The Article THE

Uses of The - When?

• When we know who or what we speak.
•     Example:  Do you remember the day we went to New York?
  
• When it is clear what we refer.
  Example:  Where is the shop your mother works in? 
• To refer to place names
    Example:  We visited the United States
• With plural nouns: seas, oceans, canals and rivers.
    Example:  The Pennines. 
• Place of amusement or emblem places. 
  
  
• Example:  We visited the Eiffel tower
  

  
  
• With the particle "same",
    Example:  Your dress is the same as mine. 
• With the particle "of"
    Example:  The house of Commons 
• Cardinal points: north, south, east, west.
    Example:  The south of France 
• Superlative Adjectives
    Example:  My dog is the best dog in the world 
• With the verb go +to: entertainment places (theater, film), medical consultants, legal consultants (lawyers, etc.), places that servant meeting point (airport, city center ...), shops (pharmacies, bakeries, etc) 
• Example: We go to the airport.  

When omit The

• Speaking  in general. 
• Television, meal hours, days of the week, months of the year, the ,the years,
  Example:  I don’t like what is on TV tonight. 
• They will call me next week.
• Before people names 
• With the verb go + to: work, school, university, college, hospital, prison, church, bed
• The verb go : home
• Place  names, there are some  exceptions.
• City names, there are some  exceptions.