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•The (definite article)•a/an (indefinite article)
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The – definite article
•Use▫When something is unique
We damage the earth by polluting excessively.
▫Superlatives Luciano Pavarotti was the greatest opera
singer ever.▫The context makes it ‘known’
Has my mother arrived yet? / Yes, she’s in the living room.
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•Use (continued)▫A defining phrase makes it ‘known’
Queen is the British band that became world famous in the late 1970’s.
▫A prepositional phrase makes it ‘known’ Meet me in the café next to the
underground station near my house.
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•But here is the exception!▫We often use television, cinema etc. without
an article to refer to the art or entertainment. She works in television. I’m studying film in my final year.
▫If we refer to a specific item we use the article Don’t put flowers on the television. Have you seen the new film by Ridley Scott?
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•THE is used for plural and singular nouns which the speaker specifies.▫The elephant(s)▫The house(s)
•A/AN is used for singular nouns which the speaker doesn’t specify.▫An elephant▫A house
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A/an indefinite article• Use:
▫Singular countable nouns A garage, an opinion
▫When naming something That’s a scarab beetle.
▫When topic is not known to listener A new teacher has come to this school.
▫One example of class or species An African elephant has larger ears than an
Indian elephant.
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A/an indefinite article▫NO article when referring to whole class
Ruthless poachers hunt elephants for the valuable ivory of their tusks.
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A/an indefinite article• Jobs1, nationalities, beliefs:
▫I am an engineer. – You’re an Austrian. – Cat Stevens is a Muslim.
• Numbers:▫A hundred. – A thousand. – A dozen.
• Prices, speeds:▫Two dollar a kilo. – 20km an hour.
• Fixed speech:▫A lot of
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A/an indefinite article•Jobs1:
▫No art. when noun before name: Muslim Cat Stevens makes Islamic music.
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A/an indefinite article•NO INDEF. ARTS.
▫Referring to group/class in general: South African apes like to eat bananas.
▫Nouns as (when thinking of purpose): Church, hospital, school2
Fewer people attend Church regularly now than before.
▫Building itself2:
Is there a school in this village or do the children have to go to the town?
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A/an indefinite article
•When which one?▫Depending on following sound:
▫A When followed by consonant sound: A house – a cigarette – a Euro
▫An When followed by vowel sound: An apple – an egg – an hour