Articles with the Names of Seasons

Most of all I like summer because it’s usually warm and sunny Most of all I like summer because it’s usually warm and sunny. Sometimes it can be very hot, for example, it was extremely hot in the summer of 2010. I dislike high temperatures. I felt good last year – it was a cool summer with moderate temperatures. Also I like spring. I celebrate my birthday in high spring.

We don’t use any article when we speak about a season in general. Summer is the warmest season of the year. Autumn has come. -When will winter come? -Do you like autumn? -Yes, I do.

With the preposition IN we can say: In winter or in the winter In summer or in the summer In spring or in the spring In autumn or in the autumn

When we speak about a definite season, we use “THE” She is spending the summer in Europe. He still remembers the winter of 2000. It was very cold.

We use “a” if there is an adjective standing before the name of a season: It is a frosty winter. There are no children playing outside. It was a cold spring. We stayed at home almost all the time. It is a pleasant autumn. Let’s go for a walk in the park. It is a bright summer. The sun is shining every day.

We do not use any article with adjectives early, broad, late, high, real: Now it is late spring. All flowers are in blossom. Where are your mittens? It is broad winter! Look at those wonderful golden leaves. It’s real autumn. It is early summer but the weather is still cool.

A, THE or zero article? It was … cold winter with long cold nights. … summer of 1980 was unusually hot. Most of all I like … spring. In … spring the air is fresh and the sky is blue. It was … early autumn when our puppies were born. I remember … winter when we met with Mike. I didn’t think we would be friends now.

The days are getting longer. … summer is coming. -Do you remember your honeymoon? -Of course! It was … broad summer and we went to Paris. -When will you go to London? -I’m not sure yet. Perhaps in … autumn.