BASIC-GRAMMAR-U-14.2

	14.2.	the (definite article)

 

PRESENTATION

 

Use the (definite article) with

• singular and plural countable nouns: the house, the houses.
• unique things (where there is only one): the world, the White House, the Indian Ocean.
• superlatives: Blue whales are the largest animals in the world.
• groups of countries or countries which are plural: the United Kingdom, the European Union, the United South America, the Philippines.
• locations: in the middle, on the left/right, in the north/south/east/west.
• musical instruments: I play the saxophone.

 

 

Key vocabulary	The world: the Earth (the world), the sun, the moon, the Indian Ocean, the United States of Arm (USA), the Netherlands,
	the Philippines, the United Kingdom (UK), the European Union (EU), the Indian Ocean, the Black Sea, the Atlantic Ocean, the North Pole
	, the Arctic, the Suez Canal, the Mediterranean Sea, the Red Sea
	Places to visit: the White House, the Eiffel Tower, the Statue of Liberty, the Atomium monument

 

 

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