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TECHNICAL ENGLISH I
An orange.
DEFINITE ARTICLES
The is the definite article. It is used before singular or plural nouns that are specific or particular for both, the person speaking and the listener. Examples: 1.- The man who lives next door to my sister is really nice. This refers to a particular man: the man who lives next door. 2.- The American president is a busy man. There is only one president, so we are referring to a specific noun here.
DEFINITE ARTICLES
3.- I love the gifts you gave me. We are talking about particular gifts, the ones you gave me.
4. The dog over there is cute. We know which dog we are talking about, it is a particular dog.
INDEFINITE ARTICLES
A / an are the indefinite articles. We use a / an before general, non-specific nouns or to indicate membership in a group. A / an can only be used with countable singular nouns. Examples: 1.- Carlos eats an egg everyday. Here, egg belongs to a group: eggs. We use "an" instead of "a" because egg" starts with a vowel sound. 2.- I saw a movie last night. We aren't talking about a specific movie, as we haven't said which movie we saw. We use "a" instead of "an" because movie" begins with a consonant sound.
INDEFINITE ARTICLE
Los artculos indefinidos para los sustantivos en singular pueden ser A (se usa con sustantivos que comiencen con sonido consonntico) y AN ( se usa con sustantivos que comiencen con sonido voclico). Examples: a university a chair an orange an hour *Tambin podemos usar one ( number 1 ) en lugar del artculo A AN .
It is an egg.
REMEMBER:
Los artculos pueden ser definidos e indefinidos y los podemos utilizar con sustantivos o adjetivos de acuerdo a ciertas reglas gramaticales que debes revisar en las diapositivas dadas. Los artculos son: A, AN, THE. Practica un poquito todos los das. Participa en el foro (los temas son semanales). Ingresa a la Sala de Conferencias. Utiliza los Enlaces Interesantes y las Ayudas (aqu encontrars ejercicios sobre el tema de la semana). Si tienes dudas consulta constantemente.