The articles

common noun or noun phrase Countable Uncountable

Classify the following words into countable and uncountable nouns Luggage-people-case-furniture- job-loyalty countableuncountable case job people luggage furniture loyalty

Articles common noun or noun phrase Countable Uncountable Singular Plural a/an (non-specific ) the (specific) theØ (specific ) zero (Ø) (generic)

Articles Indefinite (a-an) Definite (the)

Use the indefinite article a/an: -She is a doctor. Ahmad is an engineer -She is a teenage girl -I am a Palestinian I need a pencil. We need to buy a table. I met a man last week. with (singular) job, identity, and nationality etc. with singular countable nouns (mentioned for the first time or when it doesn’t matter which one).

with these numbers: 100, 1,000 There were over a hundred people at the party. What a lovely dress! in exclamations

Use the definite article the to talk about the following: There is a cat in the yard. The cat is black. A1 We need to buy a table. A2 You can put your books on the table. B1 I met a man last week … B2 … later, the man told me about his life to talk about previously mentioned things C1 The students in my class are all very friendly. * to talk about specific and defined thing

The earth goes round the sun. He is the tallest boy in our class. Revision is the most important period at school with superlatives when there is only one of something D1 I’m not interested in the music that my friends like. * to talk about thing defined by a relative pronoun

When was the telephone invented? They went skiing in the Alps. The Nile river flows into the Mediterranean Sea Spain has one coast on the Mediterranean and one on the Atlantic. The Blue Nile begins at Lake Tana in Ethiopia. inventions rivers, seas and oceans mountain rangers

The Grand Hotel is in Baker Street. We stayed at the Continental Hotel in Cairo. The sand on this beach was imported from the Sahara. The Sahara Desert covers most of North Africa. island groups The Seychelles are a group of islands in the Indian Ocean. deserts hotels

We are going to the Odeon this evening cinemas, theatre Which newspaper shall I buy – the Independent or the Herald? newspapers the Sudan- the Yemen- the United Kingdom Name of certain countries The +noun + of + noun The United Sates of America

He used to work for the BBC. You should go to the Science Museum. It’s very interesting. The Welsh are famous for their singing. national groups museums organizations

The zero article They are traveling through Asia. The Sahara Desert covers most of North Africa. Have you been to Russia? The Blue Nile begins at Lake Tana in Ethiopia continents countries

Chicago is on Lake Michigan. They have reached the summit of Mount Everest. We live in Gaza. We stayed at the Continental Hotel in Cairo. one mountain one lake villages, towns, cities

Christmas is always at the end of December. Festivals and months Certain expressions Electronics – farming – tourism- book publishing Name of sports He plays golf

He lives in Oxford Street. Do you read Time magazine? He’s got flu. Love makes the world go round. We buy fruit and vegetables at the market. streets, roads, etc magazines illnesses uncountable, plural and abstract nouns used in their general sense

Also use no articles in the following expressions: to/ at/ from school/university/ college in/ to class to/ in/ into/ from church to/ in/ into/ out of prison/ hospital/ bed to/ at/ from work for/ at/ to breakfast/ lunch/ dinner by car/ bus/ bicycle/ plane/ train/tube/ boat/ on foot

Complete the text with a / an, the or – (= no article). A1 We need to buy ……………. table. A2 You can put your books on ………….. table. B1 I met ………….. man last week … B2 … later, ………….. man told me about his life. C1 …………. students in my class are all very friendly. C2 This café is popular with ………….students. D1 I’m not interested in ……….. music that my friends like. D2 She enjoys listening to………. music. E1 ‘I am ………. farmer / teenager / Palestinian.’ a the a The - the - a

1.Which American newspaper is famous for financial news? 2 ……….highest lake in the world is ……...Titicaca. Which continent is it in? 3 What is …….longest river in ……..world? 4 Which Arabic country is sometimes abbreviated in English to KSA? 5 Name……… five great oceans of the world. 6 What is the capital city of …….India? 7 Which month did ……..Ramadan fall in last year? 8 Which is highest mountain in ………Africa? Complete the text with a / an, the or – (= no article). The X the X X X

My father has been ---- farmer all his life. When I was --- young boy, I wanted to be like him, but later I realized that -----farmers don’t usually earn very much --- money. I loved --- music when I was at --- school, but I knew it was difficult to be ---- excellent musician. So, I applied for --- course in ---- agriculture. --- course was interesting, and after I graduated, I went back to ---- area where I was brought up and got ---- job working for government. Now I’m able to help farmers who live here, and in my spare time I collect and record songs that local people have sung for hundreds of years Complete the text with a / an, the or – (= no article). aa -- an a- the a --- the

Complete the text with a / an, the or – (= no article). 1 Please close ……door behind you. 2 ……….man I’d never seen before was standing in ……..front garden. 3 Have you got ………pen I can borrow? 4 ………..travel is a good way to meet……… interesting people. 5 I haven’t seen Ahmad since ……….day before yesterday. 6 I need to pay back ……….money I borrowed. 7 Most of ………students understood what ………teacher was saying. 8 He’s applied for ……..course in ………economics. the A a X X a X