The document explains the usage of definite, indefinite, and no articles in English grammar. It details when to use 'a' and 'an' for singular countable nouns, the specific contexts for using 'the', and instances where no article is needed. Examples are provided for clarity on each rule.
The document explains the usage of definite, indefinite, and no articles in English grammar. It details when to use 'a' and 'an' for singular countable nouns, the specific contexts for using 'the', and instances where no article is needed. Examples are provided for clarity on each rule.
The document explains the usage of definite, indefinite, and no articles in English grammar. It details when to use 'a' and 'an' for singular countable nouns, the specific contexts for using 'the', and instances where no article is needed. Examples are provided for clarity on each rule.
The document explains the usage of definite, indefinite, and no articles in English grammar. It details when to use 'a' and 'an' for singular countable nouns, the specific contexts for using 'the', and instances where no article is needed. Examples are provided for clarity on each rule.
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ARTICLES
Definite, indefinite and no article
THE INDEFINITE ARTICLE: A / AN (ONE) We use A before consonant sound a computer, a uniform, a fisherman, a threat
We use AN before a vowel sound
an octopus, an elephant, an hour, an honest man WE USE A / AN: 1. Singular countable I am going to a party nouns (unknown to your tonight. listener) I went to see a movie last night. 2. In expressions of frequency, Our teachers meet once a speeds, prices week. I drink about three cups of coffee a day. Cheetahs can run 60 miles an hour. Apples cost 1.30 dollars a pound. 3. To mention something for An elephant was born at the the first time (when we zoo. The baby elephant is very continue to talk about it we popular with visitors. use THE) 4. To show job He is an archeologists. I’m a bank manager. WE USE THE: 1. You are talking about I saw the new James Bond particular person/thing (the film last night. listener knows which The book I bought was very person/thing you mean) interesting.
2. When there is only one of the Earth, the Sun, the Moon, something (unique nouns) the sky, the world 3. Names of cinemas, theatres, the Titanic, the Globe Theatre, ships, hotels, museums, the Odeon Cinema, the Ritz monuments Hotel, the Louvre, the Eiffel Tower, the Great Wall of China 4. Names of rivers, seas, the Mississippi, the Black Sea, oceans, deserts, mountain the Pacific Ocean, the Sahara ranges, group of lakes Desert, the Alps, the Great Lakes 5. Groups of states or islands, the United States, the plural countries, countries Dominican Republic, the containing the words Republic, United Kingdom, the Kingdom, States Netherlands, the Philippines, the Bahamas 6. Points on the globe the equator, the tropics, the North Pole, the South Pole 7. Musical instruments and Brian plays the violin and the papers piano. She works for the New York Times. 8. Nationalities The British are well known for drinking tea.
9. Adjectives used as nouns the old, the rich, the poor
The organization helps the elderly. (elderly people)
10. Superlatives He is the best student in the
class. He told the funniest joke. 11. morning, afternoon, Most people watch TV in the evening and before decades evening. He was born in the 70s. NO ARTICLE 1. Proper nouns Is Anna at work today?
2. Noun used with a general Pollution is a very serious
meaning problem. I love to eat vegetables and drink milk. Have you ever seen whales in the sea? 3. Names of single Mount Everest, England, mountains, countries, islands France, Easter Island, Lake and lakes, continents, cities, Ontario, Europe, Asia, Africa, towns London 4. Streets and squares, Oxford Street, Time Square names of languages French is spoken in Tahiti. BUT the French language 5. Names of sports and I play basketball. academic subjects We have to study physics at school. 6. Means of transportation A huge number of people go with BY to work by train.
