Teacher: Maritza Dávila ChumpitazTeacher: Maritza Dávila Chumpitaz

CICLO 2013-III Módulo: 1 Unit: 1 Week: 1

TECHNICAL ENGLISH ITECHNICAL ENGLISH I

DEFINITE AND INDEFINITE ARTICLES

DEFINITE AND INDEFINITE ARTICLES

El tema Definite and Indefinite Articles lo encontrará en su texto All Star 1, página 169, en su Workbook All Star 1, página 69, en los Enlaces Interesantes, Bibliográficos, en las Auto - evaluaciones y el blog del Curso.Revise detalladamente el tema y auto-evalúe sus conocimientos. Haga uso de su Biblioteca Virtual. Success depends on you !

DEFINITE AND INDEFINITE ARTICLES

• There are two types of articles in the English language: the definite article (the) and the indefinite article (a, an).

The girl who has a camera.

A strawberry.

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 ARTICLES3.- 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.

• Los artículos indefinidos para los sustantivos en singular pueden ser “A” (se usa con sustantivos que comiencen con sonido consonántico) y “AN” ( se usa con sustantivos que comiencen con sonido vocálico). Examples:

a university a chair an orange an hour

*También podemos usar one ( number 1 ) en lugar del artículo A – AN .

INDEFINITE ARTICLE

It is an egg.

DEFINITE AND INDEFINITE ARTICLES

• The first time you speak of something use "a or an", the next time you repeat the same object use "the". Examples:

1.- I live in a house. The house is old and has four bedrooms.2.- Susan ate in an Italian restaurant. The restaurant was

excellent. • DO NOT use an article with countries, states, counties or

provinces, lakes and mountains except when the country is a collection of states such as "The United States".

1.- They live in northern Colombia. 2.- Esther lives in Huaraz near Pastoruri Snow mountain.

DEFINITE AND INDEFINITE ARTICLES

• Use an article with bodies of water, oceans and seas.

1.- My country borders on the Pacific Ocean. • DO NOT use an article when you are speaking

about things in general. Examples:1.- She likes reading poems. 2.- I like apples.

REMEMBER:• Los artículos 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 artículos son: A, AN, THE.

• Practica un poquito todos los días.• Participa en el foro (los temas son

semanales).• Ingresa a la Sala de Conferencias.• Utiliza los Enlaces Interesantes y las

Ayudas (aquí encontrarás ejercicios sobre el tema de la semana).

• Si tienes dudas consulta constantemente.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH !