Articles ('a', 'an', 'the')

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A rticles

T here are three articles in English <ul><li>a </li></ul><ul><li>an </li></ul><ul><li>the </li></ul>

a / a n <ul><li>A/an is used when you you don’t know exactly what you are talking about. </li></ul><ul><li>I saw a cat thi...

W hen do you use a or an? <ul><li>a is used in front of consonant sounds. </li></ul><ul><li>an is used in front of vowel s...

T he <ul><li>The is used when you know exactly what you are talking about </li></ul><ul><li>The cat I saw this morning was...

O ther uses of a/an <ul><li>For occupation: I am a teacher; he is a soldier. </li></ul><ul><li>For religions: she is a Chr...

Y ou don’t use a/an <ul><li>When an occupation can only be held by one person: Who is president of the United States? </li...

O ther uses of the <ul><li>Before things of which there is only one: the moon, the earth </li></ul><ul><li>Before plural c...

O ther uses of the <ul><li>In phrases with of: the University of London, the singer of Queen </li></ul><ul><li>In superlat...

Y ou don’t use the <ul><li>Before a noun with a general meaning: life is short, love is like a rose. </li></ul><ul><li>Bef...

S pecial case: buildings <ul><li>You don’t use the when you are talking about the function of a building: </li></ul><ul><u...

F inal note <ul><li>When you talk about specific seasons, meals or means of transport you do use the: </li></ul><ul><ul><l...

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