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        |  sākt mācīties a/an/the rules: somebody's job  |  |   a / an when you say what sb's job is    Sandra is a nurse. Would you like to be an English teacher? |  |  | 
|  sākt mācīties THE - when we assume that thing or person is specific  |  |   floor, ceiling, door, carpet, light; doctor, dentist, bank, post...   # some object in room (that we can assume that are only one in room) # if we go to doctor, bank... we assume that there are no other options   Can you turn off the light? I took the taxi to the station. I have to go to the bank today. Is there a bank near here? I don't like going to the dentist. My sister is a dentist. |  |  | 
| sākt mācīties |  |   the sky, the sea, the ground, the country (not a town), the environment, the same, the radio (usually) |  |  | 
| sākt mācīties |  |   space, television, the names of meals (but we use a/an if there is an adjective: We had a very nice lunch.), noun + number (platform 5, room 123, page 11), bed, work, home, man (human being in general / human race) |  |  | 
|  sākt mācīties the + places (used acc their purposes or not)  |  |   the + places (used acc their purposes or not)   school, college, university, prison, hospital, church   Kan's brother is in prison for robbery. # Ken went to the prison to visit his brother. Joe had an accident and he was taken to hospital. #Jane had gone to the hospital to visit Joe. When I leave school, I want to go to university/college. |  |  | 
| sākt mācīties |  |   the + nationality adj. that end in -ch, -sh, -ese   #The meaning is "the people of that country" ## with other nationals, the plural noun ends in -s   The French are famous for their food. (the people of France). The Chinese invented printing. (but these nationality adj. can also be singular "a Chinese, a Japanese" |  |  | 
| sākt mācīties |  |   continents, countries, states, etc. islands cities, town mountains |  |  | 
| sākt mācīties |  |   we use the in names with: - Republic - the Czech Republic - Kingdom - the United KIngdom - Staes etc - the Netherlands |  |  | 
| sākt mācīties |  |   - oceans, seas, rivers, canals - deserts - people (family the Taylors) - group of islands (the Canary Islands, the Canaries) - mountain range (the Alps, the Ands) |  |  | 
| sākt mācīties |  |   # the north (of Brazil) but northen Brazil. the south-east (of Spain) but sout-eastern Spain. ## the Middle East, the Far East. ### in the names of some regions or countries. - North America, South Africa |  |  | 
|  sākt mācīties without THE - places, buildings etc.  |  |   without THE - places, buildings etc.   - places with the name of the person who started them (Lloyds Bank, Brown's Restaurant, Macy's) - names of companies, airlines etc.   - streets, roads, squares, parks etc. - important public buildings and institutions (airports, stations, universities): - the first word is the name of a place (Manchester) or a person (Harvard) (Buckingham Palace but the Royal Palace) |  |  | 
|  sākt mācīties THE + places, buildings etc.  |  |   THE + places, buildings etc.    - hotels, restaurant - theatres, cinemas - museums, galleries - other buildings (the Empire State, the White House) - newspapers - organisations - names with "of" usually have the (the University of Cambridge but Cambridge University) |  |  |