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Articles
• A determiner
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Indefinite Article – A/ AN
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Definite Article THE
• Used with
• singular countable nouns
• plural countable nouns
• uncountable nouns
A man is coming to fix the television.
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Zero Article
• Used with
• uncountable nouns
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THE or Zero?
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General or Specific – THE
General Specific
• When the noun is related to the OBJECT of the sentence (or SUBJECT in
passive) ➔ THE
3. Scientific inventions
It would be very difficult these days to live life without video/ email.
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THE + adjective/ verb
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THE + adjective
• into the open, for the common good, out of the ordinary, in the
extreme, on the loose, to the full
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Summary of Article Uses
singular plural
uncountable
countable countable
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Special Uses
Jane’s in hospital.
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Special Uses
• A noun used AFTER A GENITIVE is accompanied by ZERO article
• the … OF + a
• We met on a wet Tuesday five years ago. the normal day that scarely anyone knows, except for the speaker
(speacial day)
• She died on the Wednesday after the accident. clarify the meaning of Weds
• There’s a Jane working at the reception. dont know so clearly 'bout that person (just heard 'about/ think that
the listener dont know)
• That’s not the Adam Smith I went to school with. clarify the meaning
Are you sure it's a Van Gogh? a work of art of that person
• The late Michael Jackson was very famous for his songs of peace.
• She’s an architect.
Illnesses
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Basic Uses of THE
• With singular countable nouns, plural countable nouns,
uncountable nouns
• Uniqueness
• The earth is not a safe place to live anymore.
• General sense
• THE + noun referring to animals and plants
• THE + adjective
• THE + nationality
• THE + scientific invention
• THE + musical instrument 20