about when to put articles before nouns

Question

It is a translation question and the right answer is

The women gives cookies to the kid.

I put an extra "the" before cookies and it is marked as a wrong answer. Would anyone care to give a detailed reason as to when to put article?

Unrelated side note: I can't believe after so many years studying English, I am still struggling with these basic questions..

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The women is plural. Gives is singular. Possibly that is the reason your answer was marked wrong. — oerkelens, Feb 03 '15 at 15:35

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 02 '15 at 04:14

The article needs cookies to refer back to. So if your document had previously established cookies as being there (e.g., the kid asked the woman for some specific cookies), then it would be acceptable for the woman to give the cookies to the kid. If the kid is just hungry, then the woman gives him cookies.

about when to put articles before nouns

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