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THE ARTICLE:

- ajuta la individualizarea obiectelor- articolele sunt proclitice preced substantivele pe care le nsotesc

the day the hours a ringthe wife the European countries an idea

- nu este folosit niciodat singur, nsotind ntotdeauna un substantive sau un echivalent alacestuia

THE DEFINITE ARTICLE THE INDEFINITE ARTICLE THE ZERO ARTICLE

articolul hotrt: the articolul nehotrt: a/an articolul zero

the book

the friend

the apple

the elephant

a book

a friend

an apple

an elephant

Cofee is cheap.

I. THE INDEFINITE ARTICLE

- este acelasi pentru singular si plural si pentru toate genurile:

the boy the girl the daythe boys the girls the days

Articolul the se pronunt:/i:/ naintea unei vocale sau a unui h mut:

the earth the hour the honour// naintea unei consoane si a semivocalelor /w/ si /j/:the sky the wall the yearthe union the one the European

Este folosit n:

- indicarea punctelor cardinale: the East, the West, the North, the South- naintea numelor de ruri, oceane, tri, munti:

the Danube the U.S.A. the Alpsthe United Kingdom the Sahara the Mississippithe Pacific the Carpathians

- naintea numelor de vapoare, hoteluri, institutii:

the Titanic the Ritz Hotel the White House

- naintea zilelor, lunilor, anotimpurilor:the Sunday the January the winter

- numele ziarelor:the Times the Guardian the Observer

- n urmtoarele constructii:go to the cinema, the circus, the concert, the opera, the theatre

- apare n expresii precum:

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on the whole in the countryon the right on the left

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II. THE INDEFINITE ARTICLE

- nainte de consoane: aa book a boy a dog a visa

- nainte de vocale: anan apple an elephant an American an islandan uncle an egg

Articolul the se pronunt:

- // naintea unei consoane, a unui h aspirat si a semivocalelor /w/ si /j/:a book a horse a uniforma war a unity

- /n/ naintea unei vocale si a unui h mut:an envelope an hour

Articolul nehotrt este ntrebuintat- numai la singular naintea substantivelor care se pot numra:a woman a watch an hour

a man a year an ideaex: A cod is a fish.

John is a boy and Jane is a girl.A table has four legs.

- la plural substantivele care se pot numra nu primesc articolul nehotrt:women watches hoursmen years ideas

- naintea titlurilor, numelor de profesii, meserii, nationalitti:She is a student.He is an Englishman.I am a doctor.

- naintea numeralelor:hundred, thousand, million: A million/thousand men.

- naintea cuvintelor: little, few: a little, a few- n expresii precum:

as a reward (ca rsplat) at a distance (la distan )a long/short time (mult, scurt vreme)in a loud/low voice (cu voce tare/sczut)It is a pity!/ It is a shame! (E pcat!)to be in a hurry (a fi grbit)to have an appetite (a avea poft de mncare)to have a right to (a avea dreptul la)to make a fire (a face focul)to make a noise (a face zgomot)to take a seat (a lua loc)

III. THE ZERO ARTICLE

Lipsa articolului este la fel de important ca si prezenta lui:

calificativul zero indic lipsa articolului hotrt sau nehotrt naintea substantivelornenumrabile cu form de singular

I prefer coffee in the morning.

absenta articolului d substantivelor un nteles genericChocolate is what I like best.

- n cazul substantivelor abstracte:death life freedom libertylove hate

ex: I fear death.- n cazul substantivelor:


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milk bread butter coffe goldex: Cofee is cheap.

- n cazul numelor de persoane, orase, tri:Bucharest Romania

ex: Bucharest is the capital of Romania.

Nu primesc articol:1. substantivele ntrebuintate cu nteles general

2. substantivele care au un caracter de unicitate

1. substantivele ntrebuintate cu nteles general

- substantive abstracte: Wisdom comes with experience.- substantivele care precizeaz anumite materii: The coin is made ofsilver.

2. substantivele care au un caracter de unicitate- nume proprii la singular: Smith- numele zilelor, lunilor: Monday, October- substantive abstracte: heaven, hell, paradise

Situatii n care articolul lipseste:

- dup un substantiv n cazul posesiv:Edgars rule. Dans idea.

- n locutiuni adverbiale:by heart at night in the futureto lose courage on foot on condition that

- n cuvinte compuse:downhill indoors upstairsup-to-date

- n expresiile:day by day from beginning to endfrom right to left from time to time

Exercitii:

1. Folositi articolul hotrt:

shop uniform aspirin cup uncleholiday record house hour umbrellaweek exam comedy youth engineer

2. Respectati modelul urmtor:

Carrots are vegetables. ......................................................Birds can fly. ......................................................Rabbits run fast. ......................................................Elephants never forget. ......................................................Flies are insects. ......................................................Plums are very sweet. ......................................................

3. Utilizati articolul nehotrt si some naintea substantivelor care denumesc materii:

........ bag ........ egg ........ car ........... luggage

........ pen ........ apple ........ hour ........... butter

........ water ........ bread ........ flour ........... orange........ boy ........ furniture ........ bone ........... pencil


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Roses are flowers.The rose is a flower.


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........ niece ........ chalk ........ army ........... sugar

........ shoe ........ advice ........ flower ........... icecream

........ dollar ........ milk ........ country ........... carrot

........ child ........ picture ........ information ........ money

........ window ........ airport ........ blood ........ question

4. Urmriti modelul urmtor:

Onions are vegetables. ......................................................Cakes are sweet. ......................................................Wives are women. ......................................................Dogs are domestic animals. ......................................................

5. Completeaz urmtoarele exclamatii cu ajutorul lui a/an, acolo unde este necesar:

What ..... sad news!What ..... good news!What ..... interesting idea!What ..... terrible noise!What ..... beautiful day!What ..... fine weather!What ..... kind people!

6. Completati spatiile libere folosind articolul acolo unde este necesar:

....... most striking feature of Northern America is ....... vast chain of lakes whichseparates Canada from ....... United States.

Lake Superior, ....... greatest of these onland seas, is ....... largest bidy of fresh waterin ....... world. ....... four other principal lakes are: Lakes Huron, Michigan, Erie and Ontario;from ....... last of which issues ....... noble river St. Lawrence, which runs ....... uninterruptedcourse of seven hundred miles before it reaches ....... Atalntic. There is thus a continuouscurrent from ....... most remote tributary of Lake Superior to ....... Gulf of St. Lawrence, .......distance of more than two thousand miles.

ENGLISH ALPHABET

Litera Pronunia Litera Pronun ia

A /ei/ N /en/B /bi:/ O /u/C /si:/ P /pi:/D /di:/ Q /kju:/E /i:/ R /a:/F /ef/ S /es/G / i:/ T /ti:/H /ei / U /ju:/I /ai/ V /vi:/J / ei/ W /dabl ju:/

K /kei/ X /eks/L /el/ Y /wai/


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Swallows are birds.A swallow is a bird.


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M /em/ Z /zed/

ENGLISH VOWELS

Exemple:

1. pit 2. pet 3. pat 4. luck 5. pot6. good 7. meat 8. car 9. girl 10. door 11. too 12. ago 13. day 14. sky 15. boy16. cow17. go 18. beer 19. bear 20. tour

Alegeti:

cat cot boat doubt judgewrite rouse sought grin freezecoin rode bake doom looksign heard gone beak hear

ENGLISH COSONANTS

P PITB BIT T TIME D DOOR K CAT G GET

f fanv van

- think - that s - send z zip

m man n - nice - ring l - leg r - rat w - wet

h hat - yet - shop - leisure - chop - jump

GREETINGS

Good morning! (pn n ora prnzului)Good afternoon!


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Good evening! (de obicei dup ora 5)Good night!Good bye!

INTRODUCING PEOPLE

Meet my friends...!

You know Mr.../Mrs.../Miss... dont you?

I know him/her only by sight/by name/ from hearsay.

I dont think we have met (before).

I dont remember meeting you before.

Will you introduce me to Mr Smith?

May I introduce to you Mr and Mrs Smith?

Allow me to introduce myself!May I introduce myself?My name is...

Glad to meet you!

Is is a great pleasure/honour for mee to meet you.

The pleasure/honour is on my side!My pleasure!

Ive had the pleasure/honour to meet Mr Smith before.

Shake hands with....


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