Topic: Articles (a/an/the)

a + consonant sound (b, k, l, r, g, t, f): a guitar, a room, a pen,

but a year, a university [j]
an + vowel sound (a, e, i, o, u): an apple, an umbrella, an hour (h is silent)
We use a/an: We use the:
1. with singular countable nouns when we are 1. with singular and plural nouns when we are
talking about them in general. talking about something specific which we
e.g. An elephant is a big animal (We mean either already know about or when the noun
elephants in general). is mentioned for a second time.
2. After the verbs “to be” and “to have”. e.g. The car in front of the house is Tedꞌs.
e.g. He is an astronaut. (Which car? Not any car. The car which is in
He has got a pet cat. front of the house).
We don’t use a/an: 2. with nouns which are unique.
• with uncountable and plural nouns. We can e.g. The sun is shining. (There is only one sun).
use some or no article instead. The Acropolis is in Athens.
e.g. I want some sugar and some We don’t use the:
strawberries. • with proper nouns or possessive adjectives.
I don’t like apples. e.g. Emma is from London.
But family and nationality names take
“the”
e.g. The Browns, The Germans
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Task 1. Fill in “a”, “an”, “the” where necessary.
1. This is ………………….. egg.
2. Where is ……………….. post office?
3. …………….. Lucy's uncle is…………….. teacher.
4. Julie has got …………… orange.
5. This is ………………… way to school.
6. It's …………… way to ……………. office.
7. There are a lot of gardens in …………….. garden
8. …………Italians like ………………… spaghetti.
9. ………….white hat is Mother's.
10. …………..Peter and …………. Ben are brothers.
11. ………......Eiffel Tower is in Paris.
12. …….........Sphinx is in ………….…Egypt.
13. There is some sugar in……………..bowl.
14. Open…………door, please.
15. ………………..bottle of beer, please!
16. ……………….Smiths have four children.
17. ……………….English like …………..tea.
18. ………………..small black dog is mine.
 Look at the picture for 1 minute.
Close it and name as many things
or people as possible using
“a”/”an”.
Play the memory game in teams.
The winning team is the one which
remembers the most things.
 Look at the picture for 1 minute.
Close it and name as many things
or people as possible using
“a”/”an”.
Play the memory game in teams.
The winning team is the one which
remembers the most things.
 Look at the picture for 1 minute.
Close it and name as many things,
animals as possible using
“a”/”an”.
Play the memory game in teams.
The winning team is the one which
remembers the most things.
Task 2. Fill in “a”, “an”, “the” where necessary.
1) ………… Mrs. Jones has 2)………….. new office. It has
3) ……….. desk, 4)………… telephone and 5)…………..
expensive computer. 6) ………….. Mrs. Jones in on
7)…………… phone now and her secretary is at 8)……….
computer. 9) …………. Mrs. Jones and 10) …………. her
secretary are very busy in 11)………….. office today.

Task 3. Fill in “a”, “an”, “the” where necessary.

Assistant: Here you are 1) ………… stamp, 2)…………..
envelope, 3) ……….. pen and 4) ………… notebook.
Mr. Black: Oh, 5) ………….. envelope is too big and 6)
………….. pen isn't blue. It is red. Can I have 7)
…………… envelope and 8) ………. blue pen, please?
RULES:
 Feed the monkey with the bananas;
 Pay attention on the words written on the bananas;
 Group them according to the rules.
Answers: Answers: Answers:
Task 1.
Task 2. Task 3.
1. an 15. A
2. the 1. - 1. a
16. The
3. -, a 2. a 2. an
17. The, -
4. an 18. The 3. a 3. a
5. the 4. a 4. a
6. a, the 5. an 5. the
7. the 6. - 6. the
8. The, - 7. the 7. a
9. The
8. the 8. a
10. -, -
11. The 9. -
12. The, - 10. -
13. the 11. the
14. the