How to use to THE and Don't use THE in the definite articles

Use the with: School, colleges, universities when the phrase begins use to THE
Schools, colleges, universities when the phrase begins with school, etc
For examples:

• The university of Dhaka
• The college of arts and commerce.

Don't use THE with: School, colleges, universities when the phrase begins with proper noun use to THE.
For examples:

• Cooper's Art School.
• Santa Fe Community College
• Stetson University

Use the with: seas, river, oceans, plural, lakes use to THE
For examples:

• the red Sea, the Persian Gulf, the Atlantic Ocean, the Great Lakes

Don't use THE with: singular lakes for don't use THE
For examples:

• Lake Geneva, Lake Eric

Use the with: To case mountains
For examples:

• the Andes, the Rocky Mountains

Don't use The with: To case mounts
For examples:

• Mount Vesuvius, Mount McKinley

Use the with: To case earth and moon
For examples:

• the moon, the earth

Don't use the with: To case planets and constellations
Examples:

• Venus, Orion, Earth, Mars

How to sentence create article used to THE

The is used to indicate something that we already know about or something that is common knowledge.

The boy in the corner is my friend (The speaker and the listener know which boy)

The earth is round (There is only one earth)

With non- count, one uses the article the if speaking in specific terms, but uses no article if speaking in general.

Sugar is sweet. (General- all sugar)

The sugar on the table is from Cuba.(specific- the sugar that is on the table)

Normally, plural count nouns, when they mean everything within a certain class, are not preceded by THE.

Oranges are green until they ripen.

Athletes should follow a well- balanced diet.

Normally a proper noun is not preceded by an article unless there are several people or things with the same name and the speaker is specifying one of them.

There are three Susan packers in the telephone directory.

The Susan Parker that I know lives on First Avenue.

Normally words such as breakfast, lunch, dinner, school, church, home, colleges, and work do not use any article unless to restrict the meaning.

We ate breakfast at eight o clock this morning.

We went to the school yesterday.

How to use one articles forms

a/an and one (adjective)

 Rule 1: When counting or measuring time, distance, weight etc. we can use either a/an or one for the singular:

$1=a/one pound                             $10000 = a/one million pounds

But not that in the rent is $ 100 a week the a before week is not replaceable by one.

In other types of statement a/an and one are not normally.

Interchangeable, because one+ noun normally means ‘one only/not more than one’ and a/an does not mean this:

• A shotgun is no good.
• One shotgun is no good.

Rule 2: Special uses of one:

(a)   One (adjective/pronoun) used with another/others:

One (boy) wanted to read, another/ others wanted to watch TV.

One day he wanted his lunch early, another day he wanted it late.

(b)  One can be used before day/week/month/year/summer/winter etc. or before the name of the day or month to denote a particular time when something happened:

One night there was a terrible storm.

One winter the snow fell early.

One day a telegram arrived.

(c)   One day can also be used to mean ‘at some future date’ :

One day you’ll be sorry you treated him so badly.

a/an and one (pronoun)

One is the pronoun equivalent of a/an:

Did you get a ticket? –Yes, I managed to get one.

The plural of one used in this way is some:

Did you get tickets? – Yes, I managed to get some.

Introduction to Omission article used to A and An

Rule 1: The form a/an is used before plural nouns:

a/an has no plural form. So the plural of a dog is dogs, and of an egg is eggs.

Rules 2: Before names of meals, except when these are preceded by an adjective:

• We have breakfast at eight. 
• He gore us a good breakfast.

The article is also used when it is a special meal given to celebrate something or in someone’s honor:

• I was invited to dinner (at their house, in the ordinary way) but 
• I was invited to a dinner given to welcome the new ambassador.

How to use A and An the indefinite Articles

Rule 1: Before a singular noun which is countable. When it is mentioned for the first time and represents no particular person or thing:

• I need a visa. 
• They live in a flat. 
• He bought an ice- cream.

Rule 2: Before a singular countable noun which is used as an example of a class of things:

• A car must be insured. 
• A child needs love.

Rule 3: With a noun complement. This includes names of professions:

• It was an earthquake. 
• She’ll be a dancer. 
• He is a an actor.

Rule 4: In certain expressions of quantity:

a  lot of                 a couple               a great 

 a dozen               a great deal of

Rule 5: In expressions of price, speed, ration etc:

5p a kilo              1 a meter            sixty kilometers an hour

10p a dozen       four times a day

Rule 6: In exclamations before singular, countable nouns:

• Such a long queue!           
• What a pretty girl!

Rule 7: A can be placed before Mr/ Mrs/Miss+ surname:

A Mr Smith         a Mrs Smith       a Miss smith

A Mr smith means          ‘a man called smith’

And implies that the speaker knows Mr smith or knows of his existence.

Rule 8: With certain number:

A hundred          a thousand        

Before half when half follows a whole number:

A half-holiday                   a half-portion                   a half- share