Category | No article | The | Exceptions |
airports, railway stations and other two-word names the first word of which is the name of a person or place | Kennedy Airport, Heathrow, Gatwick Airport, Victoria Station, Kings Cross Station, Windsor Castle, Buckingham Palace | ||
mosthotels | But:Claridges Browns Hotel | theHilton (hotel) the Ritz, the Plaza hotel, the Carlton | |
banks | Lloyds Bank Barclays Bank | the bank of England | |
shops | Harrods, Selfridges, Marks and Spencers | ||
restaurants, pubs | Maxims,Macdonalds, Luigis Italian Restaurant, Leonis(restaurant) Emmas pub | theRed Lion (pub) the Café Royal | |
cinemas, theatres, concert halls | the Odeon, the Globe, the Coliseum (theatre), the National Theatre, the Carnegie Hall | ||
museums, art galleries, monuments | thePrado, the Louvre, the British Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, the Tate Gallery, the Lincoln Memorial, the Washington Monument, theTrevi Fountain, theColosseum | ||
hospitals | Guys (hospital) | the London Hospital | |
schools, colleges, universities | Manchester Grammar School, Carnegie College, Bristol University, Cambridge University, Oxford University, Kyiv National Economic University | theUniversity ofTexas | |
organisations | Usually no article is used if the abbreviation is pronounced as a word: NATO, OPEC ['oupk] | theUN, the BBC, the EU= the European Union, theLabour Party the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries | |
most of political and governmental institutions | theSenate, the Cabinet, the Ministry, theBunderstag, the Supreme Court, theBritish Parliament | Parliament, Congress, Kent County Council, Leeds City Council | |
most companies and firms | General Motors, Sony, Nissan, Shell, IBM, KLM | ||
churches, cathedrals, abbeys | St Johns Church, St Pauls Cathedral Westminster Abbey | theDomincan Abbey | |
names ofbuildings with of | theHouses of Parliament, the Tower of London, the Great Wall of China, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, the Palace of Versalles, the Federal Bureau of Investigation | ||
zoos | London zoo | ||
parks and squares | Hyde park, Trafalgar Square, George Square | ||
ships | the Titanic, the Mary Rose, the Discovery |
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䳿 | the French Revolution, the Stone Age | Roman Britain, Post-War Germany |
, , | the Bible, the Odyssey, the Graduate, the Great Charter | Jaws |
, , | the Times, the Economist (the press, the radio, the television) | Pravda, Korrespondent, Life, Time |
, | the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Beatles | uranDuran, DepecheMode |
to play the piano/the violin/the guitar, to dance the tango. Thisisthe 1979 recording. | with Ellison on bass guitar |
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Belgium | Belgian | a Belgian | theBelgians | Dutch, French, German |
Britain / England / Great Britain / the UK | British / English | a Brition a Brit a Britisher anEnglishman (Englishwoman) | the British Britions Britisher the English Englishmen | English |
Chile | Chilean | a Chilean | theChileans | Spanish |
Cyprus | Cyprian | a Cypriote | theCyprians | Greek, Turkish |
Denmark | Danish | a Dane | theDanish / (the) Danes | Danish |
Finland | Finnish | a Finn | theFinnish / Finns | Finnish |
France | French | a Frenchman a Frenchwoman | theFrench / Frenchmen | French |
Holland / theNetherlands | Dutch | a Dutchman a Dutchwoman | theDutch / Dutchmen | Dutch |
Iraq (Irak) | Iraqi | anIraqi | theIraqi | Arabic / Kurdish |
Israel | Israeli | anIsraeli | theIsraelis | Hebrew |
thePhilippines | Filipino | a Filipino | (the) Filipinos | Filipino (Tagalog) |
Poland | Polish | a Pole | (the) Poles | Polish |
Russia | Russian | a Russian | (the) Russians | Russian |
Scotland | Scottish / Scotch | a Scot / a Scotsman (Scotswoman) | (the) Scots | Scottish |
Spain | Spanish | a Spaniard (a Spanish woman) | the Spanish | Spanish |
the Sudan | Sudanese / Sudani | a Sudanese / a Sudani | the Sudanese / the Sudani | Arabic |
Sweden | Swedish | a Swede | the Swedish / (the) Swedes | Swedish |
Switzerland | Swiss | a Swiss | the Swiss | German, French, Italian |
Thailand | Thai | a Thai | the Thais | Thai |
Turkey | Turkish | a Turk | (the) Turks | Turkish |
Ukraine | Ukrainian | a Ukrainian | (the) Ukrainians | Ukrainian |
the USA / America | American | an American | (the) Americans | English |
Zimbabwe | Zimbabwean | the Zimbabwean | the Zimbabwean | English |
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Monday is always a bad day. | It was a very hectic Monday | The Monday you are speaking about was tiring. |
We'll wait till night and then call the police. | I could never imagine such an awful night. | We stayed at the motel for the night. |
We get good crops of apples in autumn. | We are having a wonderful autumn this year. | The autumn in Colorado was long and wet. |
at dawn, at midnight, before morning, by day, in winter, on Tuesday, on New Year's day, in March, every other day, day after day, from morning till night next week, last year | in a day a week from today a fortnightfromtomorrow | in th evening, in the morning, the other morning, the day after tomorrow, the following day, the year after next, in the past, in the future, in the end, in the 19th century, in the holidays, at the moment |
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Dinner is served. Let's have lunch. | That was a very nice dinner. We had a late lunch. | Soon the dinner was served. I was not invited to the formal dinner. |
: to have a meal to have a drink to have a snack | ||
, , : We met him at a public dinner. | ||
He couldn't afford in a cheap cafe. |
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GeorgeBush PresidentBush | 쒿: He was a Bush and wanted to become president. | 쒿: The Bushes are coming to this dinner. |
: There are many Wilsons, Smiths and Browns in England. ( ) | ||
MrSmith Linda | : A Mr Smith left a message for you. A Lindacalled. | : Hes the Smith I met last night. Linda at 45 was still the Linda of 20. |
David Beckham Alice in Wonderland | , : Jack plays football well, but hell never be a Beckham. She felt like an Alice in Wonderland. | |
SalvadorDali ChristianDior | : The art dealer agreed to buy a Dali. She wants to wear a Dior this time. | |
bed, hospital, church, school, class, college, court, market, prison, university | ||
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My father is in hospital () He was taken to hospital after the heart attack. ( ) | I saw my father in the hospital. () This is a new hospital. () | |
The children are in school now, and my mother is in church. | Its an old school. Theres a meeting at the school at 7 ocloc. | |
: at a/the office/factory, cathedral, mosque |
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D.H. Lawrence, an author from Nottingham, wrote a book called Lady Chatterleys Lover. () My friend, a dentist, works long hours. | D.H. Lawrence, the author of Lady Chatterleys Lover, died in 1930. () Miss Hicks, the supervising nurse, is coming to see you. | D.H. Lawrence, author of Lady Chatterleys Lover, died in 1930. () Mrs Banks, Head of Logistics, is from Toronto. |
: The prime minister is fond of dogs. ( , ) | Mr Blair, prime minister of England, has arrived in Paris. | |
the painter Rubens the playwright Pinter the calculating Becky the Emperor Napoleon | : Queen Anne Pope Benedict President Lincoln DoctorHouse | |
, , : HecametoKyivwhenhewasMinisterofDefense. |
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from | from memory from day to day fromscratch | from the cradle from the stable fromthewordgo | |
in | in a mess in a minute in a whisper | in debt in tears in comfort | in the egg in the end inthe couds |
on | on a bet on a diet on a leash | on time on strike on reflection | on the hour on the radio ontheway |
with | with a nod with a heavy heart with a bounce | with smiles with good grace with kid gloves | with the word with the colors withtheexceptionof |
like | like a dream like a brother like a king | like beans, like show business, like clock-work | likethewind |
as | as brave as a lion as fit as a fiddle as mad as a hatter | as good as gold as hard as nails assafeashouses | as the crow files as good as the first time |
by | by a majority by a hair by a closeshave | by post by degrees by credit card | by the way by the head and ears bythedozen |
at | at a profit at a glance at a momentsnotice | at sea at first hand at pains | at the cross-roads at the moment attheweekend |
for | for a walk for a change for a rainyday | for sale for fun for starters | for the record for the rest for the time being |
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a bit of chalk two bits of chalk a roll of paper a can of beer a kilo of sugar a grain of rice | |
an item of news some items of news a branch of knowledge a period of calm a piece of research a vase of flower | |
dz | a book of stamps ten books of stamps a cartoon of cigarettes a box of matches a tin of sardines a vase of flowers |
a game of football- many games of football a game of chess a game of billiards | |
a pair of gloves two pairs of gloves a pair of jeans a pair of skates | |
, , - | a type of cloth some types of cloth a brand of soap a sort of cake a species of insect a kind of friendship |