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ARTICLES IN ENGLISHPAGES 2 AND 3

“a” + consonante: a lemon “an” + vocal: an orangeo Se usan con nombres singulares y contables

que se mencionan por primera vez. o También se emplean delante de algunas

expresiones de cantidad y de ciertos números:

a hundred a kilo

INDEFINITE ARTICLES: a / an

Se usa con nombres singulares o plurales y contables que ya se hayan mencionado antes: Maria has got a dog. The dog is black.

No se usa cuando los sustantivos tienen un sentido general o abstracto:

Food is pleasure.People in Spain are friendly

DEFINITE ARTICLE: the

Sam has got ………… orange schoolbag. In his bag there is ………… pencil box. In ………… box there is ………… blue pen.

Sally loves animals. She has got ………… cat and ………… old dog. ………… cat does not like ………… dog.

This house is very nice. Has it got ………… garden? Yes, but ………… garden is very small.

There isn’t ………… airport near where I live. ………… airport is 70 miles away.

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