1. Made by Bogomaz Natalya, Gartung Stella,
Inothemtzev Denis, Korolyov Il’ya, Khanjzhin Ivan
LB1-11-40

2. THE DEFINITE ARTICLE (THE)
 A noun is definite (specific) when you and your
listener both know which person, place, or thing you
mean.

3. Use the definite article when:
 nouns are specific for you and your listener;
 a person, place, or thing is unique—there's only one
(The Queen, the President, BUT: Queen
Victoria, President Barack Obama);
 the context makes it clear which person, place, or
thing you mean.

4. Also use the definite article
with:
 the names of rivers (the Thames);
 the names of musical instruments and dances (the
guitar, the salsa);
 the names of museums (the Louvre);
 nationalities (the French);

5. Also use the definite article
with:
 historical periods/events
 the words morning, afternoon, station, city, village, etc
(1. the day after tomorrow, BUT: at night, at noon, at
midnight, by day/night; 2. the last Ice Age, the Vietnam
war, BUT: World War I);
 adjectives used as nouns to refer to a group of people
(The blind);

6. Also use the definite article
with:
 only, last, first used as adjectives and with the
superlative degree of adjectives/adverbs (1. She was the
only one who didn’t come; 2. the best, BUT: Most people
enjoy going to the cinema);
 titles when the name of the person is not mentioned
(The King).

7. Set expressions with the
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what is the time?
the day before yesterday
the day after tomorrow
on the right (left)
on the whole
to go to the theatre (the cinema)
to play the piano (other instruments)
to tell the truth
on the table (bed … )
in the morning (evening, night…)

8. Exceptions with the
 Germany, India, Australia, BUT: the Netherlands, the
Gambia, the Vatican
 Bob speaks Polish, French and English fluently, BUT:
The Polish language, the French language, the English
language.
 You can use the with most nouns, count and non-
count, singular and plural.

9. THE INDEFINITE ARTICLE (A/AN)
 A noun is indefinite (not specific) when either you or
your listener do not have a particular person, place, or
thing in mind.

10. Use the indefinite article with:
 singular count nouns that are not specific (I can’t find
a taxi);
 a noun is often indefinite the first time a speaker
mentions it (I have got a car. The car is red.);
 the verbs to be and have (got) (Have you got a pen?);
 Mr/Mrs/Miss/Ms when we refer to an unknown
person.

11. Also use the indefinite article
to show:
 price in relation to weight;
 distance in relation to time;
 frequency.

12. Exceptions with a/an
 A university, a European;
 An hour, an honest man.
 Use a before consonant sounds and an before
vowel.

13. ZERO ARTICLE
 Use zero article with plural count nouns and non-
count nouns to make general statements.

14. Use zero article with:
 the proper nouns;
 the names of
sports, games, activities, days, months, celebrations, co
lors, drinks, meals languages;
 the names of
countries, cities, streets, squares, bridges, parks, railwa
y stations, mountains, individual
islands, lakes, continents;

15. Use zero article with
 possessive adjectives or the possessive case;
 two-word names when the first word is the name of a
person or place;
 the names of pubs, restaurants, shops, banks and
hotels named after the people who started them, and
ending in -s or -'s;
 the words
bed, church, college, court, hospital, prison, school, un
iversity, when we refer to the purpose for which they
exist;
 seasons.

16. Recourses
 Вейхман Г.А. В 26 Новое в английской грамматике:
Учеб. пособие для ин-тов и фак. иностр. яз.-М.:
Высш. шк., 1990.-128с.
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