6．节、假目前一般不用冠词，但在中国的传统节日前往往用定冠词。

　　 New Year’s Day, Women’s Day, May Day Children’s Day, Teacher’s Day, National Day

Christmas Day, the Spring Festival

5．一日三餐前。

(1)What do you often have for supper?

(2)My father has breakfast at home and has lunch at the factory.

4．在球类活动和棋类前。

(1)we are having a class while they are playing basketball.

(2)Two old men are sitting under a tree, playing chess.

3．表示季节、月份、星期的名称前。

(1)There are four seasons in a year. Spring, summer, autumn and winter.

(2)The people’s Republic of China was founded on October 1^st, 1949.

2．名词前有物主代词、名词所有格、指示代词、以及有some, any, no, each, every等词修饰时。

(1)Our school is larger than John’s.

(2)There used to be no universities in my home town.

(3)Every student in my class is trying his best to learn English.

1．物质名词、抽象名词或可数名词表示泛指或一般概念时。

(1)Iron feels hard.

(2)What they want is freedom.

(3)The streets were clean and shaded with trees.

10．某些习惯用语中须用定冠词。

(1)in the morning (afternoon, evening, daytime…)

(2)go to the cinema (theatre, concert6, pictures…)

(3)I led the child by the hand (by the sleeve)

(三)不用冠词的几种情况：

9．以普通名词构成的专有名词前要用定冠词。

the People’s Republic of China, the United Nations, the Great Hall of the People, the

people’s Daily the ministry of Education

8．表示江河、山脉、湖泊、海洋等前要用定冠词。

the Changjiang River,　 the Pacific Ocean,　 the Himalayas,

the Tai Mountains,　 the West Lake

7．党派、阶级等名词前要用定冠词。

I joined the Party ten years ago.