Hello welcome to this tutorial.
Today we are going to talk about articles a an end the let's get started articles are words that define
a noun as specific or unspecific now in the English language.
There are two types of articles.
One is indefinite a or an.
And the other is definite the let's have a look at the example of we here unnerves the hospital.
I'm working in is huge.
Now the article A defines the noun nurse which is unspecific in the article The defines the noun Hospital
which is specific
the indefinite article takes two forms a or an now use the indefinite article a when it precedes a word
that begins with a consonant and use the indefinite article.
And when it precedes a word that begins with a vowel let's have a look at the following examples.
Table an umbrella.
University an honest person.
Note that the indefinite article a indicates that a noun refers to a general idea rather than a particular
thing.
Have a look.
The following sentence.
What does a fox say.
The article A defines the noun Fox which is general
and we use an OR A when the listener does not know which person or thing we are talking about.
Have a look.
The following example Helen's brother works in a factory.
I don't know which factory exactly a defines the noun Factory factory is unknown
and if we refer to something for the first time it will be new information for the listener.
And so we use a or an and when referring to the same thing again.
Make sure to use the because now the listener knows what we are talking about.
Have a look at the following sentence.
I bought a new computer.
It's really great.
The computer is much better than the previous one.
NEW COMPUTER.
THE COMPUTER.
Note that the definite article is the word czar and its limits.
The meaning of a noun to one particular thing we use thar when it is clear which thing or person you
are talking about let's have a look at the sentence below the cake is in the fridge.
I know that Kate made it the listener knows where the cake is and who made it so we use the article.
The note that we also use a definite article the with a nationalities and other groups for example the
French the Italian the old the poor be with time for example in the past in the future but at present
see with superlatives for example you are the first one.
These musical instruments I played the piano as a kid e with countries which are a group or plural for
example the U.S. the UK the United Arab Emirates the Netherlands F names of ships we sailed on the Claudia
G oceans the Pacific the Atlantic et rivers the Amazon the Nile.
Note that we use zero article with plural and uncountable nouns.
When we are generally talking about something.
Have a look at the examples below dogs are not allowed in that shop in this sentence.
We are talking about dogs in general
and in this sentence the dogs next door were barking at night.
We are talking about the particular dogs the dogs next door.