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Articles

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Let's see how much we know already. 
How many articles are in the following sentences?

The brown dog is lying on the floor in the corner of the room. It has a red collar and is eating a steak. It has a ripped-up toy laying next to it. 

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The answer
The brown dog is lying on the floor in the corner of the room. It has a red collar and is eating a steak. It has a ripped-up toy laying next to it. 

That means the sentence has 6 articles in it.


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So what do you think an article is???

Slide 4 - Open question

Articles
Articles are placed before a noun. In English we know two types of articles: THE and A or AN 


Examples: 
The book is on this shelf is mine.
I’d rather eat a pear than an apple.

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the
We use 'the' when the listener knows what we are talking about, because we said it before.
'My aunt and uncle got a puppy. The puppy is so cute.'

We use 'the' when there is only one of that thing that matters.
'I went to the Pyramids of Egypt.'


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a/an
We use a/an when something is new, unknown or introduced to the listener.
'My aunt and uncle got a puppy. The puppy is so cute.'

We use a/an when we don't care which one exactly or when we're talking about something in general.
'I started reading a good book yesterday.'


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The articles a/an
 A is put before: the consonants.

a pet               a teacher           a bycicle
a car                  a door               a room
 

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The articles a/an
An is used for a noun starting with: the vowels

an ear            an investigation         an officer
an apple            an Englishman          an answer
 

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ATTENTION!
So, the choice of a or an is not what you read on paper, but the sound you hear.

Sometimes you see a noun starting with -h.  However, you do not hear it! Then you put the article AN before it:  AN hour, you do not hear the -h.



 

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More examples
an hour  (you hear our)
an honour (you hear onour)
a university (you hear juniversity)
a uniform (you hear juniform)
a European (you hear jeuropean)

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a of an?
..... dog
A
a
B
an

Slide 12 - Quiz

a of an?
..... banana
A
a
B
an

Slide 13 - Quiz

a of an?
.... artwork
A
a
B
an

Slide 14 - Quiz

a of an?
..... house
A
a
B
an

Slide 15 - Quiz

a of an?
.... apple
A
a
B
an

Slide 16 - Quiz

a of an?
.... uniform
A
a
B
an

Slide 17 - Quiz

A
AN
table
house
egg
chicken
island
phone
orange

Slide 18 - Drag question

a of an?
.... ear
A
a
B
an

Slide 19 - Quiz

a of an?
.... hero
A
a
B
an

Slide 20 - Quiz

a of an?
.... plant
A
a
B
an

Slide 21 - Quiz

a of an?
.... commercial
A
a
B
an

Slide 22 - Quiz

a of an?
.... hour
A
a
B
an

Slide 23 - Quiz

a of an?
.... game
A
a
B
an

Slide 24 - Quiz

a of an?
.... university
A
a
B
an

Slide 25 - Quiz

a of an?
.... avatar
A
a
B
an

Slide 26 - Quiz

a of an?
.... FM-radio channel
A
a
B
an

Slide 27 - Quiz