Articles II The Definite Article & Zero Article  Grammar Focus – before a spoken – before a spoken consonant the door [w] the one [j] the university vowel ! the eye the apple [ ] the uncle The definite article is used:  to speak about something which has already been mentioned: She has a ball The ball is read (ball – is mentioned for the second time)  when both the speaker and listener know what is being talked about, even if it has not been mentioned before: Where is the vase? – It is in the living room (the speakers both know about what vase the are talking)  to speak about objects we regard as unique: The Sun rises in the east and sets in the west  before seas, rivers, and groups of mountains or islands: the Caspian Sea, the Nile, the Rocky Mountains, the British Isles etc  with superlatives and ordinal numerals: This is the most interesting film Amy lives on the second floor  with musical instruments: He plays the piano very well Zero article is used: Pronounce the definite article correctly, according to the rule the endthe umbrellathe streetthe universethe duckthe honourthe peachthe eaglethe kingthe usagethe hourthe articlethe orangethe floorthe ideathe castlethe elephantthe unitthe onethe dustthe evening They went to most expensive restaurant in New York mountains, Atlantic Ocean and Gulf Stream influence climate of British Isles orange is a colour of Sun Danny doesn’t like to go to school on Saturdays Where are girls? – They went to play piano to Kelly She told me about nice book book was about Egypt Math is a difficult subject for Sam, but he passed his test successfully in May In Autumn Nancy is going to Bermudas, she is interested in Bermuda Triangle Fill9.in with USA the definite article zeroAtlantic article and is washed by or Pacific Oceans 10.She visited Prado Museum In _ Madrid 11. Mount Everest is word’s highest mountain 12 Earth is third planet from Sun 13 I was on holiday We went to Turkey by air 14.We flew over Alps and made a quick stop in London 15.How many kilometers is moon from earth? 16 Do you take sugar in coffee ?