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6 DET You use the in front of a singular noun when you want to make a general statement about things or people of that type. □  The mobile phone has become integral to most people's lives. □  After dogs, the horse has had the closest relationship with man.

7 DET You use the with the name of a musical instrument when you are talking about someone's ability to play the instrument. □  She was trying to teach him to play the guitar.

8 DET You use the with nationality adjectives and nouns to talk about the people who live in a country. □  Shiatsu works by stimulating the body's vital energy flow (termed "chi" by the Chinese).

9 DET You use the with words such as 'rich', 'poor', or 'unemployed' to refer to all people of a particular type. □  …support for the unemployed.

10 DET If you want to refer to a whole family or to a married couple, you can make their surname into a plural and use the in front of it. □  The Taylors decided that they would employ an architect to do the work.

11 DET You use the in front of an adjective when you are referring to a particular thing that is described by that adjective. □  He knows he's wishing for the impossible. □  I thought you might like to read the enclosed.

12 DET You use the to indicate that you have enough of the thing mentioned for a particular purpose. □  She may not have the money to maintain or restore her property. □  We must have the patience to continue to work until we will find a peaceful solution.

13 DET You use the with some titles, place names, and other names. □  The company was alleged to have leaked the news to the Daily Mail. □  …the Albert Hall.

14 DET You use the in front of numbers such as first, second, and third. □  The meeting should take place on the fifth of May. □  Marco Polo is said to have sailed on the Pacific on his way to Java in the thirteenth century.

15 DET You use the in front of numbers when they refer to decades. □  It's sometimes hard to imagine how bad things were in the thirties.

16 DET You use the in front of superlative adjectives and adverbs. □  Brisk daily walks are still the best exercise for young and old alike.

17 DET You use the in front of each of two comparative adjectives or adverbs when you are describing how one amount or quality changes in relation to another. □  The longer you have been in shape in the past, the quicker you will regain fitness in future.

18 DET When you express rates, prices, and measurements, you can use the to say how many units apply to each of the items being measured. □  Cars do fewer miles to the litre on LPG fuel. □  Some analysts predicted that the exchange rate would soon be $2 to the pound.

19 DET You use the to indicate that something or someone is the most famous, important, or best thing of its kind. In spoken English, you put more stress on it, and in written English, you often underline it or write it in capitals or italics. □  Camden Market is the place to be on a Saturday or Sunday.

thea|tre ◆◆◇ /θiː ətə ^r / (theatres ) in AM, use theater 1 N‑COUNT A theatre is a building with a stage in it, on which plays, shows, and other performances take place. □  I worked at the Grand Theatre.

2 N‑SING You can refer to work in the theatre such as acting or writing plays as the theatre . □  You can move up to work in films and the theatre.

3 N‑UNCOUNT Theatre is entertainment that involves the performance of plays.