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Escola E. B. 2, 3 D. Manuel de Faria e Sousa
English – 7th
Form
Teacher: Fernanda Soares
ARTICLES: INDEFINITE AND DEFINITE
INDEFINITE ARTICLE (a/an)
A or AN?
� a/an = one:
. Alice works in a bank.
. I want to ask a question.
� We use an (not a) before a/e/i/o/u:
. They live in an old house.
. I bought a hat and an umbrella.
BUT WE SAY:
. a university or an hour (exceptions)
� We use a/an for jobs:
. Mozart was a famous composer.
. She’s an engineer.
DEFINITE ARTICLE (the)
A, AN or THE?
a/an = one the
it is clear which thing or person we mean
���� They’ve got a car. (there are many cars
and they’ve got one)
���� Britain is an island. (there are many islands
and Britain is one)
���� I’m going to wash the car. (my car)
���� Rome is the capital of Italy. (there is only
one capital of Italy)
Note: We don’t use the when we are talking about something in general:
���� People usually make mistakes. (people = every person)
A, AN or THE?
A. Write a or an:
1. a book
2. __ old book
3. __ window
4. __ hotel
5. __ expensive hotel
6. __ airport
7. __ university student
8. __ Chinese restaurant
9. __ Indian restaurant
10. __ hour
11. __ hamburger
12. __ economic problem
B. Put in a or an where necessary in the sentences:
1. I buy newspaper every day. → I buy a newspaper every day.
2. We went to birthday party last weekend. ______________________________________________________
3. My brother is artist. ________________________________________________________________________
4. It’s beautiful day today. _____________________________________________________________________
5. Britain is industrial country. _________________________________________________________________
6. I usually have sandwich and apple for breakfast. _________________________________________________
C. Write a, an or the:
1. What is the name of this village?
2. Montreal is __ large city in Canada.
3. Can you turn on __ radio, please? I want to listen to some music.
4. This is a nice room but I don’t like __ colour of __ carpet.
5. We live in __ old house near __ station.
6. You look very tired. You need __ holiday.
D. Put in a, an or the where necessary in the sentences:
1. I turned off light, opened door and went out. → I turned off the light, opened the door and went out.
2. Excuse me, can I ask question, please? _________________________________________________________
3. Alan is best player in our football team. ________________________________________________________
4. What is name of director of film we saw last night? ______________________________________________
5. Peter and Mary have two children, boy and girl. _________________________________________________
6. Boy is seven years old and girl is three. ________________________________________________________
7. Enjoy your holidays and don’t forget to send me postcard! ________________________________________
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