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# Summary of Articles
Indefinite article Usage of a/an
a is used before singular countable nouns
girl
dog
person
people
egg
children
banana
an is used for words with vowel sounds
elephant
apple
aunt
hour
honest man
ugly man
application
when talking about someone or something for the first time
There is a man at the door.
He is an honest man.
When talking about work or occupation, the indefinite article is generally used
My father is an engineer now, but he was a soldier before.
Fixed collocation (a/an=one)
a hundred pounds
half a kilo
an hour
a liter of wine
a thousand times
a lot of/a few/ a little
Definite article Usage of the
1. Usage: Use the definite article when mentioning it for the second time
e.g.: The old fisherman had a cat. The cat was white.
2. Usage: To express someone or something that both parties in the conversation know.
e.g.: Has she returned the book?
3. Usage: To express a specific person, thing or something, usually modified by a prepositional phrase
e.g.: Please give me the key on the desk.
4. Fixed matching
a. Before nouns indicating direction and orientation
e.g.: The right way is to turn left at the next intersection.
b. Before a noun that is unique in the world
e.g.: The sky is blue.
c. Before the names of rivers, oceans, lakes, islands, and mountains
e.g.: The Red Sea is located between Africa and Asia.
d. Before proper nouns, proper nouns refer to state agencies, groups, classes, etc.
e.g.: The United Nations is an international organization.
e. Before the noun of a musical instrument, it means playing
e.g.: She plays the piano very well.
f. before certain adjectives, indicating a type of person or thing or some abstract concept
e.g.: The old man is a retired teacher.
g. Before the plural form of a surname, it means the whole family or the couple with this surname.
e.g.: The Greens will move to the country.
h. Before the plural number of ten, it indicates the age, and also refers to the approximate age of a person.
e.g.: He went abroad in the 1980s. / The old man is in the seventies.
i. Used with plural nouns to refer to the entire group
e.g.: They are the teachers of this school.
j. Used before nouns for body parts or clothing of people mentioned earlier.
e.g.: He touched her on the shoulder.