RECYCLINGGRAMMAR

THE ARTICLE:

ThecorrectuseofarticlesisoneofthemostdifficultpointsinEnglishgrammar.Fortunatelymostarticle
mistakesdonotmattertoomuch.

1Indefinitearticle a/ei/,/a/,//

abook
*anapple: an=beforeavowel(butnoteauniversity,aEuropean,aEuro)

Note:
Givemeabook/Givemeonebook(notthesame)
Ipaidhimahundredpounds=onehundredpounds
Onceaweek,twiceamonth

2Definitearticle the/de/,/d/

thehasnopluralform: thebook/thebooks

*Note:Ilikethesherry(whenspeakingingeneralnoarticleisrequired)
Booksareexpensive/Heputthebooksontheshelf
Lifeishard/HesstudyingthelifeofShakespeare

Note:
Lastweek/thelastweekinJune
IseldomwatchTV/WhereistheTV?(latelevisin/eltelevisor)
HelivesintheUSA,IamfromtheUK,theEU
Iputonmyjacket,myheadaches,Icantfindmykeys
(partsofbody,clothes,personalpossessions)

OMISSION

Wedonotusethewiththefollowing:

1sportsandgames Iplaytenniseveryweek
2subjectsofstudy Istudiedmathematics
3languages Japaneseisadifficultlanguagetolearn
4mealsandclocktimes Ihadbreakfastatabouteightoclock
5preposition+noun Ishestillathome?Iwenttoworkearly
6gerunds HuntingisverypopularintheUK
7institutions ManchesterAirport,CdizUniversity
 

Correct the mistakes in this letter using: a, an, the (or nothing)

Dear Monique,

We had great trip to the France last weekend. We went to little hotel that

you recommended and it was very pleasant. Food at hotel wasnt so good

(as you warned us) but we strolled down to city centre on the Saturday
evening and had lovely meal there. In fact, we ate so much for the dinner
that we didnt want a breakfast on the Sunday!

Thanks again for advice and information. Now I must unpack and do
washing.

See you soon

Love,

Freda

PRONOMBRES INDEFINIDOS

some/any

Afirmative:

SOMEalgn,algunos,algode,(aunquegeneralmentenosetraduce)

Ihavesomebooks
Ihavesomewater

Commonerror:thecoffeeissomehot

*WeusesomeinquestionsifweexpecttheanswertobeYesandtooffer
e.g.Wouldyoulikesometea?

Negative/Interrogative:

ANYalgn?/ningn

Haveyouanybooks?
Ihaventanymoney

Wecanuseanyinaffirmativeclausestoo:(cualquier)
Anypersoncanrideabicycle,itseasy.

PRONOMBRES DEMONSTRATIVOS

This este,esta,esto (pluralthese)

That ese,esa,eso,aquel,aquella (pluralthose)