‘The’ is generally used for specific things.<\/p>\n Example:<\/strong> If you are looking for the university your friend is attending, check the location.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n If you say, ‘I am looking for a university’, the university could be any<\/i> university. However, if you say, ‘I am looking for the university’, you are making it clear you are searching for a specific location.<\/p>\n Next, lets pretend your mobile phone has been stolen and you have reported it to the police.<\/p>\n There are a few very specific things to analyse here. John uses ‘a’ in his first sentence because he has not yet specified anybody. However, the policeman uses ‘the’, since they can specifically refer to the man John mentioned earlier. Finally, John use ‘the’ because he can specifically single out the man who stole his phone.<\/p>\n When using general terms, you do not always need to use either ‘the’ or ‘a’.<\/p>\n Example: <\/strong>I like oranges.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n This refer to orange as generic term, but neither the specific orange (‘the’) nor an orange. Think of ‘the’ as a highlighter which shines a light on specific terms.<\/p>\n If you want to improve your reading, writing, speaking and listening ability ahead of applying to study in the UK, visit us for a free consultation<\/a>. An IELTS practice test<\/a> will allow us to see where you need to improve before tailoring specific lessons to your requirements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"study-guide-destinations":[24],"study-guide-canada-categories":[],"study-guide-australia-categories":[],"study-guide-usa-categories":[],"study-guide-uk-categories":[48],"study-guide-nz-categories":[],"study-guide-ireland-categories":[],"class_list":["post-239039","gsi_study_guides","type-gsi_study_guides","status-publish","hentry","study-guide-destinations-study-in-uk","study-guide-uk-categories-ielts-tips"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gsi_study_guides\/239039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gsi_study_guides"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/gsi_study_guides"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"study-guide-destinations","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/study-guide-destinations?post=239039"},{"taxonomy":"study-guide-canada-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/study-guide-canada-categories?post=239039"},{"taxonomy":"study-guide-australia-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/study-guide-australia-categories?post=239039"},{"taxonomy":"study-guide-usa-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/study-guide-usa-categories?post=239039"},{"taxonomy":"study-guide-uk-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/study-guide-uk-categories?post=239039"},{"taxonomy":"study-guide-nz-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/study-guide-nz-categories?post=239039"},{"taxonomy":"study-guide-ireland-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/study-guide-ireland-categories?post=239039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![](\"\/\/siuk-europe.s3.amazonaws.com\/assets\/images\/ielts-classes.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nIELTS Writing Tips<\/h2>\n
1. What are the differences between ‘The’ and ‘A’?<\/h3>\n
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2. ‘The’ as a referral<\/h3>\n
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3. You do not need to be specific<\/h3>\n
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Study IELTS in London and Manchester<\/h2>\n