الرئيسية
Use "the: before:
1. Only one thing: the sun, the earth, the moon.
2. General idea: the town, the countryside, the sea
3. A kind of animal (singular=general): The lion is dangerous. (all lions)
4. Invention or discovery: the telephone, the computer,
5. Some places: the cinema, the theatre, the radio, the internet
6. Mountains and rivers, oceans, seas, plural lakes: the Andes, the Nile, the Red Sea, the Atlantic Ocean, the Great Lakes
7. Countries: (more than 1 word): the KSA, the United States (except: Great Britain)
8. Comparative sentences: the harder you study, the more marks you get.
9. Deserts, islands: The Sahara, The Bahamas.
10. Holy books and newspapers: the Times, the Bible, the Koran.
11. Musical instruments after verbs like: (listen to, teach, learn, play) - the piano, the guitar.
12. Superlatives: the oldest, the most beautiful.
13. Noun mentioned before: -He gave me a lighter and some cigarettes but the lighter didn't work.
14. Adjectives to make plural of a group of people: the poor, the strong, the old, the dead, the living.
15. Ordinal numbers before nouns: The first, the second, the third. - He was the last one to arrive.
16. Decades: the 1990s.
17. Time: in the morning, the evening.
18. Places: the bank, the army, the airport, the baker's, …
19. The Hilton hotel, the Metro Cinema.
20. Wars (except world wars)
21. Historical documents: the constitution.
22. Ethnic: the Indians.
[/left]1. Only one thing: the sun, the earth, the moon.
2. General idea: the town, the countryside, the sea
3. A kind of animal (singular=general): The lion is dangerous. (all lions)
4. Invention or discovery: the telephone, the computer,
5. Some places: the cinema, the theatre, the radio, the internet
6. Mountains and rivers, oceans, seas, plural lakes: the Andes, the Nile, the Red Sea, the Atlantic Ocean, the Great Lakes
7. Countries: (more than 1 word): the KSA, the United States (except: Great Britain)
8. Comparative sentences: the harder you study, the more marks you get.
9. Deserts, islands: The Sahara, The Bahamas.
10. Holy books and newspapers: the Times, the Bible, the Koran.
11. Musical instruments after verbs like: (listen to, teach, learn, play) - the piano, the guitar.
12. Superlatives: the oldest, the most beautiful.
13. Noun mentioned before: -He gave me a lighter and some cigarettes but the lighter didn't work.
14. Adjectives to make plural of a group of people: the poor, the strong, the old, the dead, the living.
15. Ordinal numbers before nouns: The first, the second, the third. - He was the last one to arrive.
16. Decades: the 1990s.
17. Time: in the morning, the evening.
18. Places: the bank, the army, the airport, the baker's, …
19. The Hilton hotel, the Metro Cinema.
20. Wars (except world wars)
21. Historical documents: the constitution.
22. Ethnic: the Indians.
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