Unit 73. The 1
Unit 73; Part A

• What is the longest river in the world? (there is only one longest river)
• The earth goes round the sun and the moon goes round the earth.
• Have you ever crossed the equator?
• I'm going away at the end of this month.
Don't forget the:
• Paris is the capital of France. (not Paris is capital of ...)
But we use a /an to say what kind of thing something is (see Unit 71B). Compare the and a:
• The sun is a star. (= one of many stars)
• The hotel we stayed at was a very nice hotel.
Unit 73; Part B

• We looked up at all the stars in the sky. (not in sky)
• Would you like to live in the country? (= not in a town)
• We must do more to protect the environment. (= the natural world around us)
But we say space (without the) when we mean 'space in the universe'. Compare:
• There are millions of stars in space. (not in the space)
• I tried to park my car, but the space was too small.
Unit 73; Part C

• Your pullover is the same colour as mine. (not is same colour)
• 'Are these keys the same?' 'No, they're different.'
Unit 73; Part D

• I go to the cinema a lot, but I haven't been to the theatre for ages.
When we say the cinema / the theatre, we do not necessarily mean a specific cinema or theatre.
We usually say the radio, but television (without the). Compare:
• I listen to the radio a lot. but I watch television a lot.
• We heard the news on the radio. but We watched the news on television.
The television = the television set:
• Can you turn off the television, please?
Unit 73; Part E

We do not normally use the with the names of meals (breakfast, lunch etc.):
• What did you have for breakfast?
• We had lunch in a very nice restaurant.
• What time is dinner?
But we use a if there is an adjective before breakfast, lunch etc. :
• We had a very nice lunch. (not We had very nice lunch)
Unit 73; Part F

We do not use the before noun + number. For example, we say:
• Our train leaves from Platform 5. (not the Platform 5)
• (in a shop) Have you got these shoes in size 43? (not the size 43)
In the same way, we say: Room 126 (in a hotel), page 29 (of a book), question 3 (in an exam), Gate 10 (at an airport) etc.
Exercises
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