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Noun
Noun
Nouns refer to persons, animals, places, things, ideas, or events, etc.
Types of noun:
Concrete and Abstract Nouns
Countable and Uncountable Nouns
Common and Proper Nouns
Collective Nouns
Common noun
They don't have name
Proper noun
They have a name
Articles
Articles
Articles are words that define a noun as specific or unspecific.
Articles are words used to limit the meaning of nouns.
Examples:
After the long day, the cup of tea tasted particularly good.
After a long day, a cup of tea tastes particularly good.
The first sentence, it is by using the article the, we’ve shown that it was one specific day that was long and one specific cup of tea that tasted good.
The second sentence, By using the article a, we’ve created a general statement, implying that any cup of tea would taste good after any long day.
The definite article (the) is used before a noun to indicate that the identity of the noun is known to the reader.
The indefinite article (a, an) is used before a noun that is general or when its identity is not known.
Examples
Examples
the earth
the air
the sun
the moon
I love to look at the stars in the sky. (not in sky)
I’m going away at the end of this month.
Buenos Aires is the capital of Argentina.
The internet has changed the way we live.
Examples
Examples
A => a cat, a bird, a doctor, a boy and a table
An => an apple, an egg, an hour and an ant
A man and a woman were sitting opposite me.
We stayed at a very cheap hotel. (a type of hotel)
Do you have a car? (not a specific car)
Tim sat down on a chair.
Compare a and the in these examples:
Compare a and the in these examples:
A man and a woman were sitting opposite me. The man was American, but I think the woman was British.
When we were on holiday, we stayed at a hotel. Sometimes we ate at the hotel and sometimes we went to a restaurant.
Practice 1
Practice 1
Put in a/an or the and translate translate into Indonesian!
Can you recommend ......... good restaurant?
We stayed at a very nice hotel – I can’t remember ......... name now.
It’s not easy to get ......... job at the moment.
This morning I bought ......... book and ......... magazine. ......... book is in my bag, but I can’t remember where I put ......... magazine.
My friends live in ......... old house in ......... small village. There is ......... beautiful garden behind ......... house. I would like to have ......... garden like that.
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