Definite article (the) = el, la, los & las.
Phonetic rules you should pay attention 5.
• THE: It has three possible sounds:
a) / a/: when it is alone.
b) / i /: before a vowel sound.
For example: the apple.
c) / e/: before a consonant sound.
For example: the house.
Usages/uses
1. When the noun is specified.
Ex: The restaurant where I always go.
2. To talk about instruments.
Ex: John plays the piano.
He cannot play the guitar.
3. To refer to something which has already
been mentioned.
Ex: I met a boy in a pub, the pub
where we went last month.
4. When you assume there is JUST ONE of
something in that place, even if it hasn´t
been mentioned before.
Ex: The bottle which Linda has.
To refer to unique people or objects.
Ex: The area code.
The President.
6. Before superlative, ordinal numbers and
decades.
Ex: She is the shortest girl in the family.
The first in the class.
The 20´s (decade)
7. With words as: only, name of newspapers,
name of famous buildings, work of arts,
monuments, museums, hotels, names of
family (last name) and restaurants (unless if
they are named with a person name)
Ex: Would you like going to the Empire State?
She goes to the museum every afternoon.
The Millers are nice (or Miller family is nice)
8. With names of: geographical areas, rivers,
mountain ranges, groups of Islands, canals,
and oceans.
Ex: The Pacific Ocean
The Roques Islands
The Aragua River
The Andes (mountain range)
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 Definite article (the) = el, la, los & las.
9. With countries which have plural names and Maracaibo Lake
the ones which include the words: Republic, Margarita Island
Kingdom or States in their name.
Ex: The Philippines (country with a plural 6. With tittles when they are combined with
name). names.
The United States of America. Ex: Prince Henry
The United Kingdom The Prince
The Popular Republic of China.
7. After the “´S” (possessive case).
When we don´t use THE (zero article) Ex: The house of Santi
1. Names of singular countries. Santi’s house.
Ex: Canada is in America.
8. With occupations.
2. With years. Ex: Law is hard.
Ex: 2021 is an amazing year. The lawyer studies a lot.

3. With the name of meals (Breakfast, Lunch 9. With people´s name, name of shops, towns,
and Dinner). streets, stations, airports and seasons.
Ex: I have lunch at 9 am. Ex: She is Cassie
Let´s go to Mino´s
4. With the name of languages. We live in Cagua.
Ex: Italian is a beautiful idiom.
10. With uncountable nouns.
5. With the name of: individual mountains, Ex: I like bread.
lakes and individual islands.
Ex: Everest Mount
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