E 12 - LISTEN UNIT 14
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ARTICLES
I. A and an.
- a: before a consonant and an: before a vowel. (depends on the pronunciation, not the spelling).
Ex 1. a or an?
____Elephant, ____university, ____umbrella, ____ticket, ____VIP, ____honest man, ____half- hour
lesson, ____one- hour lesson, ____useful book, ____SOS, ____X- ray, ____European,
____hand,____ underpass, ____unit, ____CD, ____exam, ____school.
II. a/ an and the.
1. This morning I bought ___<b>a</b> ___ newspaper and _________ magazine. _______newspaper is
in my bag, but I don’t know where I put_______ magazine.
2. I saw _______accident this morning. _______car crashed into _______tree. _______driver of
_______car wasn’t hurt, but _______car was badly damaged.
3. There are two cars parked outside: _______blue one and _______grey one. _______blue one
belongs to my neighbors; I don’t know who _______owner of _______grey car is.
4. My friends live in _______old house in _______small village. There is _______beautiful
garden behind _______house. I would like to have _______garden like that.
III. a/ an and one.
- one: + in contrast with another or other(s)
+ in one day
+ with <i>hundred</i> and <i>thousand</i> when we want to sound precise.
+ in expression like <i>onlyone </i>and <i>just one</i>
Ex2. a/ an or one?
……..day last year- it was ……very hot afternoon in June- I was hurrying to get home. I was
about…….hour late-well, to be precise, exactly……..hour and ten minutes. I had taken the train that
arrived at the station at 6.15. Anyway, there was…..woman standing under the trees, and threre were
several children with her. I saw….child clearly- she was……lovely dark- haired girl- but only heard
the others. Suddenly……strange thing happened. The girl took some stones and leaves out of her
pockets, and threw…..stone after another into the air.
- a/an : + to say what kind of thing somebody or something is, what job a person does , or what
something is used as. A/an has no plural
+ can mean ‘any example of something’
+ in plural we use some or no article
Ex3. Write what these people and things are.
E.g.: A doctor is a person who helps people who are ill.
curtain
dictionary
dentist
lawyer
mechanic
tap
teacher
telephone
that water comes out of
who helps people to learn things
who services and repairs cars
used for finding the meaning of words
who helps people to keep their teeth healthy
that you put across a window
who helps people with legal problems
used for talking to people who are far away.
<i><b>Notes: </b></i>
<i>-</i>
<i><b>not</b></i>
<i> use a/an with uncountable nouns, possessives, after </i>
<b>kind of</b>
<i> or </i>
<b>sort of</b>
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