Articles (lidw)

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

A/an

1. Singular (ev) countable nouns 1st time
2. Jobs

A

Words beginning with a consonant. (MK)

Words beginning with a consonant in speech:

useful

University

An

Words beginning with a vowel (K)

Words beginning with silent h

hour

honest

1. Elephants are amazing animals. Yesterday, I read ___ article about their intelligence.
2. We saw ___ unusual bird in the forest; it had bright green feathers.
3. A bee landed on my hand, and I noticed it had ___ small black spot on its wing.
4. I have never met ___ owl in the wild before.
5. My friend adopted ___ hedgehog as a pet, and it is very cute.

Definite article: the

Gebruik the:

Het lidwoord the maakt van een zelfstandig naamwoord een specifiek exemplaar.

 Net zoals het Nederlandse 'de' of 'het'.

the University of Nijmegen

Let's go to the party.

The dinner we had at the Ivy was fabulous.

He lives in an appartment. The appartment is on the second floor.

Gebruik the:

Het wordt ook gebruikt als het zelfstandig naamwoord naar iets unieks verwijst. Er is er maar één van:

The White House, the Queen, the sun, the moon, the earth

Gebruik the: 

Je gebruikt the bij de volgende geografische namen:

rivieren, golven, zeeën en oceanen, gebieden, punten op de aardbol, woestijnen, bossen en regenwouden: 

the Nile, the Persian Gulf, the North Sea, the Pacific Ocean, the North Pole, the Tropic of Capricorn, the Equator, the West, the Middle East, the Sahara, the Black Forest, the Amazone rain forest.

No article (-)

Geen the of an / a bij: namen van continenten, landen, staten, straatnamen, steden : Europe, North America, Asia, Italy, Mexico, Indonesia, California, Venice, Los Angeles, Hollywood Blvd, Oxford Street.

Gebruik the: 

Je gebruikt the bij de volgende geografische namen:

Voor nationaliteiten.

 the English / the Italians

Bepaalde landen:

the Netherlands

the United Kingdom

the United States

the republic of Congo

Gebruik the:

Bepaalde vaststaande constructies: 

Bijvoeglijk naamwoord dat verwijst naar iedereen als groep:

 

He plays the guitar.

Let’s listen to the radio.

Let’s go to the theatre/cinema.

at the expense of

on the advice of

with the help of

at the request of

the rich/ the poor/ 

the unemployed/ the defeated

No article (-):

Als je hebt over dingen in het algemeen:

I like potatoes.  

Evidence is hard to find. 

School should help pupils. 

 

No article (-)

Bij sommige plaatsen en transport:

I am at home. 

We are at school. 

He is in prison.

They are going to Disney by bus. 

They flew to Japan by plane. 

We are going on foot. 

For breakfast I normally eat ______ sandwich.

1. a
2. an
3. the
4. zero article

My friends and I always meet at _______ supermaket on 4th avenue.

1. a
2. an
3. the
4. zero article

Emily and I go on holiday to _______ Germany.

1. a
2. an
3. the
4. zero article

She has got ______ question.

1. a
2. an
3. the
4. zero article

We just went to ______ restaurant and ________ food was amazing

1. a, a
2. a, the
3. an, the
4. the, the

They were looking for _______ orange, where can they find those?

1. a
2. an
3. the
4. zero article

So you play ________piano?

1. a
2. an
3. the
4. zero

__________ are much too high.

1. A rent
2. An rent
3. The rents
4. Rents

__________ of my apartment is much too high.

1. A rent
2. An rent
3. The rent
4. Rent

__________ people don't know anything about space.

1. A most
2. An most
3. The most
4. Most