DEFENITE ARTICLE: THE

1. GENERAL WORDS(DEFENITE)

2. MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

2.1. the piano

2.2. the guitar

3. NAMES OF COUNTRIES IN THE PLURAL

3.1. The Netherlands

3.2. The United States of America

4. NAMES OF MOUNTAIN RANGES

4.1. The Rocky Mounntains

4.2. The Alps

5. FAMILY NAMES IN PLURAL

5.1. the Smiths

6. NAMES OF REGIONS

6.1. The Middle East

6.2. The west of Australia

7. GROUPS OF ISLANDS

7.1. The Bahamas

7.2. The Canaries

8. NAMES OF OCEANS, SEAS, RIVERS

8.1. The Mediterranean sea

8.2. The Nile

8.3. The Atlantic ocean

9. NAMES WITH OF-PHRASE

9.1. The Statue of Liberty

10. NAMES IN PLURAL

10.1. The Great Lakes

11. WELL-KNOWN BUILDINGS

11.1. The Empire State Building

12. DECADES

12.1. The seventies

12.2. the 1990's