The is used to refer to specific or particular nouns.
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A/an is used to modify non-specific or non-particular
nouns.
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We call the definite article. the = definite article
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We call a/an indefinite article. a/an = indefinite article
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The first time you speak of something use "a or an",
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I live in a house.
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The next time you repeat that object use "the".
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The house is quite old and has four bedrooms.
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I ate in a Chinese restaurant.
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The restaurant was very good.
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Compare a and the in these examples A man and a woman were
sitting opposite me. The man was American but I think the woman was
British. When we were on holiday,we stayed at a hotel.Sometimes we
had our dinner at the hotel and we sometimes went to a
restaurant.
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This morning I bought a newspaper and ___ magazine. ___
newspaper is in my bag but I dont know where I put ___
magazine.
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This morning I bought a newspaper and a magazine. __ newspaper
is in my bag but I dont know where I put __ magazine.
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This morning I bought a newspaper and a magazine. The newspaper
is in my bag but I dont know where I put ___ magazine.
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This morning I bought a newspaper and a magazine. The newspaper
is in my bag but I dont know where I put the magazine.
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This morning I bought a newspaper and ___ magazine. ___
newspaper is in my bag but I dont know where I put ___ magazine. I
saw ___ accident this morning. ___ car crashed into ___ tree. ___
driver of ___ car wasnt hurt but ___ car was badly damaged. My
friends live in ___ old house in ___ small village.There is ___
beautiful garden behind ___ house.I would like to have ___ garden
like that.
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This morning I bought a newspaper and a magazine. The newspaper
is in my bag but I dont know where I put the magazine. I saw an
accident this morning. A car crashed into a tree.The driver of the
car wasnt hurt but the car was badly damaged. My friends live in an
old house in a small village.There is a beautiful garden behind the
house.I would like to have a garden like that.
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a/an is used before a singular noun which is uncountable. I
need a visaThey live in a flat. He bought an ice-cream.
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A is used before a word beginning with a consonant or a vowel
with a consonat sound; a mana hata univercitya eoropean a one-way
street An is used before words beginning with a vowel (a,e,i,o,u)
or words beginning with a mute h: an applean islandan uncle an
eggan onion
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A/an is not used.It is omitted: Before plural nouns An eggeggs
Before uncountable nouns Before names of meals,except when these
are preceded by an adjective. We have breakfast at eight. We had a
good breakfast. The article is also used when it is a special meal
given to celibrate something or in someones honour; I was invited
to dinner. I was invited to a dinner given to welcome the new
ambassador.
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THE
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We use the when it is clear which thing or person we mean.
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We use the when it is clear in the situation which thing or
person we mean.For example,in a room we talk about the light/the
floor/the ceiling/the door/the carpet etc. Can you turn off the
light,please?(the light in this room) I took a taxi to the
station.(the station in that town)
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WE SAY the sunthe moonthe world the sky the seathe country the
policethe armythe piano the guitarthe radio in the morningin the
afternoon in the evening
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WE DO NOT USE THE WITH: television breakfastlunchdinner
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NAMES WITH AND WITHOUT THE We do not use the with names of
people.In the same way we do not normally use the with names of
places.For example: Continents:Africa Countries:England
Regions:Central Europe Islands:Corsica,Sicily,Cyprus
Mountains:Everest,Etna,Klimanjaro
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But we use the in names with Republic,Kingdom,states etc. the
United States of America (the USA) the United Kingdom the Dominican
Republic We visited Canada and the United States
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PLURAL NAMES We use the + plural names of
countries/islands/mountains: the Netherlandsthe Canary Islands the
Philippines
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SEAS,RIVERS ETC. We use the +names of
oceans/seas/rivers/canals: the Atlantic Oceanthe Mediterranean Sea
the River Nilethe Suez Canal the Black Seathe Amazon