oxford practice

grammar
articles (1):

a, an, or the

#4

first, lets compare

a and an
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we use
before
words which begin
with

consonants
(b,c,d,f)

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a doctor a big car

a girl
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we also use

before
when it
sounds like the
word you and
before

eu
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sounds like you

starts with
=
university

a university
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sounds like you

starts with =

eu

a European city
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an

we use
before
words which begin
with

vowels
(a,e,i,o,u)

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an
an

apple

interesting film

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an

we also use
before words that
begin with a silent

h
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silent h = hour

an hour
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hard h = house

a house
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next, lets
compare

a/an and the

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Mary: I bought
CD
player and a TV
yesterday.

the

Joe: Was
CD
player expensive?
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we usually use

a/an with a noun

to talk about a
person or thing for
the first time
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CD player

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we usually use

the when we talk

about the person or
thing again
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the

CD player =
the one that Mary
bought
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however, there are

some special uses
of

a/an

and

the

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a/an

we use
with
prices, frequency
and speeds
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prices
It costs 2

a litre
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frequency
I drink about three
cups of coffee

a day

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speeds
Youre driving at ninety
miles

an hour
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a/an

we use
before hundred,
thousand, and
million
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a hundred people
a thousand days
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a/an

we use
for
talking about jobs

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Im

a bank manager
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the

we use
when
there is only one of
something
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May I turn on
TV?

the
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Wheres Mary?

the

Shes in
kitchen.

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the

we use
with
musical instruments

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the guitar.
Jane plays the

I play

violin.
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works cited

Coe, Norman, Mark Harrison, and Ken Paterson.

Oxford Practice Grammar Basic with

Answers. Oxford, England: Oxford University
Press, 2006.