28. Articles

 Articles are small words in English that we put before nouns to show whether we are talking about something specific or general.

There are two types:

1. Definite Article

• The: used when talking about something specific or already known.

  • Example: The book on the table is mine.
    (A particular book, not just any book.)

2. Indefinite Articles

• A: used before singular, countable nouns that begin with a consonant sound.

  • Example: I saw a dog in the park.

• An: used before singular, countable nouns that begin with a vowel sound (a, e, i, o, u).

  • Example: She ate an apple.

Rules

• Use the when the listener/reader knows which thing you mean.

• Use a/an when talking about something for the first time or in a general sense.

• No article is needed for plural nouns or uncountable nouns when speaking generally.

• Example: I like music. / Dogs are friendly.

A. Order the words:

1. is / book / on / table / the
2. sun / rises / east / in / the
3. children / are / playing / in / garden / the
4. opened / she / door / the / slowly
5. cat / sleeping / the / sofa / on / is
6. visited / we / museum / the / yesterday
7. teacher / explained / lesson / the / clearly
8. friends / went / to / the / cinema / my
9. bird / the / tree / sitting / is / on / the
10. family / went / beach / the / to / Sunday / last

B. Fill in the blanks with a or an:

1. I saw ___ elephant at the zoo.
2. She wants to buy ___ apple.
3. There is ___ dog in the garden.
4. My father is ___ engineer.
5. We stayed in ___ hotel by the beach.
6. He is eating ___ sandwich.
7. They are looking for ___ university near their house.
8. We need ___ hour to finish this project.
9. Can you give me ___ orange?
10. She is reading ___ interesting book.

C. Look at the image. Then write 10 sentences about 10 objects you see using the articles a,an.