ENGLISH COURSE

TEACHER JOSÉ LUIS TELLO

ARTICLES
I. A, AN
A. “a” before a consonant: one: when I was a child, I liked reading stories / a nice evening / he’s a
sales clerck
 “a” before “h” (“h” sounds like a consonant): a home (jom), a horse, a hamburger /
 “a” before “u” (“y” sounds like a consonant): a university (yuniversiti)
B. an before a vowel: Can you give me an example, please? / an airport / an old book / an Indian
restaurant / an accident / important question / an economic problem / we stayed in an expensive
hotel
 “an” before “h” (“h” is not pronounced): an hour, an honest person
C. “Another” is one word: Can I have another cup of coffee? / open another window. It’s very hot

II. THE
THE
A. Don’t say THE + names of places: continents, countries, provinces, states, islands, cities,
towns: Peru is a wonderful country / Ica is a province of Peru / Lima is the capital of Peru
B. Don’t say THE + names of streets, roads, avenues, squares, buildings: I live on Humboldt street
/ where is Panamericana road? / Main square is in downtown Lima / Gamarra station is near here
Federico Villarreal university is on La Colmena avenue
C. Don’t say THE + names of person, place +airport, station, park, university: Jorge Chavez
Airtport is very modern, Golden gate park is big / Bob studied medicine at Federico Villarreal
University /
THE
D. We say THE + names of republic, states, kingdoms, unions: The United Arab Emirates, The
U.K. / The USA / when I finish my studies I’m going to the United States for a year
E. We say THE +names of hotels, restaurants, movie theaters, museums: the Sheraton hotel is big
/ the art museum is on Colon street / the Mancora restaurant is in La Victoria / the cine planet is in
San Borja /
F. We say THE +names of oceans, seas, rivers, canals: the Mediterranean sea / the Suez canal / the
pacific is the largest ocean / the tames is a river that flows through London / The Panama canal
joins the Atlantic ocean and the pacific ocean
G. We say THE +names with of : The republic of Ireland / The Gulf of Mexico is between Texas
and Cuba / the museum of Modern Art / The university of California
H. We say THE +The north, south, east, west, middle of: I’ve been to the north of Italy
We say THE +plural names of countries, islands, mountains: the Netherlands , the Andes are
mountains in South America, the philipines, the canary islands, the Alps are mountains in central
Europe, the Rocky mountains are in North America.
EXAMPLES: there are two movie theaters in our town-the Regal and the Plaza / if you sail from
Taiwan to the Philipines, you cross the south China sea

PRACTICE
WRITE a, an, the, - - -

1. ____ president of the United States is giving a speech tonight.

2. I live in ____house. ____ house is quite old and has four bedrooms.
3. He lives in ____ Washington near Mount Rainier.
4. I ate in ____ Chinese restaurant. ____ restaurant was very good
5. Do you like ____ jazz music?
6. She ate ____ bread with ____ butter in the morning.
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7. Look at ____ sea!
8. ____ pets are not allowed in this hotel
9. Who is ____ lady in the picture?
10. I visited ____ South Africa last summer.
11. Rabbits are ____ small wild furry animals with long ears.
12. ____ book is about a man who lives on a small island.
13. I work as ____ only English teacher at this school.
14. Where's ____ electric heater? I can't find it.
15. Harry fixed ____ car, so we can go to ____ lake.
16. She goes to work by ____ bike.
17. Jamy likes ____ music, he plays ____ instrument.
18. Marie enjoys eating ____ Swiss cheese.
19. We have a small house in a village in ____ Netherlands.
20. I like ____ blue T-shirt over there better than ____ red one.
21. Where's ____ USB drive I lent you ____ last week?
22. ____ old person sometimes feels lonely
23. Do you still live in ____ Bristol?
24. Is your mother working in ____ old office building?
25. Carol's father works as ____ electrician.
26. ____ tomatoes are 9 dollars.
27. What do you usually have for ____ breakfast?
28. Ben has ____ terrible headache.
29. After this tour you have ____ whole afternoon free to explore ____city.
30. ____ Danube is Austria's longest river.
31. Our uncle lives in ____Philippines.
32. Jamaica belongs to ____ Carribean islands.
33. ____ Statue of Liberty was dedicated in 1886.
34. ____ Taj Mahal is one of India's most popular attractions.
35. ____ Mount Fuji is one of Japan's Three Holy Mountains.
36. Have you ever visited ____ United Kingdom?
37. ____ Love is a wonderful thing.
38. Jim plays ____ piano very well.
39. They are ____ brave girls.
40. The roof of ____ house was on fire