Do you know when you need to use the in common phrases and place names? Look at these examples to see when the is and isn't used. 請看以下例句中 the 的用法。
I'm going to bed.
I walk to work.
My children are going to start school.
I visited the school yesterday.
Mount Everest is in the Himalayas.
Try this exercise to test your grammar.
Complete the sentences with 'the' or '-' if no article is needed.
1. What time do you finish ______ work?
2. He's in ______ India.
3. When she finishes ______ school, she wants to study medicine at ______ university.
4. ______ Nile is the longest river in ______ Africa. It flows north from ______ Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean Sea.
5. He's at ______ hospital visiting his mum.
6. I'm really tired. I'm going to go ______ home and go to ______ bed early.
7. They're in ______ Alps on a climbing holiday.
8. They caught him and he was sent to______ prison.
Grammar explanation 文法解釋
Here are some ways we use articles in common phrases and place names. 以下是我們在常用片語及地名使用冠詞的方式
Common phrases 常用片語
We don't usually use an article in expressions with bed, work and home. 我們通常不會將 bed, work, home 跟冠詞搭配。
go to bed 上床 / be in bed 在床上
go to work 去上班 / be at work 在上班 / start work 開始工作 / finish work 完成工作
go home 回家 / be at home 在家 / get home 到家 / stay at home 待在家
We also don't normally use an article in expressions with school, university, prison and hospital. 我們也不會將 school, university, prison, hospital 與冠詞搭配
start school 開始上學 / go to school 去上學 / be at school
go to university 去大學 / be at university 在大學
be sent to prison 被送到監獄 / go to prison 去監獄/ be in prison 在監獄
go to hospital 去醫院/ be in hospital 在醫院
But we usually use the if someone is just visiting the place, and not there as a student/prisoner/patient, etc. 但是當某人只是拜訪那些地方(而不是以學生、獄卒、病患的身分)，我們會使用定冠詞 the。
My son has started school now. I went to the school to meet his teacher. 我兒子剛開始上學，我去學校和老師見面。
I went to the prison a lot when I was a social worker. 當我還是一個社工時，我常去醫院。
I'm at the hospital. My sister has just had a baby. 我在醫院，我姊姊剛生了小孩。
Place names 地名
We don't normally use an article for continents, most countries, cities, towns, lakes, mountains or universities. So, we say: 我們通常在以下地名如: 五大洲、大多數的國家、城市、城鎮、湖泊、山、大學，不加冠詞。
Africa 非洲, Asia 亞洲 , Europe 歐洲
India 印度 , Ghana, Peru 祕魯, Denmark 丹麥
Addis Ababa, Hanoi, New York 紐約, Moscow
Lake Victoria, Lake Superior, Lake Tanganyika
Mount Everest, Mount Kilimanjaro, Mount Elbrus
Cardiff University, Harvard University 哈佛大學, Manchester University
Some countries are different. Country names with United have the. There are other countries which are exceptions too. So, we say: 但國名中有 United 的要加 the，此外，其他國家也有例外，如:
the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom 英國, the United States of America 美國
the Bahamas 巴哈馬, the Gambia 甘比亞
Seas and oceans, mountain ranges and rivers have the: 海洋、山脈、河流要加 the
the Atlantic 大西洋, the Pacific 太平洋 , the Mediterranean 地中海
the Andes 安地斯山脈, the Himalayas 喜馬拉雅山脈, the Alps 阿爾卑斯山脈
the Nile尼羅河, the Amazon 亞馬遜, the Yangtze
Universities with of in the title also have the: 大學名稱有 of 的，也須要加 the
the University of Cape Town, the University of Delhi, the University of Tokyo
Do this exercise to test your grammar again.
1. I'm still at _______ work but I'll leave soon.
2. I'm going to _______ prison to see my uncle.
3. _______ University of Nottingham is in _______ United Kingdom.
4. Every Friday my granddad goes to _______ prison to teach a math class.
5. She was born in Japan, but she went to _______ university in _______ Bahamas.
6. My daughter does piano classes after _______ school.
7. I'm going to _______ school for a parents' meeting.
8. The Danube flows from _______ Germany, through _______ Central Europe to _______ Black Sea.
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