NON USE OF THE DEFINITE ARTICLE "THE"

You must not use the definite article "the" for nouns having a general meaning; for example-^

FESTIVITY: at Easter, at Christmas

TIMES: at 9 p.m.

DISEASES:measles, bronchitis

DAYS OF THE WEEK: On Monday, on Tuesday

COLORS: red, green, brown, blue

ARTS: painting

LANGUEGES: English, Spanish, Chinese, Italian

MATERIAL SUBSTANCE: water, gold

THEORICAL IDEAS: friendship, patience

NOUNS DESCENDED FROM VERBS: reading, writing

PERIODICAL AND MAGAZINES

SCHOOL AND SUBJECTS: maths, Philosophy, Physics

SPORTS, GAMES , HOBBIES: golf, tennis, football, skiing, cards, dancing

YEARS: in 1997/90s

SEASONS: in spring, in summer

LAKES

MOUNTAINS

ISLANDS( but only singular names)

with names indicating RESIDENCES, RELIGIOUS BUILDINGS, POLITICAL BUILDINGS, LEGAL INSTITUTES, CULTURAL BUILDINGS, SOCIAL BUILDINGS_ church, temple, cathedral, court, prison, university, hospital. Or when u want to indicate the activities that u can do in that building: go to church/ be in church, go to prison/ be in prison, go to school/ be in school/ leave school, go to university/ be at university/ go to hospital/ be in hospital/ leave hospital

With NAMES OF GENERAL MEMBER OF A FAMILY_ father, mother, grandmother, uncle, aunt

with PRIVATE SOCIETIES AND AIRLINE

with NAMES FOLLOWED BY NUMERS OR LETTERS

with CONTINENTS, NATIONS, CITIES, VILLAGES, AND REGIONS NOUNS_ but we must use "the" with: republic, union Kingdom, the Netherlands, the German federal Republic

with PROPER PERSONAL NOUNS_ but we can use the article "the" when the noun is preceded by a foreign noble-title

with STREET, SQUARE AND BRIDGE NAMES

with AIRPORT, STATION, UNIVERSITY, MUSEUM, CHURCH AND PARKS NAMES_ when they are made of a PROPER NOUN OF A PERSON OR A PLACE