No article

Wewon gold and weapons. Video games are very popular.

Use no article with plural count nouns and non-count nouns to make general statements. Some in general statements means some, but not all.

Sue loves video games. (video games in general)

Music is relaxing. (music in general)

I like some video games, but a lot of them are really boring.

We do not use the:

• with uncountable and plural nouns when talking about something in general.

Tea comes from India. Cats love fish.

• with proper nouns. Carol works at a bank.

• with the names of sports,

Games,

Activities,

Days,

Months,

Celebrations,

Colours,

Drinks,

Meals

languages (when they are not followed by the word language).

We have dinner at 6 o'clock. Maria speaks Spanish fluently.

But: There are lots of Latin words in the English language.

• with the names of countries (France, but: the Lebanon, the Netherlands, the Vatican City),

cities (Lisbon),

streets (State Street, but: the A4, the High Street),

squares (Trafalgar Square),

bridges (Sagamore Bridge, but: the Golden Gate Bridge, the Bridge of Sighs),

parks (Regent's Park),

railway stations (Kenmore Station),

mountains (Mount Everest),

individual islands (Sicily),

lakes (Lake Michigan)

continents (Asia).

• with possessive adjectives or the possessive case. That is my jacket

• with two-word names when the first word is the name of a person or place.

Heathrow Airport, Windsor Castle But: the White House

• with names of pubs, restaurants, shops, banks and hotels named after the people who started them, and ending in -s or -'s. Harrods, Luigi's Restaurant (but: The Roxy)

• with the words bed, church, college, court, hospital, prison, school, university, when we refer to the purpose for which they exist. They took the injured man to hospital.

But: We went to the hospital to visit my grandmother.

• with the word work (= place of work). / have to be at work early tomorrow morning.

• with the words home, Father/Mother when we talk about our own home/parents.

Mother hasn't come home yet

• with by + means of transport: by bus/car/train, etc. They travelled through Europe by train. But: He missed the 9:15 train to Manchester.

• with the names of illnesses. He's got pneumonia.

But: flu/the flu, measles/the measles, mumps/ the mumps. Susan has got (the) flu.

NOTE:

We usually don't use the with the word television. I never watch television on Sundays.

But: Turn off the television. (= the TV set)

The is optional with seasons. We usually go on holiday in (the) summer.

We use the + adjective to refer to a group of people, usually with the adjectives: