Hello.
This is Tom Taylor with English Lessons.
Today we are going to talk about articles.
The main articles are A , An, The plus Some and Any.
And what are articles used for?
Articles are used to provide additional information about nouns.
There are two different types of articles.
Definite articles and indefinite articles.
The definite article is THE.
It indicates a specific item.
The indefinite articles are A, An, Some and Any.
They indicate impreciseness of the noun.
So sometimes it doesn't make a difference whether you use an A or whether you’re using
The and sometimes it does.
For example, in newspaper articles the newspaper articles are dropped and it doesn’t change
the meaning of the headline.
It's important for students to learn how to use articles properly in order to communicate
effectively.
Articles are very important for speaking proper English.
Sometimes the difference between the definite article and indefinite article is not important.
In other cases it is important and it makes a major difference in meaning between two
different ways of saying something.
Additionally in a lot of cases the articles can be omitted or they can be dropped.
For example, you are taking notes.
It's not necessary to put in “A” and “The” while you are taking notes, because it's just
takes extra time and you can still understand the meaning of what you say even though the
articles are not there.
A third example is signs or very short directives will also omit the articles but people will
naturally understand what the meaning is without the article being included.
Let's take a look at the indefinite articles- A, AN, SOME and ANY.
Example is I see a house or I eat an apple.
If the noun begins with a consonant we use A, if the noun begins with a vowel we use
AN.
We also use SOME for plural nouns.
For example, I bought some apples.
Also we use ANY for questions, typically asking about the existence of something.
For example, Does the store have any cereal.
Do you have any pencils?
Now let's cover some of the uses of the indefinite articles.
One example is when the noun is used as part of the general statement, as representative
of a class of objects.
For example, an apple a day, keeps the doctor away.
In this case we are referring to the general class of apples.
Another example is "A person should exercise every morning.
Another example is when the noun is identified for the first time.
This is a very common use.
For example, I see an empty table by the window.
The table looks good.
" So the first use we use indefinite article "A" and once we identify the specific noun
then we use "THE".
Another example of the indefinite article is when we are talking about one of a group
of nouns and we don’t really have an intention of identifying one of them in more detail.
For example " I took a book from the library".
Another case of the indefinite article is to indicate ONE.
I have a hundred dollars, instead of saying " I have one hundred dollars" or " I have
a car" instead of saying " I have a car".
Another case for the indefinite article is to identify a quantity.
For example "Meat costs three dollars a pound or "I drive 65 miles an hour or pencils cost
10 cents apiece.
Articles can also be used after "WHAT" and "Such" for a demonstrative statement.
I can say "What a beautiful day" or "Such a nice car".
Also articles are used to indicate "ONE" for a number.
For example" I have a hundred dollars" or I have a thousand of dollars in the bank".
Or "his is worth a million dollars".
"SOME" is use and a plural form of indefinite articles.
For example" I have an apple".
Or "I have some apples" Or I see a car on the road.
I see some cars on the road.
In addition, "SOME" can also be used to identify an individual noun.
Thank you very much for watching this video and stay tuned for our next video.
information newspaper/newspaper articles
dropped (parachute) notes
signs house
apple vowal
consonant cereal
pencil doctor
morning exercise table
window book, library
100 doll car
meat 65m/hr
bank mln dolll