ARTICLES 1.- A / AN 2.- THE

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1 ARTICLES Autor: Enrique Hinojosa 1.- A / AN - Delante de nombres contables en sing. cuando se mencionan por 1ª vez. (There is a shop in this street; the shop is very big) - Delante de nombres contables en sing. usados como ejemplo de una clase. (A butterfly in an insect with antennae and broad wings) - Con las profesiones (My father is a doctor) - Con ciertos números (a hundred, a thousand, ) - Con expresiones de cantidad (a lot of, a great deal of, a couple, a dozen) - Con expresiones de velocidad, de precios, de ratios (60 km an hour, 5p. a kilo, ) - En exclamaciones con nombres contables en sing. (What a nice day!) 2.- THE - Cuando el objeto o grupo de objetos es único en su especie (The Earth, the stars, the sea,...) - Delante de nombres definidos porque han sido mencionados antes (There is a shop in this street; the shop is very big) - Delante de nombres definidos por ir seguidos de sintagma o subordinada (The girl in blue, the boy I met,... ) - Con nombres contables en sing. representando clase de animales o cosas (The tiger is the fiercest animal) - Con adjetivos representando clase de personas (The old, the rich, ) - Delante de algunos nombres propios (ríos, mares, grupos de islas, barcos, desiertos, cordilleras montañosas, nombres plurales de países, regiones, periódicos, instituciones o edificios públicos,...) (The Red Sea, The Alps, The Titanic, The Highlands, The Times,...) 3.- OMISSION / 0 ARTICLE - Con nombres genéricos (I like tea ; They don t like flowers) - Delante de nombres de comidas (I m preparing lunch) - Delante de nombres abstractos (You must have hope) - Delante de nombres de juegos (I don t like cricket) - Delante de nombres indefinidos en plural (There are no students here) - Delante de Church/Hospital/School,... cuando se usan como fin primario - Con ciudades, lagos, montañas. (Mount Everest, Teide, London,...) - Con los nombres de las calles (Coldershaw Road, Oxford Street,...) - Con los días o fechas del calendario (Tuesday, Christmas Eve,...) - Delante de ciertos nombres contables en algunos usos especiales (In spring, in summer, by bus, at night, at noon, at dawn, )

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3 Write a, an, or nothing to complete these sentences. 1 I'd like sandwich, please. 2 He asked me for money. 3 They wanted information about trains. 4 I'd like apple and orange, please. 5 They've got very big house. 6 Do you like fast cars? 7 We watched films all afternoon. 8 Have you got umbrella? 9 I asked for bread and cheese. 10 Are you drinking milk? 11 I had glass of water. 12 He gave me orange. 13 Is there telephone here? 14 We had eggs for breakfast. 15 I like coffee and tea.

4 Practice Write a, the, or no article to complete these sentences. 1 She's journalist. 2 moon moves slowly round earth. 3 sun is shining. 4 I'd like cup of coffee, please. 5 Have you got double room? 6 He gave me lighter and some cigarettes but lighter didn't work. 7 There was doctor and nurse in the room. 8 She took sandwich and piece of cake. 9 Yes, I work at this school. I'm teacher. 10 man and two women were sitting in the car. I think man was Italian. 11 Did you see Pope when he came to England? 12 He offered me cigarette, but I refused. 13 Did you send me postcard when you were in Greece? 14 They had six cats and dog. I really liked dog. 15 Have you got match, please? 16 She sent me letter and letter didn't arrive. 17 I had cup of tea and ice cream. tea was terrible. 18 Have you met Sally? She's friend of mine. Write the sentences, adding the where necessary. 1 Is he still in bed? 2 Would you like to go to cinema tonight? 3 We visit him in prison about once a month. 4 Can I go home now? 5 I usually go to bank once a week. 6 Does she like it at university? 7 School is almost falling down. 8 I do all my shopping at supermarket. 9 What time do you finish work? 10 I went to hairdresser last week but my hair looks terrible. 11 Bed in this room is too small for me. 12 I don't usually go to church but my parents do. 13 He goes to doctor's regularly - he always thinks he's ill. 14 What are you going to study at college? 15 Poor James! He hates being in hospital.

5 Complete these sentences with a, an, the or no article. 1 She plays piano beautifully. 2 We usually meet once week. 3 I enjoy studying languages but I find Latin quite difficult. 4 I always listen to radio when I get up. 5 Can your daughter play violin? 6 I can cycle 15 miles hour. 7 Do you enjoy learning Spanish? 8 I take children swimming twice week. 9 I think you watch television too often. 10 Did you study Physics at school? 11 This flat costs 100 week. 12 I love listening to saxophone. 13 potatoes are 80 pence bag. 14 Can you speak Russian? 15 I really enjoy playing football at weekends. Complete the conversation with a, an, the or no article. A: It's beautiful day today. I'd like to go to beach. B: Yes, but beach is always crowded. I'd like to stay at home and sit in garden. We can have lunch in garden. A: But we stayed at home yesterday. I'd like to go out. I'm going back to work tomorrow and this is last day of my holidays. B: Well, we could go out tonight. There's good film on at cinema or we could go to theatre. A: O.K. but theatre is too expensive. It's about 15 seat. B: That's true. We'll go to cinema, then. Or we could stay here and watch television. A: Oh no, that's boring. I want to go to cinema. B: And this afternoon? A: You can stay here but I think I'll go to town. B: Can you do shopping when you're in town? A: All right.

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