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Articles: When It's The First Time We Mention The Subject. With Jobs
Articles: When It's The First Time We Mention The Subject. With Jobs
Uses
a/an
– When it’s the first time we mention the subject. Last month I bought
a house.
– With jobs. He’s a teacher.
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a/an
– When it’s the first time we mention the subject. Last month I bought
a house.
– With jobs. He’s a teacher.
the
– When we already know which one we are talking about (it’s been
mentioned previously). Where’s the pen?
– The subject is unique (there’s only one). Boris Johnson is the Prime
Minister .
– With superlatives. It’s the most beautiful song I’ve ever heard.
– With dates in spoken English. The 25th of May.
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– When we make generalisations with:
plural nouns. Flowers smell nice.
uncountable nouns. Progress is possible.
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Time expressions
No article: at night, at noon, every week, every day, every night,
last morning, last week, all night, all day, tomorrow, yesterday,...
The: in the morning, in the afternoon, during the night, the winter,
the summer...
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The last/next (…) vs Last/next (…)
Last/Next week: means the week before/after the current one.
– Last week I went to the cinema.
– I started learning English last year.
– Last Sunday I went for a walk with my friends.
The last/next week: refers to the last/next week in a particular
period
– This is the last week I am working.
– The first three weeks of my holidays I was in London. The last week I
went to Ireland.
– The last year I worked before I retire was very stressing.
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