1. 固定短语

有许多固定搭配需要用或者不用冠词，我们应该来单独学习，他们包括：

a few at home at work at the beginning at the end go to bed

go to the cinemas, shops, station in the world once a week

sixty kilometers an hour the next the other the other day

2. 不定冠词

我们用 "a , an " 当我们不知道他是诸多人或事中的哪一个：

* is one of many. ( 是许多个中的一个)

He is an artist.(=there are many artists)

* is not unique. (不是唯一的)

I have just bought a book

* has not been mentioned before. (之前没有提到过)

There was a new student in class today.

3. 定冠词

我们用 " the " 当我们知道他是诸多人或事中的哪一个：

* is unique (or unique in that context) (是唯一的)

The Australian Prime Minister. (=there is only one)

I looked inside, the engine was in a terrible state. (=there is only one engine, in this case)

* has been mentioned before. (之前提到过)

The man gave me a ticket. I looked at it, and saw that the ticket was a single.

* is defined by the phrase which follows it. (要被接下来的短语详细说明)

What is the new student's name?

3. 无冠词

我们不用冠词当我们普遍地提及事物的时候：

* using plural or uncountable nouns (在使用复数或不可数名词时)

Do you like sport?

* with the names of people or places, but there are many exceptions (人名和地名的时候不用冠词，但是地名有许多例外，下文一一介绍)

He is Professor Jones