WK48, Tuesday, 9.15

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• ISK
• mavo
• Leerjaar 1

Welcome!

Ready to work!

On your desk:

• Chromebooks
• Headphone
• Materials
• Notebook

For today:

Two groups this lesson:

Group work - explanation	I ndividual - carry on in Holmwood's
Lin, Olexsandra, Kerime, Kati	Rest of the class

Lesson goal

I can use definite and indefinite articles correctly.

Road map

• Warm-up
• Grammar explanation
• Practise
• Your turn!
• Review
• Looking ahead

How much do you 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. 

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 7 articles in it.

Articles

Articles are placed before a noun.  
Two types of articles:

1. Definite article: THE
2. Indefinite article: A or AN 

Examples: 

The book on this shelf is mine.

I’d rather eat a pear than an apple.

Definite article: the

You know/understand what you're talking about.

Compare with Dutch:

the = de

Indefinite article: a/an

1.  A new topic, not mentioned before: 

I need a new phone.

2.  Something in general: 

I started reading a good book yesterday. 

Compare with Dutch:

a/an = een

Examples: a/an

a pet               a teacher           a bicycle

a car                  a door               a room

 

ATTENTION!

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, it is not pronounced! Then you put the article AN before it:  AN hour.

The -h is not pronounced (‘our')

 

More examples

an hour  (you hear our)

an honour (you hear onour)

a university (you hear juniversity)

a uniform (you hear jniform)

a European (you hear jeuropean)

Which one?

Depends on the situation:

a dog - the dog

the city  - the City of London (place names)

Which one? (extra info)

No article with certain expressions with:

bed/ work/ home/ school/ university/ hospital/ prison.

go to work, go home, go to bed

He went to prison. (prisoner)

He went to the prison. (visiting)

a of an?
..... dog

1. a
2. an

a of an?
..... banana

1. a
2. an

a of an?
.... artwork

1. a
2. an

a of an?
.... work of art

1. a
2. an

a of an?
..... house

1. a
2. an

a of an?
.... apple

1. a
2. an

Review

Complete with the correct article:

My house is close to ______ river.

My house is on ______ river Thames.

Write 3 sentences. Use each article once.

Homework

Learn the rules

Learn the examples

Looking ahead: next lesson

Short story