What´s in

your bag?
Using articles “a” and “an”.
What´s in your
bag?
- AN ERASER (goma)

- A PEN (lapicera)

- A PENCIL (lápiz)

- AN ENGLISH BOOK (libro de inglés)

- A NOTEBOOK (cuaderno)

Do you know what the words “A” and “AN” are?

“A” and “AN”
- A and AN are called INDEFINITE ARTICLES.

-Articles are a type of determiner.

- Singular countable nouns need a determiner before them.

E.g.:

-A DICTIONARY.

-AN APPLE.
How to use “A” and
“AN”.
-WE USE A BEFORE A SINGULAR NOUN BEGINNING WITH A
CONSONANT SOUND.

E.g.:
-A PEN
-A NOTEBOOK

-WE USE AN BEFORE A SINGULAR NOUN BEGINNING WITH A VOWEL

SOUND.

E.g.:
-AN APPLE.
-AN UMBRELLA.
What is this?
Using articles “THIS” and “THESE” as pronouns.
How to use “this” and
“these”.
- TO ANSWER QUESTIONS SUCH AS:

-WHAT IS THIS?
THIS IS MY WATCH.

-WHAT ARE THESE?

THESE ARE MY KEYS.
-
 Statements
-FOR STATEMENTS WE USE “THIS” BEFORE THE VERB “BE” +
SINGULAR NOUN.

E.g.:
-THIS + IS + A PEN.

--FOR STATEMENTS WE USE “THESE” BEFORE THE VERB “BE” +

PLURAL NOUN.

E.g.:
-THESE + ARE + PENS.
 Yes/no
questions.
-WE USE “THIS” AFTER THE VERB “BE” FOLLOWED BY A
SINGULAR NOUN.

E.g.:

-IS + THIS + YOUR PEN?

-IS + THIS + YOUR BOOK?

+ Yes, it is.
-No, it is not/No, it’s not.
 Yes/no
questions.
-WE USE “THESE” AFTER THE VERB “BE” FOLLOWED BY A
PLURAL NOUN.

E.g.:

-ARE + THESE + YOUR PENS?

-ARE + THESE + YOUR BOOKS?

+ Yes, they are.

- No, they are not/No, they’re not.
 Information
questions.
-WE USE “WHAT” + THE VERB “BE” FOLLOWED BY
THIS OR THESE.

E.g.:

SINGULAR:
-WHAT + IS +THIS?
It is a pen

PLURAL:
-WHAT + ARE +THESE?
They are pens.