How to study IELTS writing 5

Today, I write bout how to use ‘the’, because it is difficult for non-native people to use ‘the’. There are rules of using ‘the’.

今日は"the"の使い方について、ネイティブではない私たちにとって、"the"の使い方は難しいですよね。。。教わったルールを書きます。

How to don't use ‘the’
1. Don’t use ‘the’ with cities or towns
ex.) I live in Tokyo.
2. Don’t use ‘the’ when talking about school, college or university generally
ex.) My syster has just graduated from university.
3. Don’t use the talking generally
ex.) I'm afraid of dogs.
4. Don’t use ‘the’ name of company
ex.) Her father works for IBM.
5. Don’t use ‘the’ with country name
ex.) Paris is the capital of France.
6. Don’t use ‘the’ with meal
ex.) What time is breakfast?

How to use ‘the’
7. Use ‘the’ with the name of oceans and rivers (ex. The Mississippi River)
ex.) He sailed the Atrantic Ocean alone.
8. Use ‘the’ superlatives (ex. the biggest)
ex.) What's is the longest river in the world?
9. Use ‘a’ the first time and ‘the’ second time
ex.) I had a sandwich last night. The sandwich was nice.
10. Use ‘the’ when talking about specific thing
ex.) Did you enjoy the coffee?
11. Use ‘the’ to talk about specific type of animal or machine, especially in scientific context
ex.) When was the telephone invented?
12. Use ‘the’ with same
ex.) Your dress is the same as mine.
13. Use ‘the’ with countries that are a collection of states, or plural or in titles with Republic
たとえば中国も the Republic of China となるわけです。
ex.) She lives in the USA.
14. Use ‘the’ with certain adjectives to talk about groups of the people in society
ex.) We should look after the elderly in our society.
15. Use ‘the’ when there is only one of these existence
月や太陽はひとつだけなので、これもtheが必要。
ex.) I like the moon.
16. Use ‘the’ to talk about groups of mountains, islands, states
ex.) Last year we went tramping in the Rockey Mountain.

うーむ。難しいですが、要は慣れるしかないと思います。