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The document discusses the different types of articles in English - a, an, the, some, any - and how they are used. It provides examples of when to use each article, including with nouns beginning with consonants or vowels, plural nouns, negatives and questions, and referring to particular or unspecified people and things. There are also exercises filling in articles based on the rules and context.
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- 1. The Article
- 2. a book an apple The words ‘a’ and ‘an’ are called articles .
- 3. We use ‘a’ with words starting with a consonant . a teacher a car a dog a man
- 4. We use ‘ an’ with words starting with a vowel . an ant an orange an apple an owl
- 5. We use ‘a’ or ‘ an’ to refer to any person or thing and not a particular one. E.g. Bring me a chair. Eat an orange.
- 6. some books some apples The word ‘ some’ is used for the plural .
- 7. We bought some flowers I ate some oranges They ate some cakes
- 8. The word ‘any’ is used for the negatives and questions We did not buy any flowers I did not eat any oranges. Did you buy any books? Did you eat any apples?
- 9. We use ‘ the’ to refer to a particular person or thing. E.g. “Bring me the book”, said Tom. (Tom asked for a particular book.)
- 10. Fill in with the correct article
- 11. ____ egg ____ boat ____ watch ____ cat ____ arm ___ umbrella ___ river ___ island ___ carrot ___ ear an an an an an a a a a a
- 12. I read _____ books. I wrote ____ invitation. I did not eat ____ breakfast. We played ______ games. Did you write ____ sentences? Fill in with a , an , any and some . some some an any any
- 13. Do you want ____ tea? I did not play ____ games. I did not eat ____ breakfast. I received ______ presents. I went on ____ holiday. Fill in with a , an , any and some . some any any any a