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With the definite article THE Paweł Piotr Stawski www.stawski.pl www.a-way.pl english@stawski.pl
|A: plural names: THE |B: geographical names: THE |
|countries |mountain ranges: |island groups: |countries with a common |rivers, canals |seas , oceans |
| | | |noun in their name | | |
|the Netherlands |the Alps |the Hebrides |the United Kingdom |the (River)Thames |the Atlantic (Ocean) |
|the Philippines |the Himalayas |the Bahamas |the USA |the Vistula |the Black Sea |
|Nationalities: |the Rockies |The Canary Islands |the Republic of Poland |the Panama Canal |the Mediterranean (Sea) |
|the Polish, the English | |but Corsica |the Irish Republic |the Suez Canal | |

|C: public institutions: THE |
|hotels, restaurants |theatres, cinemas: |museums, galleries: |newspapers: |BUT: magaiznes, | |the police, the fire |
| | | | |periodicals have the | |brigade, the army |
| | | | |zero article: | | |
|the Savoy |the Odeon, |the Brtish Museum |The Times |LIFE |the Bible |the Air Force |
|the Grand |the Globe |the Tate Gallery |The Economist |TIME |the Koran |the Navy |
| |BUT: Covent Garden | |The Daily Mail |ENGLISH LANGUAGE |the Iliad |the BBC, the EEC, the |
| | | | |TEACHING | |Common Market |

Expressions with the article THE
|the sky, the moon |on the contrary |in the middle |at the beginning |on the radio |in the week = not at |in the morning / |
| | | | | |weekends |afternoon/ evening |
|the Earth, the world |on the one hand, |at the top of |in the end |BUT: on TV |BUT: in a week = within|BUT: at night |
| |on the other hand | | | |a week | |
|the seaside, the sea |on the whole |BUT: on top of |BUT: on end = without |on the air | | |
| | | |break | | | |
|in the country |the same |on the right/left | |BUT: by air | | |
|the countryside | | | | | | |
| | | | |play the piano | | |
| | | | |play the guitar | | |

Without articles: NO ARTICLE
|personal names: |calendar names: |geographical names |School subjects |
|Aleksandra |January |continents: |countries,states: |towns, cities: |names of streets, |Geography, Physics, |
| | | | | |buildings, bridges |Chemisttry, Art |
|Mr Stawski |on Monday |Africa, Europe |Poland, Peru |Rome, Boston |Oxford Street |English, Polish |
|President Bush |in spring |BUT: the Antarctica, |BUT: the Ukraine, the |BUT: the Hague, the |Windsor Castle, | |
| | |the Arctic |Crimea, the Sahara |Bronx, the City, the |Westminster Bridge, | |
| | | | |East/West End |Poniatowski Bridge | |
|BUT: the Swans |at Christmas, |lakes: |Argentina, | | | |
| |at Easter, | |BUT: the Argentine | | | |
| |New Year's Day | | | | | |
|a Mr King |BUT: during the Easter |Lake Michigan | | | | |
| |1912 | | | | | |
|the John Grisham |let's meet on a |Salt Lake | | | | |
| |Saturday | | | | | |

Expressions without the article: NO ARTICLE
|all day |at dawn |arm in arm |in need of |by ...