The Article The

The is used for the following:

Usage
To refer to a specific person, animal or

Examples
This is the key for the front

door.
Even though the boy was poor,

he loved reading.
Where is the book?
The sun is overhead now.
The sky is so clear today.
The earth is one of the most

beautiful planet
The moon was shining so bright

tonight
Aini is talking to a man just now.

The man is blind.

Now there are special schools

for the blind and the deaf.

The rich should be kind to the

poor.
He saw a light through a hole in

object

To refer to something which is one of

a kind

To refer to something mentioned

earlier

a wall. The light caught his

To refer to the names of countries
that begin with United or Republic
To refer to a range of mountains, a
group of islands, names of rivers, etc.

attention.
The United Kingdom
The Republic of China
The United States of America
The Rajang River
The Kinabalu Mount
The Langkawi Island