1. Noun phrase

2. the book that I was reading
Noun phrase
a group of words before and / or after a noun
book (noun)
a book
my book
this book
some books
the book that I was reading
my favourite cook book

3. these words are: Articles – članovi: a/ an, the, zero article
Possessives – posvojni pridjevi i zamjenice: my, your, his…
Demonstratives - pokazne zamjenice: this, that, these, those
Quantifiers – izrazi za količinu: some, any, all, each, every..
Relative pronouns – odnosne zamjenice: who, which, that…
Compound nouns – složenice: notebook, address book…

4. Articles Indefinite (neodređeni): a / an Definite (određeni): the
Zero article (bez člana): (-)
* udžbenik, str. 142

5. Indefinite article, a/an
a book
an apple
* but: a university, an hour!
The choice depends on the pronunciation (izgovor) of the first sound

6. Indefinite article, a/an
To say what something or somebody is:
This is a book.
Jane’ s a teacher.
To refer to a thing or a person for the first time:
She lives in a farmhouse.
To refer to a person or a thing when it doesn’t matter which one:
Can you lend me a pen?

7. Definite article, the
To refer to a person or a thing known to the speaker and the listener:
Have you got the car keys?
To refer to a person or a thing for the second time:
I got a book and a computer for Christmas. The book is about the British Empire.
When it is clear which one(s) we mean:
Did you enjoy the party?

8. Definite article, the To refer to the only one there is:
The earth is older than we think.
To refer to things in our physical environment that we all know:
We can see the sea from our house.
With superlatives:
You’re the best teacher.

9. Definite article, the With some place names:
The United States of America
The Netherlands
The Eiffel Tower
The Adriatic Sea
The Rocky Mountains
The British Museum
The Republic of Croatia, but (-) Croatia…

10. Zero article (-) To refer to things or people in general:
I like (-) cheese.
(-) Doctors earn more than (-) teachers.
In some common expressions:
Places
He’s at (-) work. He’ s at (-) school.
She’s at (-) home in (-) bed.

11. Zero article (-) Travel: I travel by (-) car / bus / train… Meals:
We had (-) lunch at 12.
Time:
I’ll do it (-) next week.
I saw her (-) last year.

12. Zero article (-) Academic subjects: I’ m no good at (-) Maths. Games:
I like (-) chess.
In some place names:
I climbed (-) Mount Everest.
I’ ve travelled a lot in (-) Europe and (-) South America.

13. Possessives Possessive adjectives (posvojni pridjevi)
Possessive pronouns (posvojne zamjenice) My
Mine
Your
Yours
His
Her
Hers
Its
Our
Ours
Their
Theirs

14. Possessives
Can you bring your book? Posvojni pridjev jer stoji ispred imenice.
This book is yours. Posvojna zamjenica, jer stoji samostalno, zamjenjuje imenicu.

15. Izražavanje posvojnosti:
This is Mark's book. (jednina)
These are Mark and Anna's books. (množina, apostrof 's samo kod druge osobe)
These are students' books. (nije potrebno dodati 's na imenicu u množini koja završava na s, dodajemo samo apostrof)

16. Demonstatives (pokazne zamjenice)
NEAR FAR
this (ovo) that (ono) (jd.)
these (ovi) those (oni) (mn.)
Is this your book? (Je li ovo tvoja knjiga?)
Is that your book? (Je li ono tvoja knjiga?)
Are these your books? (Jesu li ovo tvoje knjige?)
Are those your books? (Jesu li ono tvoje knjige?)

17. Reflexive pronouns (povratne zamjenice)
Myself
Yourself
He cut him. (Porezao je njega.)
Himself
Herself
He cut himself. (Porezao se je. Sam sebe. Radnja se vraća na subjekt.)
Itself
Ourselves
Yourselves
Themselves

18. Themselves and each other
They love themselves. (Vole sami sebe.)
They love each other. (Vole se. Jedno drugo, jedni druge.)

19. All and every All (means everybody, everything)
All the people came to the party.
All came to the party.
Every (koristi se s imenicom u jd.)
Every student in the class passed the exam.