“ The

”
 The definite article is used with:

singular nouns and plural nouns

the animal the books

the room the pupils
the woman the pictures
 Instead of the words
“this” or “that”

This is a book. The book is so interesting.

 Nouns

which are unique

the moon, the sun, the earth, the sky

 Seas Mountain
ranges

Rivers
the Black Sea the Alps
Oceans Deserts
the Asov Sea the Carpathians
the Thames
the Nile
the Pacific Ocean the Sahara
the Atlantic Ocean the Kalahari
 Famous
Islands and places
groups of and
islands sights
Countries
with words
Nationality “State”,
words the National Gallery “Kingdom”
the British Islands and families the Acropolis ,
“Republic”
the Philippines

the British The United Kingdom

The USA
the Ukrainians The Federal Republic of Germany
the Browns
 hotels
the names of: cinemas the words:
theatres
museums
musical ships
instruments organizations
morning
newspapers
afternoon
magazines
evening

the piano
the violin
in the morning
the guitar
the Hilton Hotel in the afternoon
the Apollo Theatre in the evening
the Canon Cinema
the Times
the Wax Museum
the Titanic
The United Nation Organization
 the names of
continents,
countries, the names
cities, streets, of meals,
parks games,
the proper sports
names
Africa
Canada breakfast
London golf
Kate Hyde Park lunch
George Oxford Street basketball
aerobics
tennis
 Brush up
the use
of definite article
1. We visited___ Art Museum when we were in ___ Paris.

2. ___Atlantic Ocean is larger than ____Indian Ocean.

3. ___ Japanese export a lot of cars. Some of them are sold in ___
Ukraine.
4. What time do you have __ breakfast? I have it at 8 o’clock in __

5. My mother brought me some shoes. ____shoesmorning.

were very
expensive.
6. She can play ___ guitar and ___ piano.

7. I like to play ___ volleyball and lie in ___ sun during my summer
holidays.
8. ____ American live in _____USA.
9. ____ Regent Street is a street in the West End of _____ London.
10. What is the capital of _____ Canada? It is ______ Ottawa.
1. We visited___ Art Museum when we were in ___ Paris.
1. We visited the Art Museum when we were in Paris.
2. ___Atlantic Ocean is larger than ____Indian Ocean.
2. The Atlantic Ocean is larger than the Indian Ocean.
3. ___ Japanese export a lot of cars. Some of them are sold in ___
Ukraine
3. The .
Japanese export a lot of cars. Some of them are sold in Ukraine.
4. What time do you have __ breakfast? I have it at 8 o’clock in __
morning.
4. What time do you have breakfast? I have it at 8 o’clock in the morning.
morning
5. My mother brought me some shoes. _____shoes were very expensive.
5. My mother brought me some shoes. The shoes were very expensive.
6. She can play ____ guitar and ____piano.
6. She can play the guitar and the piano.
7. I like to play___volleyball and lie in___sun during my summer holidays.
7. I like to play volleyball and lie in the sun during my summer holidays.
8. ____ Americans live in _____USA.
8. The Americans live in the USA.
9. ____ Regent Street is a street in the West End of _____ London.
9. Regent Street is a street in the West End of London.
10. What is the capital of _____ Canada? It is ______ Ottawa.
You have known the definite article
well!

I wish you good luck

in further learning English!