Articles....Determiners...our summary

We look at the Articles and Determiners for the last time and will move on to another grammar item soon after Kai has work through the worksheets on Article(Determiners).

We discussed about the usage for indefinite articles and then definite articles.

Here's our summary,

1. Articles A or An are used when we are not referring to a specific thing that we talk about. It is a general item.They used in front of a noun when we are introducing something or someone we have not mentioned before.

2. Article A is used with all nouns beginning with the consonants such as a builder, a teacher, a sweet, a zoo, etc.

3. Article An is used with all the nouns beginning with the vowel sounds of a, e, i, o and u. It is the pronounication of the noun and not the spelling.

4. Special cases of Article A being used in front of a noun beginning with vowels of a, e, i, o and u. such as a unicorn, a university, a uniform, a European a one-in-a life-time experiment, etc. It is the pronounication of the words that matter and not the spelling.

5. Special case of Article An being used in front of a noun beginning with a consonant such as an hour, an honour, an historal moment, etc. It is the pronounication of the words that matter and not the spelling.

6. Article The is used when we referred to a specific item or person or a place when the person we are having a conversation with know specifically what we are referring to. "Please pass me the umbrella." (a specific umbrella)


7. Article The is used when we have already to refer the person or item in the converstaion. "She brought a packet of orange juice. The packet of orange juice is from Coles."

8. Article The is used when we refer to a geographical point on the globe. Singapore is near the Equator.

9. Article The is used when we refer to rivers, oceans and seas. My aunt visited the Dead Sea when she was in Israel.

10. Article The is used when we refer to thing that is one of its kind. The moon reflects the light of the sun.