The document discusses the use of articles (a, an, the) in English. It explains that "a" is used before consonant sounds while "an" is used before vowel sounds. Exceptions include using "a" before words beginning with "university" and cities beginning with "European". The difference between indefinite articles "a/an" and the definite article "the" is also explained. "A/an" introduce a new person or thing while "the" refers to something already mentioned. There are also special uses of "a/an" with prices, frequencies, speeds, and jobs. "The" is used when referring to singular nouns and musical instruments.

1. oxford practice grammar
articles (1): a, an, or the

2. first, let’s compare
a and an
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3. we use abefore words
which begin with
consonants
(b,c,d,f…)
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4. adoctor abig car
agirl
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5. we also use abefore u
when it sounds like the
word ‘you’ and before eu
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6. sounds like ‘you’
starts with u= university
auniversity
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7. sounds like ‘you’
starts with = eu
a European city
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8. we use an before words
which begin with
vowels (a,e,i,o,u)
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9. an apple
an interesting film
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10. we also use an before
words that begin with a
silent h
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11. silent ‘h’ = hour
anhour
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12. hard ‘h’ = house
ahouse
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13. next, let’s compare
a/anand the
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14. Mary: I bought a CD player
and aTV yesterday.
Joe:Was the CD player
expensive?
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15. we usually use a/an
with a noun to talk about a
person or thing for the first
time
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16. a CD player
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17. we usually use thewhen
we talk about the person
or thing again
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18. the CD player = the
one that Mary bought
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19. however, there are some
special uses of
a/an and the
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20. we use a/anwith prices,
frequency and speeds
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21. prices
It costs £2 alitre
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22. frequency
I drink about three cups of
coffee aday
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23. speeds
You’re driving at ninety
miles anhour
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24. we use a/an before
hundred, thousand, and
million
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25. ahundred people
athousand days
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26. we use a/anfor talking
about jobs
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27. I’m abank manager
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28. we use thewhen there
is only one of something
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29. May I turn on the TV?
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30. Where’s Mary?
She’s in the kitchen.
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31. we use thewith musical
instruments
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32. I play the guitar.
Jane plays the violin.
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33. works cited
Coe, Norman, Mark Harrison, and Ken Paterson. Oxford
PracticeGrammar Basic with Answers. Oxford,
England: Oxford University Press, 2006.