WEEK 4

Articles A / An / The
 Authorities
Dra. Margarita Teresa de Jesús García Gasca
Rectora
Dr. Javier Ávila Morales
Secretario Académico
M. en E.D. Jaime Nieves Medrano
Director de la Escuela de Bachilleres
M. en C. Rita Ochoa Cruz
Secretaria Académica de la EBA
M. en C. Lucero Canto Guerrero
Coordinadora del Plantel Sur
M. en H. Fátima Santamaría Hernández
Coordinadora del Plantel Norte
Dra. Cypatly Rojas Miranda
Coordinadora del Plantel San Juan del Río
Lic. María Patricia Pérez Velázquez
Coordinadora del Plantel Colón
M. en D. Antonio Pérez Martínez
Coordinador del Plantel Pedro Escobedo
C.P. Gloria Inés Rendón García
Coordinadora del Plantel Pinal de Amoles
M. en A. Óscar Uriel Cárdenas Rosas
Coordinador del Plantel Bicentenario
M. en LIT. José Cupertino Ramírez Zúñiga
Coordinador del Plantel Amazcala
Ing. Juan Fernando Rocha Mier
Coordinador del Plantel Concá
M. en A. Hugo Enrique Suárez Camacho
Coordinador del Plantel Jalpan
M. en A. José Antonio Cárdenas Rosas
Coordinador del Bachillerato Semiescolarizado
EDICIÓN 2022-1
L. En T. Oscar González Mejía
 Hey there!

This week we´ll go through the articles, their uses and when to use them.

Hopefully it won´t be a hard topic for you.

SESSION 1: The indefinite article A / An
• First you need to remember that a / an means one and it may refer to a person or a thing.

She works in a bank ✓

She works in bank X

I have got a car ✓

I have got car X

• We use a or an depending on the first letter (or the sound of the letter) of the following word.

We use a before a consonant sound: a banana (starts with /b/)

We use an before a vowel sound: an orange (starts with /o/)

• We use the indefinite article, a/an, with singular nouns when the person who is the listener/reader does
not know exactly what we are referring to:

Police are searching for a 14-year-old girl.

• We also use it to show that the person or thing is one of a group:

She is a pupil at London Road School

• We do not use an indefinite article (a / an) with plural nouns or uncountable nouns:

She was wearing blue shoes. (plural noun)

She has short, blonde hair. (uncountable noun)

• We use the indefinite article, a/an, with singular nouns when the person who is the listener/reader does
not know exactly what we are referring to:

Police are searching for a 14-year-old girl.

• We also use it to show that the person or thing is one of a group:

She is a pupil at London Road School

• We do not use an indefinite article (a / an) with plural nouns or uncountable nouns:

She was wearing blue shoes. (plural noun)

She has short, blonde hair. (uncountable noun)

• We use a/an with to say what a person or a thing is.
Mercury is a planet
Querétaro is a city.
Joe is a nice person.

• We use a/an to refer to people´s jobs.

Armando is a pilot.
Luis is an architect.
Sergio is an engineer.
Image 1: A vs an
SESSION 2: The definite article THE
We use the definite article in front of a noun when we believe the listener/reader knows exactly what we
are referring to:
• because there is only one:
The pope lives in Vatican City
The moon hasn´t come out tonight.
• because there is only one in that context:
Dad, let me borrow the car? (= the car that belongs to our family).
Look at the boy over there. (= the boy I am pointing at).
● because we have already mentioned it:

A young man crashed downtown this morning. The man got seriously injured and was taken to
the hospital.
● We use the definite article with countries whose names include words like kingdom, states or
republic.
The United States of America, The United Kingdom.

• Also with countries which have plural nouns as their names and geographical features, such as
mountain ranges, groups of islands, rivers, seas, oceans and canals.

The Netherlands, The Philipines, The Canary Islands, The Alps

● We do not use the definite article with proper names, but we do when referring to the family.
The Simpsons, The Flanders

• We also use the definite article with:

• Newspapers (The New York times)
• well-known buildings or works of art (The Empire State)
• organisations (The United Nations)
• hotels, pubs and restaurants (The Ritz Hotel)
Image 2: television or The
television
SESSION 3: No article
There are sometimes when you don´t need to use an article in your sentences for example:

• When we refer to general ideas, plurals or uncountable nouns we do not use THE.

Soccer is a popular sport. (NOT The Soccer is a popular sport)

Pizza is delicious. (NOT The Pizza is delicious).

• Names of people, books and plays (unless it is part of the title).

I have read Romeo and Juliet.

• With names of Towns, cities, states and countries.

Mexico City

Texas

• Meal hours

Breakfast, lunch, dinner, etc.

ACTIVITY
Complete the following text using the correct article and share it with your teacher.

Get it here
HAVE A NICE WEEK! SEE YOU NEXT TIME.
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grammar-reference/the-indefinite-article-a-and-an

Articles - Definite, Indefinite and No Article - English Grammar. (s. f.). Woodward English. Recuperado 4 de diciembre de 2021, de

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Woodward English. (2017, 22 marzo). The difference between A and AN in English [Vídeo]. YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjO4KIiJQg4&feature=youtu.be

Image 1 a vs an differences

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difference.gif

Image 2 television or the television

Woodward English. (s. f.-b). television or The television [Grafico]. Woodward Englsih. https://www.woodwardenglish.com/television-or-the-television/

Image 3: The rules of articles in English Grammar

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