Itisalsousedwithnounsinvolvedindescriptions,classificationsanddefinitions-especially
whentalkingaboutaperson'sjob-andfinally,whenwetalkaboutathingbutdonotneedor
WhenIwasinLondon,Iwenttoapark.Inthepark,Isawaboy.Theboywasplayingwithaball...
I'dneverseensuchabeautifulcar!Wehadareallylovelyday!
TigersareananimalthatliveinIndia.Johnisaconservationistwholivesthere.
Doyouhaveapen?Idon'tcarewhatcolour,Ijustneedapen!
Thezeroarticleisusedbeforepluralcountablenounsanduncountablenouns.
Wealsouseitbeforecertainspecialnounssuchashome,bed,mealsandinmanycaseswork.
Finally,whenwetalkaboutthingsingeneralweusethezeroarticle.
Thesetreesarebeautiful.It'ssoniceouthere.Freshairiswonderful.
I'llmeetyouathomelater.I'vegotworktodoandImightmissdinner,soseeyouinbed?
Lifecanbehardformanypeople,butthelifeofSebastianwasharderthanmost.
Thedefinitearticle,the,isusedwithsingular,pluralanduncountablenounswhenboththe
speakerandlistenerknowandunderstandwhichnounisbeingspokenabout.
Thismaybebecauseithasbeenintroducedalreadyinconversationoritisobviousfromthe
contextorpeople'sexperience.
Forexample,whenwethinkofanaeroplane,weautomaticallyassumetherewillbeapilot.
Wealsousethedefinitearticletotalkaboutthingswhichareunique,suchastheSun.This
includessuperlatives,sinceasuperlativetalksaboutthebest,andtherecanonlybeone!
WhenIwasinLondon,Iwenttoapark.Inthepark,Isawaboy.Theboywasplayingwithaball...
Oncewehadarrivedonboard,thepilotdeliveredhisgoodmorningmessage.
Canyoupassmethepen,please?It'sonthetable.There'sonlyone.