a/an (indefinite): the first time something is mentioned, I saw a lion., before singular countable nouns, when it's not clear who/what exactly There's a library in the town., professions, I'm an actor., phrases of quantity and frequency (three times a day, 2 euros a kilo, 70 km an hour), no article (zero): things/people in general, dogs are friendly animals., plural nouns (in general), I'm taking 4 classes this term., most cities, countries and continents, I live in Germany., uncountable nouns (in general), coffee, sugar, meals, dinner was good, have breakfast, days and months, September is beautiful, towns, roads, stations, mountains, lakes, the (definite): smth that has already been mentioned, I saw a lion. The lion was scary., smth that is only one, I looked at the Moon., seas/oceans/rivers, the Atlantic, the names of some areas, the north west of England, some phrases with prepositions, in the morning, at the beginning, with superlatives, She is the tallest., mountain rages, the Alps, countries + united, republic, union, kingdom), the United Kingdom, musical instruments, play the guitar, when the context tells you what is being talked about (she is always talking about the children => her children), organisations / deserts / mountain ranges / decades (the Sahara, the UN, the 1990s), fixed phrases (the bigger the better, what's the matter?), with adjectives that describe a group of people (the poor, the rich, the British), with singular countable nouns for things in general (the tight could soon be extinct),

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