"___ man in ___ brown jacket is looking at us."

"I live in ___ house with ___ red door."

When we are talking about something specific, we use...

"She bought a new car yesterday. ___ car is silver."

"He has a cat and a dog. ___ cat is scary but ___ dog is so friendly."

The second and subsequent times we talk about something, we use...

"I'm ___ tallest in my class."

"She is ___ funniest person I know."

With superlatives, we use...

"___ wheel is the greatest invention of all time."

"___ elephant is the only animal with four knees."

When we talk about generic technological/scientific innovation, we use...

"___ homeless need more support."

"___ Irish drink a lot of Guinness."

To talk about groups in society to make generalisations, we use...

"___ Netherlands"

"___ Himalayas"

"___ Atlantic Ocean"

"___ Amazon River"

With some places, we use...

"I'm eating ___ apple."

"I'll see you in ___ hour."

To talk about singular, countable nouns, we use...

"I went shopping yesterday and I got ___ new sweater."

The first time we mention something, we use...

"I'm ___ lawyer and my husband is ___ teacher."

With jobs, we use...

"Over ___ million people live in Dublin."

"There are ___ hundred students in my school."

"___ thousand people went to the concert."

With these numbers, we use...

"What ___ beautiful day!"

"My teacher gave us no homework. What ___ wonderful teacher!"

In these exclamations, we use...

"___ Irish people eat a lot of potatoes."

"___ professional footballers earn too much money."

When we are talking about something in general, we use...

"___ life in Ireland is busy."

"___ love is is more important than ___ money."

To talk about uncountable, plural and abstract nouns, we use...

"___ Dublin/Rome/Paris"

"___ Ireland/Japan/Australia"

"___ Mount Everest"

"___ Loch Ness/Lake Como"

"___ Europe/Asia/Africa

With these places, we use...

"I'll see you ___ home."

All criminals should go to ___ prision.

I don't go to school by ___ bus. I go on ___ foot.

James had ___ accident when he was skiing in Austria and now he's in ___ hospital.

___ first country in ___ world where ___ women could vote was New Zealand

___ population of ___ South Africa is approximately 52 million.

I took a year off before I went to ___ university. I worked as ___ au-pair in Italy.

___ River Ebro in Spain flows into ___ Mediterranean Sea.

We couldn't visit ___ village church yesterday because there was ___ wedding taking place.

___ quickest way to get to London to Oxford is by ___ car.

___ Lake Superior in ___ Canada is ___ biggest lake in ___ world

I'm not usually frightened of ___ spiders, but ___ spiders in the zoo were huge!

The man was sent to ___ prison for eight years for robbing ___ bank in Zurich

I love eating at ___ Mario's. I think it's the best pizza restaurant in ___ city

Whenever I'm in London, I take ___ bus to ___ Science museum and spend the morning looking around.

We spent our honeymoon in ___ Morocco and camped in ___ Sahara desert.

My sister doesn't normally like ___ heights, but she went to the top of ___ Eiffel Tower.

___ Mont Blanc is ___ highest mountain in ___ Alps

I've always wanted to learn how to play ___ guitar but it's ___ too difficult.