Grammar Lesson Articles a , an , the Teacher Silvino Sieben 1st grade of HS Logo RB.png a baby a •We use “a” with words beginning with a consonant ( b, c, d, f , g … ): •We use “a” before countable nouns (singular) for the first time: C:\Documents and Settings\HP_Administrator\Application Data\Microsoft\Media Catalog\Downloaded Clips\cl74\j0290053.wmf C:\Documents and Settings\HP_Administrator\Application Data\Microsoft\Media Catalog\Downloaded Clips\cl90\j0361634.wmf a book a •We also use”a” before “u” when it is pronounced like the word “you” and before “eu”: a European country C:\Documents and Settings\HP_Administrator\Desktop\MC900382578.JPG a university C:\Documents and Settings\HP_Administrator\Desktop\P.1 lesson plan\clip art\MC900423173.WMF an octopus an umbrella an igloo an •We use “an” before words beginning with vowels (a, e, i, o u): C:\Documents and Settings\HP_Administrator\Desktop\MC900198959.WMF C:\Documents and Settings\HP_Administrator\Desktop\MC900209212.WMF an axe C:\Documents and Settings\HP_Administrator\Desktop\MC900351257.WMF C:\Documents and Settings\HP_Administrator\Desktop\MC900371090.WMF an elephant C:\Documents and Settings\HP_Administrator\Application Data\Microsoft\Media Catalog\Downloaded Clips\clb2\j0445566.wmf an •We use “an” before words that start with a silent “h”: • C:\Documents and Settings\HP_Administrator\Desktop\P.1 lesson plan\clip art\MC900423173.WMF an hour an honour [USEMAP] the •We use “the” to refer to a specific person, thing or object that has been mentioned before or that is clear from the context. (not new information) I see a dog. The dog is eating. C:\Documents and Settings\HP_Administrator\Desktop\MC900427031.WMF the •We also use “the” when there is only one of something: solar system the earth, the world, the moon, the sun, the sky, the stars, the air the •“The” is also used in the following cases: Before musical instruments: the piano, the violin, the guitar C:\Documents and Settings\HP_Administrator\Desktop\MC900391468.WMF C:\Documents and Settings\HP_Administrator\Desktop\MC900353684.WMF C:\Documents and Settings\HP_Administrator\Desktop\MC900391448.WMF Before mountain groups, rivers, island groups, seas, deserts: the europe map the United Kingdom, the United States of America desert the Sahara Desert mountains the Himalayas sea and palm the Pacific Ocean the Nile islands the Philipines Before the superlative form of an adjective: the Before ordinal numbers: christmas calander the twenty- fifth of December the strongest , the biggest , the best… C:\Documents and Settings\HP_Administrator\Application Data\Microsoft\Media Catalog\Downloaded Clips\claa\j0426975.wmf C:\Documents and Settings\HP_Administrator\Desktop\MC900437791.WMF C:\Documents and Settings\HP_Administrator\Desktop\MC900344872.WMF zero article C:\Documents and Settings\HP_Administrator\Desktop\P.1 lesson plan\clip art\MC900423173.WMF People’s personal names , People’s titles Streets, squares, parks, parts of town Continents, countries, towns Mr Brown, Miss Chan, Mary, John gentleman Oxford Road, Victoria Park North America, Canada, Toronto children and the world zero article C:\Documents and Settings\HP_Administrator\Desktop\P.1 lesson plan\clip art\MC900423173.WMF Languages Sports Days of the week, years, holidays, months, seasons Meals english English, French breakfast breakfast, lunch, dinner table tennis, football, golf table tennis calander Monday, April, spring, Easter, 2009