1. АРТИКЛЬ Подготовила: Наст Галина Петровна учитель английского языка
Муниципальное общеобразовательное учреждение «Маардуская гимназия» Маарду-Таллинн, Эстония
АРТИКЛЬ
Подготовила:
Наст Галина Петровна
учитель английского языка
старший преподаватель
Маардуской гимназии
Маарду-Таллинн
Эстония

2. THE Definite Article is used:
with nouns we have mentioned previously
Nick has got a dog. The dog is very nice 2

3. THE Definite Article is used:
with noun which is clear from the context
Close the book 3

4. THE Definite Article is used:
with nouns that are unique
Look at the sky 4

5. THE Definite Article is used:
with nouns followed by a descriptive phrase, which makes them definite
This is the man I told you about 5

6. THE Definite Article is used:
with individual items which represent a class
The lion is fast and disappearing 6

7. THE Definite Article is used:
with national groups
The British are pet lovers 7

8. THE Definite Article is used:
with names of musical instruments
Mary plays the violin 8

9. THE Definite Article is used:
The Atlantic Ocean
THE Definite Article is used:
with some geographical names: oceans, rivers, regions 9

10. THE Definite Article is used:
The Hawaii
THE Definite Article is used:
with some geographical names: oceans, rivers, regions 10

11. THE Definite Article is used:
The Sahara desert
THE Definite Article is used:
with some geographical names: oceans, rivers, regions 11

12. THE Definite Article is used:
The Alps
THE Definite Article is used:
with some geographical names: oceans, rivers, regions 12

13. THE Definite Article is used:
The Waterfall Durian
with some geographical names: oceans, rivers, regions 13

14. THE Definite Article is used:
The USA
THE Definite Article is used:
with some geographical names: oceans, rivers, regions 14

15. THE Definite Article is used:
The Netherlands
THE Definite Article is used:
with some geographical names: oceans, rivers, regions 15

16. A/An Indefinite Article is used:
With one of a group of things when it has the meaning one and any of the whole class of similar objects
This is a book 16

17. A/An Indefinite Article is used:
The addition of a descriptive attribute to the countable noun in the singular does not change the use of article
This is a historical book 17

18. A/An Indefinite Article is used:
When the speaker simply names the object which can be found at this or that place
There is a table in the classroom 18

19. A/An Indefinite Article is used:
With something we refer to for the first time
I will give you a call next week 19

20. A/An Indefinite Article is used:
Our car can do 260 kilometres an hour
Before phrases
of time and measurements
We have English 5 times a week 20

21. A/An Indefinite Article is used:
With someone‘s job
He works as a sales manager 21

22. A/An Indefinite Article is used:
Before phrases of nationality
Bruce Springsteen is an American 22

23. The Definite Article isn’t used:
South
America
The Definite Article isn’t used:
with names of continents
Africa is much larger than Europe. 23

24. The Definite Article isn’t used:
with names of cities, towns etc.
Milan is in the north of Italy. 24

25. The Definite Article isn’t used:
with names of countries, states, regions etc.
Portugal is in western Europe. 25

26. The Definite Article isn’t used:
Mountain Gibraltar
The Definite Article isn’t used:
with names of mount and lake
Chicago is on Lake Michigan.
Lake Michigan 26

27. Sources Jenny Dooley, Virginia Evans - Grammarway, 1998
Jenny Dooley, Virginia Evans – Enterprise Grammar, 2000
Ülle Kurm - YMK I love English, 2001
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