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The definite article - the
The definite article the is the same for all genders in singular and in plural.
the boy, the girl, the cat, the computers
the following word starts with a spoken consonant
the girl
the book
the school
the following word starts with a spoken vowel
the English girl
the blue book
the old school
when we said Life is too short we don't use the definite article because
"Life" here is a general word , but when we say I've read a book on the
life of The prophet , we must put "the "
We use the seasons of the year (spring, summer, autumn, winter) with or without the definite article.
in summer or in the summer
The American English word for autum >fall< is always used with the definte article.
Sometimes we use the article and sometimes we do not. It often depends on the context. Watch the following example:
The student goes to school.
The mother goes to the school.
In the first sentence we do not use the definite article, in the second
we do. The student goes to school for its primary purpose, so we do not
use the article.
The mother might talk to a teacher, for example. She visits the school
for a different reason. That's why we use the definite article in the
second sentence.
The indefinite article - a
The indefinte article is the a is the same for all genders.
a boy, a girl, a cat
The indefinte article has no plural form.
a boy - boys
the following word starts with a consonant
a boy
a school
a girl
the following word starts with a consonant
an aunt
an old school
Use of the indefinite article a/an
- before phrases of time and measurements (per week/weekly)
We have English 4 times a week.
I go on holiday twice a year.
Our car can do 220 kilometres an hour.
Tomatoes are a kilo.
- before phrases of jobs
My father is a car mechanic.
- with a noun complement
He is a good boy.
- before phrases of nationality
Bruce Springsteen is an American.
- half/quite
We need half a pound of sugar.
This is quite a good story.
Application :
Fill in the article >a<, >an< or >the< where necessary. Choose >x< where no article is used.
1) I like blue T-shirt over there better than red one.
2) Their car does 150 miles hour.
3) Where's USB drive I lent you last week?
4) Do you still live in Bristol?
5) Is your mother working in old office building?
6) Carol's father works as electrician.
7) The tomatoes are 99 pence kilo.
8) What do you usually have for breakfast?
9) Ben has terrible headache.
10) After this tour you have whole afternoon free to explore the city.
موضوع: Lesson 4 " Articles " - English Spelling Cours 