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We use "THE" with:

• Villages, towns, cities

• Exclamations

• Already mentioned nouns (singular or plural)

• Unique things

We use "THE" with:

• Jobs and interests

• specific class of things

• Oceans

• Lakes

We use "THE" with:

• countries formed of units

• geographical areas: seas, rivers, deserts etc

• Streets, roads

• meals

We use "THE" with:

• Island, Isles

• unique things

• Continents, countries (not units)

• plural nouns (general meaning)

We use "zero article" with:

• Island, Isles

• buildings have have a specific purpose

• countries (units)

• meals, sports,

There are no articles in expressions:

• in Tatra mountains

• at home

• from work

• at Black Sea

We use "a" with:

• Singular countable nouns when the first letter is a consonant

• Singular uncountable nouns the first letter is a vowel

• Plural countable nouns when the first letter is a consonant

• Plural countable nouns when the first letter is a vowel

• When the noun was mentioned for the first time in the text

We use "an" with:

• Singular countable nouns when the first letter is a consonant

• Singular countable nouns when the first letter is a vowel

• When the noun was mentioned for the second time in the text

• Singular uncountable nouns when the first letter is a vowel

Which group matches "Zero article"

• Street, some diseases, lakes, continent

• superlatives, states, desert, social groups

• to bed, out of prison, for dinner, at breakfast

• musical instruments

He is ....... very nice man.

• the

• a

• an

• -