ARTICLES 1.- A / AN 2.- THE

ARTICLES

- Delante de nombres contables en sing. cuando se mencionan por 1ª vez. (There is a shop in this street; the shop is very big)

- Delante de nombres contables en sing. usados como ejemplo de una clase. (A butterfly in an insect with antennae and broad wings)

- Con las profesiones (My father is a doctor) - Con ciertos números (a hundred, a thousand, …)

- Con expresiones de cantidad (a lot of, a great deal of, a couple, a dozen) - Con expresiones de velocidad, de precios, de ratios

(60 km an hour, 5p. a kilo, …)

- En exclamaciones con nombres contables en sing. (What a nice day!)

2.- THE

- Cuando el objeto o grupo de objetos es único en su especie (The Earth, the stars, the sea,...)

- Delante de nombres definidos porque han sido mencionados antes (There is a shop in this street; the shop is very big)

- Delante de nombres definidos por ir seguidos de sintagma o subordinada (The girl in blue, the boy I met,... )

- Con nombres contables en sing. representando clase de animales o cosas (The tiger is the fiercest animal)

- Con adjetivos representando clase de personas (The old, the rich,…) - Delante de algunos nombres propios (ríos, mares, grupos de islas, barcos, desiertos, cordilleras montañosas, nombres plurales de países, regiones, periódicos, instituciones o edificios públicos,...)

(The Red Sea, The Alps, The Titanic, The Highlands, The Times,...)

3.- OMISSION / 0 ARTICLE

- Con nombres genéricos (I like tea ; They don’t like flowers) - Delante de nombres de comidas (I’m preparing lunch)

- Delante de nombres abstractos (You must have hope) - Delante de nombres de juegos (I don’t like cricket)

- Delante de nombres indefinidos en plural (There are no students here) - Delante de Church/Hospital/School,... cuando se usan como fin primario - Con ciudades, lagos, montañas. (MountEverest, Teide, London,...) - Con los nombres de las calles (ColdershawRoad, OxfordStreet,...) - Con los días o fechas del calendario (Tuesday, ChristmasEve,...) - Delante de ciertos nombres contables en algunos usos especiales

(Inspring, insummer,… bybus,… atnight, at noon, at dawn,…)

Write “a, an, or nothing” to complete these sentences.

1 I'd like ______sandwich, please. 2 He asked me for ______ money.

3 They wanted information about ______ trains. 4 I'd like _____ apple and _____ orange, please. 5 They've got _____ very big house.

6 Do you like ____ fast cars?

7 We watched _____ films all _____ afternoon. 8 Have you got _____ umbrella?

9 I asked for _____ bread and _____ cheese. 10 Are you drinking _____ milk?

11 I had _____ glass of water. 12 He gave me _____ orange. 13 Is there _____ telephone here?

14 We had ____ eggs for _____ breakfast. 15 I like ____ coffee and ____ tea.

Practice

Write a, the, or no article to complete these sentences.

1 She's _____ journalist.

2 _____ moon moves slowly round ____ earth. 3 _____ sun is shining.

4 I'd like _____ cup of coffee, please. 5 Have you got _____ double room?

6 He gave me _____ lighter and some cigarettes but lighter didn't work. 7 There was _____ doctor and _____ nurse in the room.

8 She took _____ sandwich and _____ piece of cake. 9 Yes, I work at this school. I'm _____ teacher.

10 ____ man and two women were sitting in the car. I think ____ man was Italian. 11 Did you see _____ Pope when he came to England?

12 He offered me _____ cigarette, but I refused.

13 Did you send me _____ postcard when you were in Greece? 14 They had six cats and ____ dog. I really liked ____ dog. 15 Have you got _____ match, please?

16 She sent me ____ letter and ____ letter didn't arrive.

17 I had ____ cup of tea and ____ ice cream. ____ tea was terrible. 18 Have you met Sally? She's ____ friend of mine.

Write the sentences, adding the where necessary.

1 Is he still in bed?

2 Would you like to go to cinema tonight? 3 We visit him in prison about once a month. 4 Can I go home now?

5 I usually go to bank once a week. 6 Does she like it at university? 7 School is almost falling down.

8 I do all my shopping at supermarket. 9 What time do you finish work?

10 I went to hairdresser last week but my hair looks terrible. 11 Bed in this room is too small for me.

12 I don't usually go to church but my parents do.

13 He goes to doctor's regularly - he always thinks he's ill. 14 What are you going to study at college?

Complete these sentences with

a, an, the or no article

.

1 She plays _____ piano beautifully.

2 We usually meet once _____ week.

3 I enjoy studying _____ languages but I find _____ Latin quite difficult.

4 I always listen to _____ radio when I get up.

5 Can your daughter play _____ violin?

6 I can cycle 15 miles _____ hour.

7 Do you enjoy learning _____ Spanish?

8 I take ____ children swimming twice _____ week.

9 I think you watch _____ television too often.

10 Did you study _____ Physics at _____ school?

11 This flat costs £100 _____ week.

12 I love listening to _____ saxophone.

13 ____ potatoes are 80 pence _____ bag.

14 Can you speak ____ Russian?

15 I really enjoy playing _____ football at ____ weekends.

Complete the conversation with

a, an, the or no article.

A: It's ____ beautiful day today. I'd like to go to

____

beach.

B: Yes, but ____ beach is always crowded. I'd like to stay at ____ home

and sit in ____ garden. We can have ____ lunch in ____ garden.

A: But we stayed at ____ home yesterday. I'd like to go out. I'm going

back to ____ work tomorrow and this is ____ last day of my holidays.

B: Well, we could go out tonight. There's ____ good film on at ____ cinema

or we could go to ____ theatre.

A: O.K. but ____ theatre is too expensive. It's about £15 ____ seat.

B: That's true. We'll go to

____

cinema, then. Or we could stay here and

watch ____ television.

A: Oh no, that's boring. I want to go to ____ cinema.

B: And this afternoon?

A: You can stay here but I think I'll go to ____ town.

B: Can you do ____ shopping when you're in ____ town?

A: All right.