THE when there is only one of something

Answer 5

Have you ever cross the equator?

The sun
The moon
The earth
The world
The sky
The sea
The environment
The internet

• we use earth without the when we think of it as a planet in space
• we use space without the when we mean space in the universe

Question 6

We DON’T use the before
Noun + Number

Answer 6

Our train leaves from platform 5.

In size 43
Question 3
Room 126
Gate 10
Page 29

Question 7

We don’t use the when we are thinking of the general idea of these places and what they are used for
Prison, jail, hospital, university, college, church, school …

Answer 7

Ken’s brother is in prison for robbery.
( He is prisoner we are not thinking of a specific prison)

Ken went to the prison to visit his brother.
( he went as a visitor not a prisoner )

Question 8

We don’t use the for these specific phrases

Answer 8

Go to bed / be in bed
Go to work / be at work/ start a work/ finish work
Go home/ come home/ arrive home/ get home/ be at home
Go to sea/ be at sea

Question 9

The + adjective
To talk about a group of people

Answer 9

The young
The old
The elderly

The rich
The poor
The homeless

The sick
The disable
The unemployed

The injured
The dead

Question 10

The + Nationality

Answer 10

End in CH or SH AND ESE

The french
The English
The Spanish
The Chinese
The Japanese
The Swiss

We don’t use the with these nationalities

An Italian
A Mexican
A turk