English Grammar Articles

The Articles

by Natasha Azani

Before We continue with the lesson...​

a quick pop quiz first....​

Multiple Select

Which one is the articles?

• a

• an

• the

• some

​What are the Articles?

• ​Articles are words that define a noun as specific or unspecific.

• ​Basically, an article is an adjective. Like adjectives, articles modify nouns.

#Rule 1: ​The Articles "a"

• ​a is used for words that start with a consonant.

​example:

• a car

• ​a nurse

• ​a hotel

• ​a rainbow

• ​a lion

• ​a handsome man

• ​a horse

and remember...​

​We do not use an indefinite article with plural nouns or uncountable nouns:

​for examples: ​Plural nouns:

​a cats

The cats/ cats​

​Uncountable nouns:

​a sugar

​sugar

​The exceptions:

​There are exception to the #rule 1:

• ​there are words that even though they start with a consonant; you cannot use a as the article.

• ​Those are the words that start with silent 'h'.

• ​For examples: heir, hour, honour

• ​for these words, you need to use : an + noun starts with silent 'h'

• For ​examples: an heir, an hour, an honour

​#Rule 2: The Article "an"

"an" is used for words that start with vowel [a,e,i,o,u]​.

• ​Like "a', the article "an" is used only for Singular subject and we do not use them for Plural nouns or uncountable nouns.

​For examples:

​an apple

​an aeroplane

​an orange

​an ink bottle

​an umbrella

​There are exceptions to #Rule 2:

• ​For words that start with the sound/pronounciation "yu"; you have to use the article "a" instead.

​for examples:

• ​a university

• ​a uniform

• ​a european

• ​a unit

​#Rule 3: The Article "the"

• ​"the" is used to state the specific, and uncountable nouns, like the sun or the ocean.

​​For examples:

• ​This is an umbrella. The umbrella is colourful. (specific)

• ​The sugar is so sweet. (uncountable)

• ​The moon is really beautiful today. (specific)

Multiple Choice

1. The articles "a" and "an" is...

• the indefinite articles

• the definite articles

Multiple Choice

2. The article "the" is for...

• general things

• specific things

Multiple Choice

3. There is __________ lamp on the table.

• a

• an

• the

• -

Multiple Choice

4. The eskimos build _______ igloo.

• a

• an

• the

• -

Multiple Choice

5. It's raining.

Do you have ____ umbrella?

• a

• an

• the

• -

Multiple Choice

6. This is a car.

_______ car is my father's.

• a

• an

• the

• -

Multiple Choice

7. My mother asks me to buy ______ onion.

• a

• an

• the

• -

Multiple Choice

8. My sister doesn't like to eat spinach. ________ spinach tastes bad.

• a

• an

• the

• -

Multiple Choice

9. _____ sun is so hot today.

• a

• an

• the

• -

Multiple Choice

My teacher asks us to write _____ essay.

• a

• an

• the

• -

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