a/an: when we mention something for the first time, say who or what somebody or something is, building (general): prison, church, school, hospital, university, the: the names of theatres, cinemas, hotels, galleries, and museums, mountain ranges, rivers, seas, canals, deserts, island groups, some countries: the USA, the UK / United Kingdom, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, when something has been mentioned before, unique nouns (the Earth, the sky), when it's clear who or what somebody or something is, building (specific): prison, church, school, hospital, university, families and nationalities, no article (-): individual (singular) mountains and lakes, roads, streets (exceptions: motorways and numbered roads: the M6), parks, bridges, shops and restaurants, islands, states, provinces, towns and cities, countries, continents and regions, to speak in general with plural and uncountable nouns, at home/work, go/come home/to bed, next / last (week), function: prison, church, school, hospital, university,

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