bed

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We go to the bed at around 12.
We go to bed at around 12.

She wasn’t feeling well and had breakfast in the bed.
She wasn’t feeling well and had breakfast in bed.

We use go to bed without the when we mean ‘go to sleep’. We also use in bed without the when someone is lying in bed.

2

They like to jump on bed.
They like to jump on the bed.

When we talk about a particular bed as a piece of furniture or surface, rather than as a place for sleeping or resting, we use the.

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