English Teaching Material for "Articles"
Class 1
Topic – 2
Articles
Introduction
An article, sometimes called an article adjective is a little word used before a noun to point to something
The words a, an, and the are special adjectives called articles.
Types of Articles
Definite Article
Indefinite Article
Definite Article
The article “the” points to a definite (particular) person, place, or thing
Articles in English are invariable. That is, they do not change according to the gender or number of the noun they refer to
Example - the boy, the woman, the children
'The' is used:
1. To refer to something which has already been mentioned.
An elephant and a mouse fell in love.
The mouse loved the elephant's long trunk, and the elephant loved the mouse's tiny nose.
2. When both the speaker and listener know what is being talked about, even if it has not been mentioned before.
'Where's the bathroom?'
'It's on the first floor.'
3. in sentences or clauses where we define or identify a particular person or object
The man who wrote this book is famous.
'Which car did you scratch?' 'The red one.
My house is the one with a blue door.'
4. To refer to objects we regard as unique
The sun, the moon, the world
5. Before superlatives and ordinal numbers
The highest building, the first page, the last chapter.
6. With adjectives, to refer to a whole group of people
The Japanese (List of nationalities in English), the old
7. With names of geographical areas and oceans
The Caribbean, the Sahara, the Atlantic
8. With decades, or groups of years
She grew up in the seventies
Indefinite Article
Indefinite means something which is not clear, obvious or exact. They are called indefinite because the identity of the thing or person being spoken about is left unclear or indefinite. The indefinite article indicates that the noun is not someone or something in particular. The speaker talks about any one of that type of things. The indefinite articles in English are "a" and "an."
Topic – 2
Articles
Introduction
An article, sometimes called an article adjective is a little word used before a noun to point to something
The words a, an, and the are special adjectives called articles.
Types of Articles
Definite Article
Indefinite Article
Definite Article
The article “the” points to a definite (particular) person, place, or thing
Articles in English are invariable. That is, they do not change according to the gender or number of the noun they refer to
Example - the boy, the woman, the children
'The' is used:
1. To refer to something which has already been mentioned.
An elephant and a mouse fell in love.
The mouse loved the elephant's long trunk, and the elephant loved the mouse's tiny nose.
2. When both the speaker and listener know what is being talked about, even if it has not been mentioned before.
'Where's the bathroom?'
'It's on the first floor.'
3. in sentences or clauses where we define or identify a particular person or object
The man who wrote this book is famous.
'Which car did you scratch?' 'The red one.
My house is the one with a blue door.'
4. To refer to objects we regard as unique
The sun, the moon, the world
5. Before superlatives and ordinal numbers
The highest building, the first page, the last chapter.
6. With adjectives, to refer to a whole group of people
The Japanese (List of nationalities in English), the old
7. With names of geographical areas and oceans
The Caribbean, the Sahara, the Atlantic
8. With decades, or groups of years
She grew up in the seventies
Indefinite Article
Indefinite means something which is not clear, obvious or exact. They are called indefinite because the identity of the thing or person being spoken about is left unclear or indefinite. The indefinite article indicates that the noun is not someone or something in particular. The speaker talks about any one of that type of things. The indefinite articles in English are "a" and "an."