8TH GRADE CLASS

BASIC LEVEL I
FEEDBACK OF:

DEFINITE AND INDEFINITE

ARTICLES.

SIMPLE PRESENT OF VERB TO

BE.
OBJECTIVES

 ATTHE END OF THE LESSON, STUDENTS WILL

BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE DIFFERENCES
BETWEEN DEFINITE AND INDEFINITE
ARTICLES.

 STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO USE THE

ARTICLES WITH THE SIMPLE PRESENT OF
VERB TO BE IN REAL CONTEXTS.
INDEFINITE AND DEFINITE ARTICLES
INDEFINITE ARTICLES

USING ARTICLE “A” IN ENGLISH

 “A“ is used in front of singular countable nouns ( a person,
animal or thing ) which are not specific.
 We don’t use “a“ before uncountable or plural nouns.
 If a noun starts with a consonant sound (b, c, d, f, g, h, j, k,
etc.), “a” comes before the noun.

EXAMPLES:

A cat A bird
A child A doctor
A house A bike
A boy A table
USING ARTICLE “AN” IN ENGLISH

 “An“ is used in front of singular countable nouns which are not specific.
 We don’t use “an“ before uncountable or plural nouns.
 If the noun starts with a vowel sound (a, e, i, o, u), “an” comes before
the noun.

EXAMPLES:

An apple An egg
An Ant An orange
An hour An aunt
An old man An uncle
 DEFINITE ARTICLE
USING ARTICLE “THE” IN ENGLISH
 We use the article ‘the’ in front of all nouns ( It does not
matter whether the nouns are singular, plural countable or
uncountable ) to describe someone or something specific
or unique.
EXAMPLES:
The earth The world NOTE: if the next word stars with vowel, the
The sky The air pronunciation is di, but if the next word
The weather The moon starts with a consonant, the pronunciat-
The President The CEO ion is de.
The sun
VERB TO BE
USES
 Se utiliza “to be” como verbo principal para mostrar el estado o las
características de alguien o algo (como un verbo de estado). También se
puede utilizar con las preposiciones de lugar para indicar donde algo está
localizado.
Affirmative
NEGATIVE
INTERROGATIVE
Nota: En preguntas con el verbo “to be”, el sujeto y el verbo cambian
posiciones.