The article "the" is used before nouns in several contexts: - Before nouns that are specific or unique, such as names of places, organizations, rivers, mountain ranges, oceans, etc. - For nouns referring to parts of the day (morning, evening), seasons, historical periods, and proper nouns with "of". - When the noun is definite or specific within the context, such as "What is on the desk?". The articles "a" and "an" are indefinite articles used before singular nouns when first mentioned. The definite article "the" is used for nouns after the first mention to make them specific. The zero article is used without an article

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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