Articles

In this powerpoint presentation you will learn

about the following:

 Definite article
 Indefinite article

 Zero article
Read the examples:
 A teacher  An English teacher
 A native speaker  An immigrant
 A foreign language  An official language

RULES: ⇒ A / an before a singular noun.

e.g. A native speaker

⇒ A before a consonant sound.

e.g. A foreign language

⇒ An before a vowel sound.

e.g. An official language
Pay attention to these
examples:

A university – singular noun with a u

 A European city – singular noun beginning
with eu
 An hour – silent h

 An NBA player – consonant with a vowel

sound
When do we use the definite and
the indefinite articles?
 Indefinite article: a/ an  Definite article: the

> To talk about a person or > To talk about a specific

thing that is not specific. person or thing.

e.g. English is an offical e.g. English is the official

language in India (there language in Australia
are other official (English is the only
languages besides official language in
English) Australia)
Zero article
We don’t use THE with:

 First names
 Names of meals
 Colours
 Sports
 Names of days of the week
 Names of months
 Countries / cities
 Festivities