A / AN / THE

A / AN / THEARTICLES

A / AN

A/AN - Before a noun shows that what is referred to is not already known to the speaker, listener, writer and/or reader (it is the indefinite article): A: Do you live in a house? B: No, actually, I live in an apartment.

A - BEFORE CONSONANT SOUNDS

aa a a

carhouse crayon baby

AN - BEFORE VOWELS SOUNDS

airport * a uniformelephant * a euro ice cream cone * an hour owl * an MP3 player umbrella

anan an an an

THE

The - before a noun shows that what is referred to is already known to the speaker, listener, writer and/or reader.A: Where is the car? B: Oh, look is over there! (The speaker and the listener know what car is being referred to.)

NOT SPECIFIC SPECIFIC (‘the one you and I know’) Would you like an apple? Would you like to try the apple pie? Do you have a cat? Have you seen the cat? I have a car. The car is black. My neighbors have a party. There is so much noise in the party. I have an English class. The class is at 10am. What color do you prefer? The red one. I'm watching a movie. The movie is exciting!

HOW DO WE PRONOUNCE THE?

We pronounce THE in two ways depending on whether the sound which comes after the is a vowel or a consonant: Before vowel sounds - /ði:/ /ði: eksɪt/ the exit, the elephant, the onion /ði: æpəl/ the apple, the orange, the eraser Before consonant sounds /ðə/ /ðə ti:m/ the team, the school, the boy /ðə ju:niən/ the union, the car, the window

HOW DO WE PRONOUNCE THE?

the carthe onion the airport the book the alphabet the boy the house the orange the elephant the tv

THANKS FOR WATCHING!Miss Morales