1. “The“

2. • Pronounce THE as / / before a consonant
sound: the vase
• Pronounce THE as / / before a vowel
sound: the interesting vase

3. Indefinite
• A and An are indefinite articles. We often use
them before a singular noun the first time we
mention it.

4. • THE is a definite article. We use it before a
singular noun after the first mention. THE
makes a noun specific – it is known and
understood by the speaker and listener
• Example: Bill owns a car and a motorbike. The
car is blue and the motorbike is red.

5. Zero Article

6. • The Zero article means that no article is used.
No article is needed:
1) before uncountable nouns (general reference)
Coffee is vey popular drink.
2) Before plural nouns (general reference)
Dogs are much friendlier than cats.

7. • A proper noun is the name of a particular
person, place, or thing. A proper noun begins
with a capital letter.
• The ZERO article is often used before proper
nouns: Naran, YouTube, Mongolia

8. THE for specific
or unique nouns

9. • Some words make a non specific or unique. If
the noun is specific or unique, we use the
definite article THE.
Examples:
What is on the desk? What is the most
interesting places?

10. nouns that are unique
Example: the sun, the Earth, etc
the names of newspapers
Example: the Mongol Messenger
cinemas , theatres - the Rex, Opera and Ballet
Theater
theatres museums/art
galleries
- the Louvre
ships the Titanic
organisations the United Nations

11. • the names of rivers (the Thames),
• groups of islands (the Bahamas),
• mountain ranges (the Alps),
• deserts (the Sahara),
• oceans (the Atlantic),
• canals (the Panama canal),
• countries when they include words such as
States, Kingdom, Republic (the United States of
America),

12. • names or nouns with of (the Houses of
Parliament), and in geographical terms such as
the Antarctic/Arctic/ equator, the North of
Germany, the North/East/South/West.
• the names of musical instruments and dances
(the guitar, the salsa).
• the names of families (the Jones) and
nationalities ending in -sh, -ch or -ese
• (the Chinese). Other nationalities can be used
with or without the (the Egyptians/Egyptians).

13. • titles (the Ambassador, the President) but not
with titles including a proper name (Prince
Charles).
• adjectives/adverbs in the superlative form
(the best film I have ever seen) but when most
is followed by a noun
instead of an adjective it doesn't take the.
Most people enjoy going to the theatre.

14. • the words day, morning, afternoon and
evening.
It was early in the morning and the sun was
starting to rise.

15. • BUT: at night, at noon, at midnight, by
day/night historical periods/events (the last
Ice Age, the Vietnam War).
• BUT: World War II
• station, cinema, theatre, library, shop, coast,
sea(side), beach, city, country(side), jungle,
world, ground, weather.
They went to the cinema.

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