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Articles

Articles. Grammar And Usage. Articles. are important help people to understand each other tell us whether the thing we are talking about is general or specific help people to imagine things at the moment of speaking. Articles can be divided into:. Indefinite article (=neurčitý člen)

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  1. Articles Grammar And Usage

  2. Articles • are important • help people to understand each other • tell us whether the thing we are talking about is general or specific • help people to imagine things at the moment of speaking

  3. Articlescan be divided into: • Indefinite article(=neurčitý člen) a/an • Definite article(=určitý člen) the • Zero article(=nulový člen)

  4. Indefinite article= neurčitý člen • express thatthethingis not specific • itisgeneral • whenthewordissaidpeoplecanimaginedifferentobjects • example: I have a new car. – Everybodycanimaginedifferent type of car. • itisused in front of: single noun • itis not possible to use itwithpluralform • aisused in front ofthenounsbeginningwithconsonant • anisused in front ofthenounsbeginningwithvowel – easierpronunciation

  5. Definite article= určitý člen • express somespecificobject • peoplecanimaginesomeconcreteobject • everybodyknowswhatisgoing on – youalreadyheardaboutitorsawit • example: Thenew car I haveisred. – Wealreadyheardaboutthat car. Thisinformation just specifyit more. • orwe use itwhentalkingabouttheonlything in thewholeworld • example: The sun isshining. (Thereis no other sun.) • thecanbeused in front of: single evenpluralformof a noun • ifthefollowingword in a sentence beginswithconsonant, thepronunciationwillbe [thuh] • ifthefollowingword in a sentence beginswithvowel, thepronunciationwillbe [thee]

  6. Zero article= nulový člen • in this case we do notwriteanything in front ofthenoun • itisuseditwhentalkingaboutthe most generalthings • example: Elephant has bigears. • or in case ofprepositionalphrases • example: I go there by car. • or in front ofnames, streets, towns, cities, most ofthecountries (except a few) • …

  7. How to learn articles? • You need to practise. • You need to read and pay attention to articles in the text. • You have to think about what you want to say. • You have to remember a few basic rules.

  8. Exercise • Complete the following exercise: I have __ new friend. Her___name is Jane. Jane comes from ___United States. She lives in __ small house in __Portland. __house is old, but it has __beautiful view. Jane works as __ teacher in __ local school. She goes to __work everyday by __ bus. It takes her half __ hour to get there. In her __ freetime, she likes going to __ cinema. Jane is __ married woman and has got __ one child. She has __ very happy life.

  9. Articles • And now you know a little bit about articles! Well done!

  10. Obrázky použity z: • http://www.cestymalychchodcu.com/_link09.php • http://erasmaci.cz/5-typu-jak-si-zlepsit-anglictinu/ • http://www.prahanoviny.cz/2011/01/05/kladno-porada-souteze-o-vymenny-pobyt-v-usa/

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