These slides should be used as teaching tool.we let further explanation to be provided

by the teacher.

Elton Medeiros and Paola Hanna

Indefinite Definite

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a man

a house

a uniform

a university

an egg

an hour

an umbrella

an extra pen

1. This morning I bought ............... newspaper and ............... magazine. ............... newspaper is in my car, 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 .............. gray one. .......... blue one belongs to my neighbor. I don’t know who ........... owner of ............... gray one 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.

Definite X Indefinite

names of rivers, mountains, oceans, deserts, etc. Ex: The Thames , The Alps , The Atlantic.

The Thames flows through southern England. It is the longest river entirely in England and the second longest in the United Kingdom.

names of countries only if it’s plural or followed by: Republic, Kingdom, etc.

Ex: The United StatesThe PhilippinesThe Dominican Republic

Before superlatives

The tallest buildings in the world

Don't use

articles

Before nouns in general sense.

“ Doctors are paid more than teachers.”

Before abstract nouns.