Articles

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Articles 

Definite article = the

Indefinite article = a or an

Articles

Articles are placed before a noun,   In English we know two types of articles: THE (definite article) and A or AN (both INdefinite articles)

Examples: 

The book is on this shelf is mine.

I’d rather eat  a pear than an apple.

Het gaat om de klank, niet om de spelling

When to not use an Article?

Languages	She speaks Spanish.
Mealtimes	See you at lunchtime .
Cities and countries	She lives in Amsterdam , The Netherlands.
Street names and places	I travelled by taxi from Heathrow airport to Oxford street.
Some signal words	I am working next week. Did you go on holiday last summer

There is ...
green English book on the desk.

There is ...
English book on the desk.

My father is ...
humble person.

My father is ...
honest person.

... interesting lesson

... university

My brother is .... FBI agent.

I live in ... apartment.

An

An

An

A

A

the

x

He was taken to ... hospital.

They built ... hospital in 2019.

I love ... summer.

Back in ... summer of '69.

They sometimes skip ... breakfast :O!

... breakfast you had this morning looked good.