1. Articles Grammar And Usage

2. Articles importantare important help people to understand each other generalspecifictell us whether the thing we are talking about is general or specific help people to imagine things at the moment of speaking

3. Articles Articles can be divided into: Indefinite articleIndefinite article (=neurčitý člen) a/an Definite articleDefinite article (=určitý člen) the Zero articleZero article (=nulový člen)

4. Indefinite article Indefinite article = neurčitý člen express that the thing is not specific generalit is general when the word is said people can imagine different objects exampleexample: I have a new car. – Everybody can imagine different type of car. it is used in front of: single noun it is not possible to use it with plural form aa is used in front of the nouns beginning with consonant anan is used in front of the nouns beginning with vowel – easier pronunciation

5. Definite article Definite article = určitý člen specificexpress some specific object people can imagine some concrete object everybody knows what is going on – you already heard about it or saw it exampleexample: The new car I have is red. – We already heard about that car. This information just specify it more. or we use it when talking about the only thing in the whole world exampleexample: The sun is shining. (There is no other sun.) thethe can be used in front of: single even plural form of a noun if the following word in a sentence begins with consonant, the pronunciation will be [thuh] if the following word in a sentence begins with vowel, the pronunciation will be [thee]

6. Zero article Zero article = nulový člen notin this case we do not write anything in front of the noun generalit is used it when talking about the most general things exampleexample: Elephant has big ears. prepositional phrasesor in case of prepositional phrases exampleexample: I go there by car. namesor in front of names, streets, towns, cities, most of the countries (except a few) …

7. How to learn articles? practiseYou need to practise. readYou need to read and pay attention to articles in the text. thinkYou have to think about what you want to say. rememberYou have to remember a few basic rules.

8. Exercise CompleteComplete the following exercise: I have __ new friend. Her___name is Jane. Jane comes from ___United States. She lives in __ small house in __Portland. __house is old, but it has __beautiful view. Jane works as __ teacher in __ local school. She goes to __work everyday by __ bus. It takes her half __ hour to get there. In her __ freetime, she likes going to __ cinema. Jane is __ married woman and has got __ one child. She has __ very happy life.

9. Articles And now you know a little bit about articles! Well done!

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