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Indefinite articleIndefinite article

a ana book an egg

a dog an orange

a university an MP

a+ consonant an+ vowel


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Definite articleDefinite article

the the

the book the egg

the dog the orange

the university the MP

/ /+consonant //+vowel


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Usage (Upotreba)Usage (Upotreba)Indefnite Article:Indefnite Article:

after There is:

There is a dog. There is a boy. !!!!

for something indefnite

Give me a book!=Give me ANY book!

when something is mentioned for the first

time:Once upon a time there was a princess. The

princess was very beautiful..


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to describe a class of animals ,plants, peole, things.

A cow gives milk. A lion is dangerous. in front of thousand, hundred,million, billion:There were a hundred people. They found

a million bacteria in the meat. !!!!

in front of name of jobs:

I am a teacher. Shes a student


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neodredjeni clan je , tokom razvojaengleskog jezika, nastao od brojaone (koji znaci jedan).

stoga one = a/an

ZBOG TOGA SE NEODREDJENI CLANKORISTI ISKLJUCIVO ISPRED

BROJIVIH IMENICA U JEDNINI There is a girl.

There is a money.


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Usage (Upotreba)Usage (Upotreba)Defnite Article:Defnite Article:

for something definite

Give me THE book!=Give me EXACTLY THAT book!

when something is mentioned for theSECOND, THIRD time:

Once upon a time there was a princess. The

princess was very beautiful..

in front of ordinal numbers:

He was the first to come. I wnt to the third

floor.


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in front of superlatives:

My sister is the most beautiful girl.

Hes the best teacher. when there is only one thing:

the Moon, the Sun, the Earth, the equator,the universe


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in front of the names of the families:

The Smiths are coming for dinner tonight.(= Mr and Mrs Smith and the children)

They are trying to keep up with theJoneses.

to refer to a class as a whole:

The computer have made the text editingeasier.A computer has made text editing easier.


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in front of adjectives to talk about allthe people described by theadjective:

Only the brave are free.

The deaf have to go to a special school.

in front of musical instruments:They play the piano.

I like the guitar.


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thethe with geographic names:with geographic names:

with countries with a common noun:

the UnitedKingdom

the Netherlandsthe USAthe Republicof Irelandthe Czech Republicthe Peoples Republicof China

*other countries have zero article:

Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Portugal


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seas, oceans, cannals and rivers:

the (River) Tisza

the Mississippi (River)the (English) Channelthe Panama Canalthe Atlantic (Ocean)the Pacific (Ocean)

*lakes have zero article:

Lake Geneva

Lake Balaton

Lake MichiganLake LopnorLoch Nes


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mountains:

the High Tatrasthe Alpsthe Rocky Mountainsthe Chocolate Mountains

but mountain peaks have zero article:

Mount WashingtonTwin PeaksDenali(Mount) EverestK2


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deserts

the Gobi (Desert)the Sahara (Desert)

the Mojave Desert

points of compass:the Norththe Souththe Eastthe Westthe South Pole

the North PoleShe lives in the south of Italy.Geoffrey is going to the Far East next spring.

* Go west!


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continents:

the Arcticthe Antarctic

the Americas (North and South America)

butAsiaAmericaEuropeAustralia

Africa

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