Articles, a an, the

1. Articles
a, an, or the

2. FIRST LET’S COMPARE
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a and an

3. we use a before words which begins with
CONSONANTS
3
b, c, f, j, n…

4. 4
• a big car

5. 5
•a good doctor

6. 6
•a mad woman

7. 7
•a blue ball

8. We also use a before u when it sounds like de word
‘you’ and before eu
8

9. Sounds like ‘you’
Starts with u :
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10. 10
• a university

11. 11
•a universe

12. Sounds like ‘you’
Starts with eu :
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13. 13
• a european

14. we use an before words which begins with
VOWELS
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a, e, i, o, u

15. 15
• an amazing concert

16. 16
• an interesting movie

17. 17
• an apple

18. 18
• an engineer

19. We also use an before words
that begin with a silent h
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20. Silent ‘h’ = hour
an hour
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21. hard ‘h’ = house
a house
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22. Next, let’s compare
a/an and the
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Mary: I bought ___ computer and a TV
Yesterday
Joe: Was ____ computer expensive?
a
the

24. We usually use
a/an with a noun
to talk about a
person or thing for
the first time.

25. a computer

26. TÍTULO
DA
APRESENTAÇÃO
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We usually use the when we talk
about the person or thing again

27. The computer = the
one that Mary bought

28. However, there are some special uses of
a/an and the
TÍTULO
DA
APRESENTAÇÃO
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29. We use a/an with prices,
frequency and speeds
$
$

30. It costs $2 a liter
It costs 25 dollars an hour
PRICES

31. I drink about three cups of
coffee a day
I cook every day for an hour
FREQUENCY

32. You’re driving at ninety miles an hour
You’re walking 2 meters a second
SPEEDS

33. We use a/an before
hundred, thousand
and million
00
.000
.000.000
.000
00
.000.000

34. a hundred people on the concert
a Thousand days to your birthday

35. We use a/an for talk
about jobs

36. I’m a bank manager
You’re an engineer
She’s a doctor

37. THE
We use the when there is only
one of something

38. THE
• May I turn on the TV?

39. THE
- Where’s Mary?
- She’s in the kitchen!

40. THE
We use the with
musical instruments

41. THE
I play the guitar
Jane plays the violin

42. Read the sentence.
Choose the correct one
1. I’ve got a red pen and ____ orange pen. The red pen is my favorite.
an
2. We stayed in ____ hotel. The hotel had a swimming pool.
3. He saw a lion and a giraffe at the wildlife park. ____ lion was scary.
4. This is ____ interesting book. The book is about animals.
5. I had a party for my birthday. Lots of my friends came to ____ party.
6. Have you got ____ brother or a sister?
7. She didn’t have ____ apple for lunch. She had a banana.
8. I went on an airplane to Brazil. ____ airplane was really cool!
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