THE DEFINITE ARTICLE

QUIZ
1. The Amazon River in ________ is the longest river in the world.
a. Australia b. Europe c. South America

2. The Gobi (Desert) covers _______ and ________

a. India/Japan b. China/Mongolia c. China/Japan

3. The piano was invented by ________ a. Bartolomeo Cristofori b. Gaetano Vinaccia c. Andrea Amati

4. The Eiffel Tower is in ______

a. England b. France c. Spain

5. The Queen of England is a. Elizabeth I b. Kate c. Elizabeth II

ARTICLES
There are three types of articles: 1. Definite article: THE 2. Indefinite article: A/AN 3. Zero article

ARTICLES An article is a word used with a noun to indicate the type of reference being made by the noun.
E.g.: the flower the car

Articles
Definite article

the
The definite article refers to countable or uncountable, singular and plural nouns. It refers to something specific.

We use the with:

1. Thing or person is unique e.g.: the sky, the Earth the

Dont look at the sun. Youll hurt your eyes.

2. Thing or person that is clearly specified Meet me at the statue on the corner of Park Road and Flower Avenue.

3. Names of rivers, oceans

E.g. the Danube, the Indian Ocean

4. Names of mountain ranges E.g.: the Alps 5. Names of deserts E.g.: the Gobi

6. Nationalities E.g.: the French, the Romanians, the Irish 7. Names of musical instruments E.g.: the violin, the harp 8. Titles E.g.: the Queen, the Prince, the Duke

man, afternoon, peach, evening, lady, orange, eyes, kitchen, idea, sword
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Exercise
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. Im going to buy ______ stamp she needs because she is helping ______ old lady who is sick. ______ Peters house is closer than ______ mine. ______ Atlantic Ocean separates ______ Europe from ______ America. ______ last year we went to ______ Paris and we visited ______ Eiffel Tower. ______ poor people need help from ______ everybody. ______ Port Wine is known all over the world. Can you turn off ______ TV, please? I really love ______ music. The last time I was in London I went on a boat ______ Thames. Mark likes playing ______ football at weekends. We lived in ______ Morton Street when we first came to town. ______ food in this restaurant is very expensive. ______ dinner we had at ______ Gold Restaurant was simply fabulous.

A) Im going to buy the stamp she needs because she is helping the old lady who is sick. B) Peters house is closer than mine. C) The Atlantic Ocean separates Europe from America. D) Last year we went to Paris and we visited the Eiffel Tower. E) Poor people need help from everybody. F) The Port Wine is known all over the world. I) Can you turn off the television, please? J) I really love music. K) The last time I was in London I went on a boat the Thames. L) Mark likes playing football at weekends. M) We lived in Morton Street when we first came to town. N) The food in this restaurant is very expensive. O) The dinner we had at the Gold Restaurant was simply fabulous.