下列八種情況不能使用定冠詞the。一、定冠詞不與表示一類人或事物的複數名詞連用。例如： 1. I like reading the books.（×）I like reading books.（√） 2. She likes the cats.（×）She likes cats.（√）二、定冠詞不能用在某些習慣用語中的名詞前面。例如： 1. I have lunch at the noon.（×）I have lunch at noon.（√） 2. We go to school by the bus.（×）We go to school by bus.（√）三、定冠詞不能用在某些專用名詞和不可數名詞前面。例如： 1. I like the China.（×）I like China.（√） 2. Would you like a cup of the water？ （×） Would you like a cup of water？（√）四、定冠詞不能用在節日、日期、月份、季節前面。例如： 1. Today is the Teachers" Day. （×） Today is Teachers" Day.（√） 2. He was born in the May in 1987. （×） He was born in May in 1987. （√）五、定冠詞不能用在表示稱呼語或某些頭銜的名詞前面（尤其作表語、賓補時)。例如： 1. Good morning，the sir！（×） Good morning，sir！ （√） 2. I need some help，the Mummy.（×） I need some help，Mummy.（√）六、定冠詞不能與名詞前已有作定語用的this，that，my，your，some，any等代詞連用。例如： 1. This the pen is mine. （×） This pen is mine.（√） 2. I have the some money. （×）七、定冠詞不能用在表示科目名詞的前面。例如： 1. We will learn the Chinese， the history and the Maths this afternoon. （×） We will learn Chinese， history and Maths this afternoon.（√） 2. The English is the most interesting of all the subjects.（×） English is the most interesting of all the subjects.（√）八、定冠詞不能用在三餐和球類運動名詞的前面。例如： 1. She goes to school after the breakfast every morning.（×） She goes to school after breakfast every morning.（√） 2. We often play the football after school. （×） We often play football after school. （√）
下列八種情況不能使用定冠詞the。一、定冠詞不與表示一類人或事物的複數名詞連用。例如： 1. I like reading the books.（×）I like reading books.（√） 2. She likes the cats.（×）She likes cats.（√）二、定冠詞不能用在某些習慣用語中的名詞前面。例如： 1. I have lunch at the noon.（×）I have lunch at noon.（√） 2. We go to school by the bus.（×）We go to school by bus.（√）三、定冠詞不能用在某些專用名詞和不可數名詞前面。例如： 1. I like the China.（×）I like China.（√） 2. Would you like a cup of the water？ （×） Would you like a cup of water？（√）四、定冠詞不能用在節日、日期、月份、季節前面。例如： 1. Today is the Teachers" Day. （×） Today is Teachers" Day.（√） 2. He was born in the May in 1987. （×） He was born in May in 1987. （√）五、定冠詞不能用在表示稱呼語或某些頭銜的名詞前面（尤其作表語、賓補時)。例如： 1. Good morning，the sir！（×） Good morning，sir！ （√） 2. I need some help，the Mummy.（×） I need some help，Mummy.（√）六、定冠詞不能與名詞前已有作定語用的this，that，my，your，some，any等代詞連用。例如： 1. This the pen is mine. （×） This pen is mine.（√） 2. I have the some money. （×）七、定冠詞不能用在表示科目名詞的前面。例如： 1. We will learn the Chinese， the history and the Maths this afternoon. （×） We will learn Chinese， history and Maths this afternoon.（√） 2. The English is the most interesting of all the subjects.（×） English is the most interesting of all the subjects.（√）八、定冠詞不能用在三餐和球類運動名詞的前面。例如： 1. She goes to school after the breakfast every morning.（×） She goes to school after breakfast every morning.（√） 2. We often play the football after school. （×） We often play football after school. （√）