Hoy os dejamos con una lección muy recurrente, pues en gramática hay muchos aspectos y elementos necesarios y básicos para la construcción correcta de frases, y los artículos son una parte de ello, ya que siempre acompañan a los nombres o sujetos.
ARTICLES
The indefinite article
We use a or an:
- with singular, countable nouns mentioned for the first time:
A blue car came round the corner.
We have a new chemistry teacher.
- to talk about jobs:
His mother’s a doctor.
We do not use a or an with uncountable nouns or plural countable nouns:
Knowledge makes people powerful.
More women go to university in this country than men.
- Use an before words which begin with a vowel sound: an app, an email (but not when the letters ‘u’ or ‘e’ produce a ‘y’ sound: a useful tool, a European student, a university).
- When ‘h’ is silent, use an: an hour, an honest man
The definite article
The is used:
- with things we have mentioned before or when it’s clear who or what we are referring to from the context:
I’ve got two new teachers. The maths teacher is from California and the English teacher is from Ireland.
Could you go to the bank for me, please? (i.e. the bank we always use)
- when referring to particular things:
I love music, but I don’t like the music my sister listens to.
- with things which are unique: the Internet, the moon
- with adjectives to express groups:
In this country, the rich are growing richer and the poor are growing poorer.
- with nationalities:
the French, the Spanish, the Italians
- with instruments:
I play the guitar.
- with superlative adjectives:
the best, the longest
- with ordinal numbers (e.g. the first, the second, the third) used as adjectives:
Manolo won the first prize and Igor won the second.
- with names of countries which include these words Republic, Kingdom, States or Emirates:
The Czech Republic, The United Kingdom, The United States, The United Arab Emirates
- with names of rivers, mountain ranges, seas and oceans:
the Nile, the Alps, the Mediterranenan, the Pacific
- with many common expressions:
at the moment, at the age of 15, in the end, on the one hand… on the other hand
- group of islands, deserts
Do not use the, a or an:
- when talking in general and in the plural:
Teachers are not paid enough.
I can’t imagine offices without computers.
- with many common expressions:
in bed/ hospital/ prison/ school: He’s in bed.
at home/ university/ work: I’m at university.
(go) to bed/ hospital/ university/ work: What time do you go to work?
- abstract nouns: I love music.
- streets, lakes, cities & towns, mountains, countries or islands
EXERCISES
A) Put in the article a, an or the where necessary. Choose x where no article is used.
1. I like _______ blue T-shirt over there better than ________ red one.
2. Their car does 150 miles ________ hour.
3. Where’s _______ USB drive I lent you last week?
4. Do you still live in _________ Bristol?
5. Is your mother working in ________ old office building?
6. Carol’s father works as _________ electrician.
7. The tomatoes are 99 pence __________ kilo.
8. What do you usually have for __________ breakfast?
9. Ben has ________ terrible headache.
10. After this tour you have _________ whole afternoon free to explore the city.
https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/nouns_articles/a_the.htm
B) Choose the correct article: a, an, the or x (no article)
- Are you coming to ______ party next Saturday?
- I bought ______ new TV set yesterday.
- I think ______ man over there is very ill. He can’t stand on his feet.
- I watched _______ video you had sent me.
- She was wearing _______ ugly dress when she met him.
- I am crazy about reading ______ history books.
- She is _______ nice girl.
- Do you want to go to _____ restaurant where we first met?
- He is _____ engineer.
- He thinks that _____ love is what will save us all.
Fuente: https://www.myenglishpages.com/english/grammar-exercise-articles-2.php
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