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Artícles Explanation

The document explains the usage of articles 'a', 'an', and 'the' in English grammar. 'A' is used before singular countable nouns that are not specific, while 'an' is used before singular countable nouns starting with a vowel sound. 'The' is used for specific nouns, superlatives, and general meanings, while the zero article is used for plural nouns, uncountable nouns, and certain time expressions.

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Artícles Explanation

The document explains the usage of articles 'a', 'an', and 'the' in English grammar. 'A' is used before singular countable nouns that are not specific, while 'an' is used before singular countable nouns starting with a vowel sound. 'The' is used for specific nouns, superlatives, and general meanings, while the zero article is used for plural nouns, uncountable nouns, and certain time expressions.

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USINGA,AN,THE

A An The
•Aisusedinfrontof • An isusedinfrontofsingular • We usethe' ofall
in front
singular nouns(
countable countablenounswhichare nouns( Itdoesnotmatter
a person,
animalorthing) notspecific. whether thenounsare
whicharenotspecific. We don't usean before singular,
pluralcountable
or
uncountable
) todescribe
•Wedon'tusea before uncountable nouns.
orplural
uncountable
or plural someone
orsomething
nouns. fthe noun startswitha specific
or unique.
vowel
sound(a, e,i,o,u),"an"
fanoun startswitha comesbeforethenoun. •Examples:
consonantsound(b,c,d,f, theearth
"a"
9,h,j,k,etc.), comes •Examples: theworld
beforethenoun. an apple thesky
an egg theair
• Examples: an ant
a cat theweather
an orange
a bird
a child
a doctor
A,THE,
ZEROARTICLE
gcom test-english

USES EXAMPLES)
Firstmention Isaw an oldwoman and a dogin the park.
A/AN Jobs Paulaisa teacher.

Descriptions Parisisan interesting


city.

USES EXAMPLES)
Secondmention Isawa man anda dog.Theman wasold.

things
Specific Thechildren
are in thegarden.

Onlyone thing Themoon looksbeautifultoday.


THE
Common places We aregoingto the park.
Superlatives Heisthebeststudentin theclass.
Musical
instruments My daughterplaysthe violin.

[USES EXAMPLES)
General
meaning Idon'tlikechildren
(=children
in general).

Meals What timedo you have breakFasi?


ZERO months,
Years,
2005wasa greatyear.
ARTICLE days

There's
a goodfilmon TV.

Languages,
subjects Hedoesn't
school Istudyblology.
speakEnglish.

Nextlast We went to thetheaterlastweek.

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