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Grammar Elementary

Grammar Elementary. Articles I. Introduction. We can distinguish three words known as articles in English . Indefinite articles : a/ an Definite articles : the They always go before a noun or before an adjective and noun . There are some situations we cannot use any articles.

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Grammar Elementary

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  1. Grammar Elementary Articles I.

  2. Introduction • Wecandistinguishthreewordsknown as articles in English. • Indefinitearticles: a/an • Definitearticles: the • Theyalwaysgo before a nounorbeforeanadjectiveandnoun. • There are somesituationswecannot use anyarticles.

  3. Indefinitearticlesa/an – oneof many It´s abeautifulday. He´s gotacamera. She´s waitingfora taxi. • We puta/anbefore a singularnoun to indicateitis not a particularone, itisonly just oneof many.

  4. aoran We use a: • beforenounsstartingwith a consonant. a boy a car a house • beforeu a euwhentheysoundlike ‛you’. aEuropean a university a unit

  5. aoran We use an • beforenounsstartingwith a vowel. anapple anorange anegg • beforeanhwhichis not pronounced. anhour anhonour (buta history)

  6. We use aoran Whenwesaywhat a kindof, orexampleofsomethingis: • He isdoinga university course. • Footballisa game. • A mouseisananimal. Itisasmallanimal. Whenwesaywhat a thingor person is: • Peter isavery nice person. • Dallas isa city in Texas. • Sheisabeautiful girl.

  7. We use aoran Whenwesaywhattalkabout a single objector person: • John has gota car. • I boughtabooktoday. Whenwesaywhatsb’sjobis: • My dadisadoctor. • What´s yourjob? I´m anengineer. • Are youa student? Whenwe use ‛thereis’phrase • Thereisabook on the table.

  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 Write a fewsentences. Use indefinitearticles.

  10. Děkujiza pozornost.

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