Articles are frequently used in English Grammar. Here are examples of Articles (continued from previous page i.e. articles.php)

3. With superlative degree:
This is the best book on this subject.
He is the richest person of our colony.
4. With an adverb in such sentences:
The higher we climb the cooler it is.
5. Before rivers, range of mountains, group of islands, oceans, gulfs and bays:
The Ganga, the Jamuna, the Himalayas, the Andaman islands, the Indian Ocean, the Bay of Bengal, the Persian Gulf.
6. With the name of directions, planets etc:
The east, the west, the sky, the sun, the moon
7. Before the names of well-known books, newspapers, public buildings, institutions, associations, etc.:
The Gita, the Ramayana, the Times of India, the Taj Mahal, the University of Delhi, the Golden Temple, the United Nations.
8. Before the names of peoples (nations), races and Adjectives formed from Proper Nouns, Common Nouns, etc:
The English, the Hindus, the Sikhs, the Indians, the Japanese, the rich, the poor, the needy
9. With part of a body:
He was struck on the head.
10. With a proper noun being used as a common noun:
Kashmir is the Switzerland of India.
He is the Mahatma Gandhi/Edison of our college.
11. Countries/states named due to geographical divisions:
the U.S.A., the U.K., the U.P., the Madhya Pradesh
12. Miscellaneous uses:
This is the same book.
All the boys went on picnic.
He ate the whole meal.
Have you read about the French Revolution?
He met the prime minister of India yesterday.
They want to join the military service.
Who is the principal of your school?
He was the first man to reach there.
Has she joined the Congress.

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