ARTICLES

ARTICLES

There are two articles in English: a (an) and The

A

AN

THE

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The article A (AN) is used in front of a singular noun. It is similar to the number one.

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A

is used in front of a noun that begins with a consonant.

A book

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A dog

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A child

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A taxi

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A room

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A girl

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A restaurant

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A shirt

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is used in front of a noun that begins with a vowel.

AN

An elephant

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An aunt

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An arm

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An ear

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An oil

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An umbrella

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An uncle

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EXCEPTION

The letter U sometimes doesn't have a vowel sound. For that reason the article A is used.

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A university

A universe

A unit

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An is used when H is silent

For example

An hour

An honor

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The article THE

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The article is used when both, the speaker and the listener have a specific thing or person in mind.

THE

Tom has a new car

The car is beautiful

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I have an apple and a peach,which do you choose?

The peachplease!

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Ingles Nivel IExperto temático: Esp. Amilkar Alsina