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5. a) I'm going to ______ stationery to buy _______ geometry box.
b) He wrapped ______ money in _____ old newspaper and put it in
his bag.

c) I read about his death in __________ newspaper.

NOTES
‘The’ is called definite article. We use ‘the’ when the speaker and the
audience know what they talk about.
Bring me a pen. [any one pen from anywhere]
Bring me the pen. [the audience knows which specific pen has
been demanded]

Situations Examples

repeated nouns the boy, the girl, the teacher

superlative degrees the best, the deepest, the most disciplined

whole class the tiger, the cow, the buffalo

ordinal numbers the first, the second, the last

parts of the body the brain, the skull, the head

musical instruments the sitar, the guitar, the flute

holy books the Quran, the Bible, the Mundhum

directions the east, the west

surnames the Gurungs, the Limbus, the Thapas

newspapers The New York Times, The Himalayan Times

[not with all newspapers] The Kantipur, The
Gorkhapatra
inventions the radio, the telephone, the mobile

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