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Definite and indefinite articles (a/an, the, -)

a an the
when there is only one noun when there is only one when the noun is one of its kind
and the word starts noun and the word starts (the Eiffel Tower)
with a consonant with a vowel
(a book) (an elephant)
when the noun starting with when the noun starting when the noun is mentioned before
a consonant is mentioned for with a vowel is mentioned in a context
the first time in a context for the first time in a (The man was wearing a black hat.)
(There is a man in the street.) context (The accident was not a big one.)
(I saw an accident two
blocks away.)

when a descriptive adjective when a descriptive when you exactly know what you are
starting with a consonant is adjective starting with a talking about
used (There is a nice lady over vowel is used (That is an (The Chinese restaurant across the street
there.) exciting occasion.) is a posh one.)
when we write ordinal numbers
(the third, the fifteenth)

when we talk about some rivers,
mountain ranges, planets

• oceans, gulfs, seas, and rivers: the
Pacific, the Atlantic, the Coral Sea, the
Timor Sea, the Persian Gulf, the Nile, the
Murray River, the Darling River, etc.
• countries with united states or islands:
the United States of America (the USA),
the UK, the UAE, the Philippines, etc.
• great lakes: the Great Lakes, the African
Great Lakes
• mountain ranges: the Himalayas, the
Alps, the Andes, etc.

• a group of islands: the West Indies, the
Andamans, etc.

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