Articles A, AN, THE

Today we will talk about the articles in English, I hope you guys like it! :)

Let's be very simple and clear about it!

In English there are three articles A, An and The.

A and An are the indefinite articles and they are used in general situations and the most important they are only used before SINGULAR nouns.

A is only used before consonant sound

Example:

A dog, a cat, a car, a house.

Words that start with E or U and that sound like YOU, for European and University you gotta use A, because this YOU sound is considered consonant sound in English.

Example:

I live close to a University.

An is only used before vowel sound

Example:

An apple, an ice-cream, an elephant.

In some words in English the H is mute, so we have to use AN before the singular noun.

Example:

I have been waiting for you for about an hour.

THE

The article THE is used for specific situations and it can used before singular and/or plural nouns.

Exemple of specific, unique things:

The Sun, The moon. The president of Brazil.

The United States, The United Kingdom.

Countries that like in the example above, must have THE before the name of the country!

HOMEWORK - EXERCICIO ( A, AN, THE)

For general things:

A - Before consonant sound An - Before vowel sound

The - Used for specific things.

Vamos completar!

1.What do you do? I am __ student.

2.What does your brother do?

3.He is __ engineer.

4.I have __ cat and __ dog.

5.I have been waiting for __ hour.

6. My sister lives in __ beautiful house.

7. I am happy to see __ policeman who saved my cat.

8. __ moom looks so pretty tonight.

9. I am having __coffee. It’s really good. I got __ coffee at Starbucks.

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