Articles & Demonstratives

Articles & Demonstratives Unit 4, Lesson 2

Objectives Students will: • Use articles and demonstrative adjectives correctly. • Proofread for correct articles and demonstrative adjectives.

Definitions • Articles • A special kind of adjectives. • They include: a, an, the. • “A” & “An” refer to any person, place, or thing. • “The” refers to a particular person, place, or thing.

Rules • Use “a” before singular words that begin with a consonant sound. • A jet • A high step • A clock • A Christmas tree

Rules • Use “an” before singular words that begin with a vowel sound. • An apple • An engine • An octopus • An elephant • An hour • The “h” is silent

Rules • Demonstrative Adjectives • It tells “which one.” • This, that, these and those are demonstrative adjectives.

Rules • Demonstrative Adjectives • This and these refer to nouns close to the speaker or writer. • Use this before singular words. • Use these before plural words. • This trip • This book • These pencils • These seats

Rules • Demonstrative Adjectives • That and those refer to nouns farther away. • Use that before singular words. • Use those before plural words. • That book • That door • Those people • Those seats

Which word correctly completes each sentence. • I am flying in (a, an) huge plane. • I don’t want (a, an) isle seat. • (Those, That) tall man should fasten his seat belt. • We are flying over (a, the) state of New York.

Which word correctly completes each sentence. • (These, Those) clouds are far away. • (This, These) new trains travel very fast. • I rushed to (a, an) window seat. • I sat in (a, the) first car of the train.

Which word correctly completes each sentence. • (Those, These) cars behind me were crowded. • My seat has a better view than (this, that) seat over there.

Find the incorrect articles and demonstratives. • Reporter: • Here I am, on a very first trip of that Zoom Express train. Everyone on these new train is thrilled. Here comes a excited passenger now. Sir, are you enjoying that trip? • Passenger: • These train trip? It’s okay, I guess. the this this an this This

Find the incorrect articles and demonstratives. • Reporter: • Okay? An trip on a brand new super-speed train is just okay? • Passenger: • The train is fast and fancy, but it’s just a train. • Reporter: • That tickets in your hand were very hard to get. • Passenger • Well, this tickets were an surprise birthday gift from my family. A Those these a

Homework WB pgs. 73 & 74

Identify any demonstrative adjectives or articles. • Palm trees line that busy street. • ____________________ • Several ducks waddled down a trail. • ____________________

Identify any demonstrative adjectives or articles. • Many playful dolphins swam in the ocean. • ____________________ • We drank an orange drink with ice cubes. • ____________________

Identify any demonstrative adjectives or articles. • Give me the red book. • ____________________ • Is this book yours? • ____________________

Identify any demonstrative adjectives or articles. • Are those your books? • ____________________ • The blue jacket belongs to Abby. • ____________________

Identify any demonstrative adjectives or articles. • I think those batteries are dead. • ____________________ • A little boy fell into the lake. • ____________________

Identify any demonstrative adjectives or articles. • This bus ride is too bumpy for me to do my homework on. • ____________________ • Do not open the present! • ____________________

Identify any demonstrative adjectives or articles. • These doctors are all highly qualified to treat your injury. • ____________________ • Explain how to find the answer. • ____________________

Identify any demonstrative adjectives or articles. • I saw the teacher go into this room. • ____________________ • An older man crashed into my car. • ____________________

Identify any demonstrative adjectives or articles. • The small, cute puppy bit his hand. • ___________________ • That problem is too hard for me to solve. • ____________________

Articles & Demonstratives