N A N C Y L Ó P E Z

USING:

NOUNS, ADJECTIVESAND ARTICLE

NOUNS CAN FUNCTION AS ADJECTIVES

• Shoe

• Store

• Flower

•Garden

•Baby

• Food

•Child

•Pshycologist

• Salad

• Fork

•Mosquito

•Net

BASIC ARTICLE USAGEUSING A OR 0

• A banana is yellow.

• Any banana. Generalization with singular count noun.

• Bananas are yellow.

• Generalizations with plural count nouns.

• Fruit is yellow.

• Any and all fruit. Generalization with noncount nouns.

USING «A» OR «SOME»

• I ate a banana.

• One banana out of all bananas

• I ate some bananas.

• Some can be used with indefinite plural count nouns.

• I ate some fruit.

• Some can be used with indefinite noncount nouns.

USING «THE»

• A noun is definite when both the speaker and the

listener are thinking about the same specific thing.

• Thank you for the banana.

• Thank you for the bananas.

• Thank you for the fruit.

A FEW/ A LITTLE

• Indicate that something exists or is present.

• She has been here only two weeks, but she has alreadymade a few friends. C

• I’ve been able to save a little money this month. NC

(VERY) + FEW / LITTLE

•Give a negative idea.

• Indicate that something is largely absent.

• She has (very) few friends.

• I have (very) little money.

ONE/ EACH/ EVERY ARE FOLLOWED BY SINGULAR COUNT NOUNS

• There is only one girl in my life.

• I gave a present to each student.

• Sandra invited every member of the club.

ONE OF / EACH OF/ EVERY ONE OFARE FOLLOWED BY SPECIFIC PLURAL COUNT

NOUNS AND PRONOUNS.

• One of the students was late to class.

• Each of the students has a schedule

• Every one of the students has a schedule.

“OF” IN EXPRESSIONS OF QUANTITY

• With some expressions of quantity, of is

not used when the noun is nonspecific. • I bought one book / I bought many books.

“OF” IN EXPRESSIONS OF QUANTITY

• “of” is used with specific nouns and

pronouns.• One of those books is mine.

• Some of the books are yours.

• Many of my books are in English.

• Most of them are paperbacks.

“OF” IN EXPRESSIONS OF QUANTITY

• Expressions such as “a lot of” always

include “of”