breakfast


I wake up and I have a breakfast while I read the press.
I wake up and I have breakfast while I read the press.

What time did you have the breakfast today?
What time did you have breakfast today?

We normally use the names of meals, such as breakfast, lunch and dinner, without a or the: ‘Dinner is ready!’ ‘I always eat breakfast in the garden.’ ‘There is nothing for lunch.’

We can use a when we describe a particular meal: ‘We had a delicious dinner.’

We use the when we mean a specific meal: ‘The breakfast at the hotel was excellent.’