ARTICLES

ARTICLES

INDEFINITE AND DEFINITE​

By Paula Flórez

To refer to general things. They are used with singular countable nouns:

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A- before a consonant sound

AN - before a vowel sound​

INDEFINITE​

A/AN​

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dog 

• A

• AN

• -

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university

• a

• an

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eagle 

• a

• an

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hands

• A

• AN

• -

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euro

• a

• an

• -

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doctor

• a

• an

• -

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orange 

• a

• an

• -

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knife 

• A

• AN

• -

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author

• a

• an

• -

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hour 

• a

• an

• -

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hotel

• a

• an

• -

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once ___ year

• a

• an

• -

I found a necklace in the street. The necklace was so pretty!​

Use A/An when you mention something for the first time. The when you mention it again.

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​Continents e.g. Africa, Asia, South America

They visit places in Africa.

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Cities, e.g. London, New York, Paris

Pops’s house is in London.

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Countries, e.g. England, Egypt, Brazil

Pops wants to go to Brazil.

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But: the UK, the United States

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When my brother was little, he wanted to be ___ farmer.

• a

• an

• -

• the

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Hello! Come in. ___ party started an hour ago!

• a

• an

• -

• the

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People nowadays think too much about_____ money.

• a

• an

• -

• t

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It looks like it's going to rain soon. Would you like to borrow ____ umbrella?

• a

• an

• -

• the

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I had __ long chat with Paula on the phone yesterday evening.

• a

• an

• -

• the

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My aunt loves ___ cats. She's got six of them!

• a

• an

• -

• the

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Douglas loves ___ books, so why don't we buy him ___

book?

• - / an

• a / the

• - / a

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Hello! Come in. Can you shut ___ door, please?

• a

• an

• -

• the