Articles

Articles

• There are there articles in English:

a, an and the.

Articles Types

DefiniteIndefinite

Indefinite ArticlesA and an are the indefinite articles.

* A and an are used before nouns that

introduce something or someone you

have not mentioned before.

Examples:

A: I ate a banana this morning

An: I saw an elephant today.

Indefinite Articles• You use a when the noun you are

referring to begins with a consonant (b, c, d, f, g, h, j, k, l, m, n, p, q, r, s, t, v, w, x, y or z),

• for example, "a city", "a factory", and "a hotel".

• You use an when the noun you are referring to begins with a vowel (a, e, i, o, u)

• For example, “an orange”, “anapple”.

Definite ArticlesYou use the when you know that the

listener knows or can work out what

particular person/thing you are

talking about.

Example:

The apple you ate was rotten.

Definite ArticlesYou use the when:

• have already mentioned the thing

you are talking about.

• We use the to talk about

geographical points on the globe.

• We use the to talk about rivers,

oceans and seas.

• Examples:

• The north pole, The Nile, The sun.

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