how to use” the”
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1.when we know sth , we use ” the” and when we don’t know it , we use ” a ” or ” an “
ex) i saw a man in the street .( we don’t know that man so we used ” a ” )
ex) I saw a man in the street . the man was Mr. shomali.
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I want to buy a car. I saw several cars in the auto gallery but I loved the car with turbo charger .
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3. we can’t use ” the ” with nouns ( normally ) but there are some exceptions. note that we use ” the ” with plural nouns ex) the bahamas but we cant say the Paris because the ” s ” at the end of Paris is not for plural
ex) the carrots . the computers . the alps , the Netherlands , the Bahamas
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4. we use ” the ” with oceans + rivers + seas + desrets + canals
ex) the pacific ocean . the nile , the panama canal , ……
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5. with the nouns that everyone knows that noun and there is only one of them
ex) the Eiffel tower , the hidden park , the elgoli park , the empirate state building ex) The Pope is visiting Russia.
ex)The moon is very bright tonight.
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6. with parts of the day
ex) in the morning , in the after noon , in the evening
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7.before some adjectives when we want to talk about a group of people
ex) the poor = all the people who are poor
ex)the young= all the people who are young
ex)The wolf is not really a dangerous animal. (= Wolves are not really dangerous animals.)
ex)life can be really hard for the poor .
ex)The kangaroo is found only in Australia. (= Kangaroos are found only in Australia.)
ex)The heart pumps blood around the body. (= Hearts pump blood around bodies.)
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8.with a last name when we want to talk about whole family
ex) the madadis = whole the family of madadi
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9.when we want to talk about the directions
ex) the east , the west , the south…..
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ex)mahdi plays the piano really well.
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11.with a superlative adjective ex) mahdi is the richest boy in the class.
ex) hadi is the youngest boy in the class
ex) the einestain book is the best.
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12.to refer to a system or service:
ex)I heard it on the radio.
ex)You should tell the police.
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13.if a country has ” kingdom , state , rebulic
ex)the People’s Republic of China ex) the Kingdom of Bhutan
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for countries with ” kingdom ” or ” states ” or ” republic ” : ex )the islamic republic of Iran
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