CICLO 2013-III Mdulo: 1

Unit: 1
Week: 1

TECHNICAL ENGLISH I

Teacher: Maritza Dvila Chumpitaz

DEFINITE AND
INDEFINITE
ARTICLES

DEFINITE AND
INDEFINITE ARTICLES
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DEFINITE AND
INDEFINITE ARTICLES
There are two types of articles in the
English language: the definite article (the)
and the indefinite article (a, an).
A strawberry.

An orange.

The girl who has a camera.

DEFINITE ARTICLES
The is the definite article. It is used before singular
or plural nouns that are specific or particular for both,
the person speaking and the listener.
Examples:
1.- The man who lives next door to my sister is really
nice.
This refers to a particular man: the man who lives next
door.
2.- The American president is a busy man.
There is only one president, so we are referring to a
specific noun here.

DEFINITE ARTICLES
3.- I love the gifts you gave me.
We are talking about particular gifts, the ones you
gave me.

4. The dog over there is cute.

We know which dog we are talking about, it is a
particular dog.

INDEFINITE ARTICLES
A / an are the indefinite articles. We use a / an before
general, non-specific nouns or to indicate
membership in a group. A / an can only be used
with countable singular nouns.
Examples:
1.- Carlos eats an egg everyday.
Here, egg belongs to a group: eggs. We use "an"
instead of "a" because egg" starts with a vowel
sound.
2.- I saw a movie last night.
We aren't talking about a specific movie, as we
haven't said which movie we saw. We use "a"
instead of "an" because movie" begins with a
consonant sound.

INDEFINITE ARTICLE

Los artculos indefinidos para los sustantivos en

singular pueden ser A (se usa con sustantivos
que comiencen con sonido consonntico) y
AN ( se
usa con sustantivos que
comiencen con sonido voclico). Examples:
a university
a chair
an orange
an hour
*Tambin podemos usar one ( number 1 ) en
lugar del artculo A AN .
It is an egg.

DEFINITE AND
INDEFINITE ARTICLES
The first time you speak of something use "a or an", the
next time you repeat the same object use "the". Examples:
1.- I live in a house. The house is old and has four bedrooms.
2.- Susan ate in an Italian restaurant. The restaurant was
excellent.
DO NOT use an article with countries, states, counties or
provinces, lakes and mountains except when the country is
a collection of states such as "The United States".
1.- They live in northern Colombia.
2.- Esther lives in Huaraz near Pastoruri Snow mountain.

DEFINITE AND
INDEFINITE ARTICLES
Use an article with bodies of water, oceans and
seas.
1.- My country borders on the Pacific Ocean.
DO NOT use an article when you are speaking
about things in general. Examples:
1.- She likes reading poems.
2.- I like apples.

REMEMBER:
Los artculos pueden ser definidos e
indefinidos y los podemos utilizar con
sustantivos o adjetivos de acuerdo a ciertas
reglas gramaticales que debes revisar en las
diapositivas dadas. Los artculos son: A, AN,
THE.
Practica un poquito todos los das.
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