Articles

A.Indefinite Articles: A, AN
1. Career
EX: She is a lawyer.
2. Price
EX: Entrance fee is ten dollars a person.
3. Speed
EX: They were driving at 100 kmh. (kilometers an hour)
4. Rate
EX: He takes a bath twice a day.
5. What + a/an Nsing
EX: What a crazy thing to do!
6. Such + a/an Nsing
EX: I’ve never known such a lazy student.
7. Mentioned for the first time
EX: There’s a bird in the sky.
 B.Definite Article: THE
1. Mentioned the second time
EX: There’s a bird in the sky. The bird looks lonely.
2. Only one, unique
EX: The Earth is a friendly planet.
3. (Ability to play) musical instrument
EX: Can you play the guitar?
4. The + adj
EX: The poor should be helped.
5. Superlative
EX: You are the most intelligent man I’ve known.
6. Double Comparative
EX: The more, the merrier.
7. Time expressions
EX: in the past, in the future, in the beginning, the next day, in the morning,...
8. Seasons
EX: In (the) winter, it’s very cold here.
9. A whole class
EX: The kangaroo lives in Australia.
10.Oceans; seas
EX: The Pacific Ocean, The Atlantic, The Black Sea
11.Rivers
EX: The Nile, The Thames
 12.Mountain chains
EX: the Andes, the Alps, the Rocky Mountains
13.Countries names in plurals
EX: the Philippines, the Netherlands, the Irish Republic, the USA, the UK, the
British Isles, The People’s Republic of China
14.Famous buildings
EX: the Great Wall of China, the Eiffel Tower
15.Sau N có cụm giới từ hoặc mệnh đề quan hệ
EX: Give me the book on the table. / Give me the book that you borrowed from
me last week.
16.Họ + s
EX: The Browns live in England.
17.Ordinal numbers
EX: The second woman I saw there was Linda.
 C. ZERO article
1. Transportation
EX: My mother often goes to work by train.
2. Place with clear purposes
EX: My mother often goes to work by train.
3. Names of people
EX: Nick is playing football.
4. Countries
EX: Vietnam is a safe destination.
5. Continents
EX: Asia, Australia, Africa, America, Europe, Antarctica.
6. Titles
EX: Teacher Linda is standing over there.
7. Sports, games, music
EX: I like playing badminton.
8. Subjects
EX: My favorite subject is literature.
9. Possessive
EX: My father’s chair.
10.Months
EX: January is a month of festivals.
11.Language
EX: Vietnamese, English, Portuguese.
 12.General nouns
EX: I enjoy reading books. / Roses are beautiful.
13.Số thứ hạng
EX: He came second in the race
14.N chung + N riêng
EX: Da Lat University
 D. Advanced Notes
1. Transportation
EX: by car, by bus, by train, by air, on foot, in my car, on the bus
2. Names, titles
EX: A Mr Smith is waiting for you outside.
EX: A Picasso hangs in their bedroom. (a painting by Picasso)
3. School, university, prison, hospital, church, bed, work, home
EX: go to church, go to work, go to bed, at school, at college, at home, in hospital,
in prison.
● Đến đúng mục đích của nó -> Không dùng mạo từ
● Đến không đúng mục đích -> Dùng mạo từ hoặc tính từ sở hữu hoặc tên
của nơi đó
4. Direction
● Ở hướng nào
EX: Greece is in the south of Europe.
EX: Greece is in southern Europe.
● Giáp ranh
EX: Spain is south of France.
EX: Spain is to the south of France.
5. Meals
EX: What do you need for breakfast?
EX: I had a very small breakfast.
EX: The lunch she cooked was lovely.
6. Wind
EX: I could hear the wind. / There’s a cold wind blowing.
 7. Future
EX: What are your plans for the future?
EX: What would you like to do in the future?
EX: I promise not to play truant in future?
EX: She has a promising future ahead of her.