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Grammar Elementary

Grammar Elementary. Articles II. The – restrictive meaning. We can use the before nouns to restrict the meaning to a specific example : When it has already been mentioned . A boy fell in love with a girl. Unfortunately , the girl wasn ´t interested .

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Grammar Elementary

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  1. Grammar Elementary Articles II.

  2. The – restrictivemeaning Wecan use thebeforenouns to restrictthe meaningto a specificexample: • Whenit has alreadybeenmentioned. A boy fell in love with a girl. Unfortunately, the girl wasn´t interested. Thereis a cat. Thecatisblack. • Withsuperlatives. Englishisthe most difficultsubjectforme. Thisisthebestbook I haveeverread.

  3. The – restrictivemeaning • Withnamesofsomecountries. TheUSA TheUK TheCzechRepublic • Withnamesofgeographicalareasandoceans. TheCaribbean The Sahara TheAtlantic

  4. The – restrictivemeaning • Becausewethinkofit as unique. thesun theworld TheQueen • Withordinalnumbers. thesecond thefirst thethird

  5. Remember Play theguitar, the piano, the violin, etc. (musical instrument). Sheplaysthe piano everyday. The top, theend, themiddle, theleftetc. My house isattheendofthestreet. The sun, themoon, theworld, thesea, theskyetc. Theskyisblueandthe sun isshining. The police, thefirebrigade, thearmy(of a city, country etc.) My brotheris a soldier. He is in thearmy. Theradio. I listen to theradio a lot. The Internet. Do you use the Internet much?

  6. We do not use thewith • television/TV I watch TV a lot. Whatis on televisiontonight? • breakfast/lunch/dinner I usuallyhave lunch atschool. Whatdidyouhavefordinner? • next/last + week/month/year/summer/Mondayetc. I am not workingnextweek. Whatdidyou do last Sunday?

  7. Comparea/anandthe • I´ve gota car. • Can I aska question? • Istherea hotel nearhere? • Pragueisaninteresting city. • Lisaisa student. • I´m going to cleanthe cartomorrow. • Canyourepeatthequestion? • Weenjoyedourholiday. The hotel wasexcellent. • PragueisthecapitaloftheCzechRepublic. • Lisaistheyoungeststudent in her class.

  8. Literatura CLARKE, S. MacmillanEnglish Grammar In ContextEssential. 1. vyd. Oxford: Macmillan Publisher Ltd, 2008. ISBN 978-1-5040-7049-2. MURPHY, R. Essential Grammar in Use. 3. vyd. Cambridge: CUP, 2007. ISBN 978-0-521-67543-7.

  9. Task 1) Writea fewsentences. Use bothdefinite and indefinitearticle. 2) Write a sentence withoutanarticle.

  10. Děkujiza pozornost.

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