My neighbor has just bought a dog. The dog is an Alsatian. He got into the car and drove to the town hall - use a/an when you mention somebody or something for the first time or say who or what somebody or something is. Use the when. it is clear who or what smb/sth is, Men and women are equal / I don't like sport or classical music/ I stayed at home last weekend - Don't use an article to speak in general with plural uncountable nouns or phrases like at home/ work, go home/ to bed, next/last (week), My father is in hospital / They are building a new hospital/ He was sent to prison for two years/ My grandma used to work in the prison as a cleaner - With words like prison, church, school, hospital and university, don't use an article when you are thinking about the institution and the normal purpose it is used for. If you are thinking about the building use a or the. , Tunisia is in North Africa.  - Most countries, continents, regions ending with the name of a country/ continent, e.g. North America, South East Asia, islands, states, provinces, towns and cities (Exceptions: The USA, The UK, The Netherlands), Selfridges, one of London's biggest department stores, is in Oxford Street.  - Roads, streets, parks, bridges, shops, and restaurants (exceptions: motorways and numbered roads The M36, The A25 ), Lake Victoria  and Mount Kilimanjaro are both in Africa - Don't use articles with individual lakes and mountains. , The River Danube flows into The Black Sea.  - We normally use the with: mountain ranges, rivers, seas, canals, deserts, and Island groups. , The National Gallery and The British Museum are London tourist attractions.  - We normally use the with the name of theatres, cinema, hotels, galleries, and museums. , 19th- century poets/ the Romantic poets - We are likely to use the if we are talking about a closed group of people or class. , My wife loves the seaside, but I prefer the mountains. / I love listening to the winds and the rain. - The is used with a number of rather general expressions referring to our physical environment - the world around us and the climate. THE  suggests that everybody is familiar with what we are talking about, Have you had appendicitis? / I've got toothache again. / a toothache/an earache - The name of illnesses and pains are usually uncountable in British English, but in AmE it can be used with a/an. , Do you sell eggs by the kilo or by the dozen? He has been watching TV by the hour. - The is used in expressions beginning with by. , I always listen to the radio. / It was great to go to the cinema or the theatre when I was a child./ What's on TV? - When we talk about forms of entertainment, we normally use the, but with television or TV we don't, The violin is really difficult. / Who's that on the piano? - We often use the + singular when we talk about musical instruments in general or about playing musical instruments,

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