ARTICLES

A, AN
1. A word begin with consonant sounds. E.g: a desk, a pencil, a bag, a drum, a nurse, a computer, a university

2. A word begin with vowel sounds E.g: an arrow,an umbrella, an orange, an elephant, an hour

3. Introduced for the first time E.g: Hamid has a book about birds She keeps an eagle as a pet 4. Indicate weight, number or time E.g: A day/week/month An ounce A litre of water A dozen pencils 5. Describe occupations, religions or nationalities E.g: an architect, a muslim, an American

THE
1. Refers to thing or person already mentioned. E.g: He read the book that Hamid gave yesterday. The eagle is very cute.

2. Indicate a noun that is only one of its kind

E.g: the earth, the sky, the moon, the stars.

3. For superlative degree of comparison E.g: The preetiest, the fastest car, the most comfortable chair

4. Before names of specific places and countries E.g: The Putri Specialist Cntre

The United State Of America The British Council 5. Before names of rivers, oceans, desert and groups of islands The Kinta River The Sahara Desert The South China sea

ZERO ARTICLES

NO ARTICLEES
1. Before uncountable Nouns E.g: fire, rice. Water

2. Before certain proper nouns such as mountains, roads, streets, countries, places and language. E.g: Conlay Street, Japan, Mount Kinabalu