Use THE when it is clear which person or thing we mean., Lia had the children with her., Use THE when something has already been mentioned., There’s a problem, and the problem is money., Use THE with superlatives., It’s the fastest car., Use THE with ordinal numbers., He was the first man on the moon., Use THE with unique things., The Earth goes around the Sun., Use THE with oceans and rivers., The Pacific, the Danube, Use THE with organisations., The UN plays an important role., Use THE with mountain ranges., The Alps are popular with tourists., Use THE with deserts., The Sahara is enormous., Use THE with decades., She grew up in the 1990s., Use THE in fixed expressions., The bigger, the better., Use THE with adjectives referring to groups of people., The rich and the poor, Use A/AN with a singular countable noun when it is not clear which one., She’s renting an apartment in Berlin., Use A/AN when something is mentioned for the first time., We got an email from Carla., Use A/AN in phrases of quantity or frequency., 2 dollars a pound / 5 days a week, Use NO ARTICLE with plural nouns when talking about things in general., Children need plenty of sleep., Use NO ARTICLE with uncountable nouns when talking about things in general., Information is easy to find online., Use THE to refer to a whole class of animals., The tiger could soon be extinct., Use NO ARTICLE with continents and most countries., Asia is the largest continent. / Spain is in Europe., Use NO ARTICLE with cities and towns., London is a huge city., Use NO ARTICLE with most roads and streets., She lives on Oxford Street., Use NO ARTICLE with stations., We met at King’s Cross Station., Use NO ARTICLE with individual mountains., Everest is the highest mountain in the world., Use NO ARTICLE with individual lakes., Lake Garda is in northern Italy.

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