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a, an, or the
FIRST LET’S COMPARE
2
a and an
we use a before words which begins with
CONSONANTS
3
b, c, f, j, n…
4
• a big car
5
•a good doctor
6
•a mad woman
7
•a blue ball
We also use a before u when it sounds like de word
‘you’ and before eu
8
Sounds like ‘you’
Starts with u :
9
10
• a university
11
•a universe
Sounds like ‘you’
Starts with eu :
12
13
• a european
we use an before words which begins with
VOWELS
14
a, e, i, o, u
15
• an amazing concert
16
• an interesting movie
17
• an apple
18
• an engineer
We also use an before words
that begin with a silent h
19
Silent ‘h’ = hour
an hour
20
hard ‘h’ = house
a house
21
Next, let’s compare
a/an and the
22
23
Mary: I bought ___ computer and a TV
Yesterday
Joe: Was ____ computer expensive?
a
the
We usually use
a/an with a noun
to talk about a
person or thing for
the first time.
a computer
TÍTULO
DA
APRESENTAÇÃO
20XX 26
We usually use the when we talk
about the person or thing again
The computer = the
one that Mary bought
However, there are some special uses of
a/an and the
TÍTULO
DA
APRESENTAÇÃO
20XX 28
We use a/an with prices,
frequency and speeds
$
$
It costs $2 a liter
It costs 25 dollars an hour
PRICES
I drink about three cups of
coffee a day
I cook every day for an hour
FREQUENCY
You’re driving at ninety miles an hour
You’re walking 2 meters a second
SPEEDS
We use a/an before
hundred, thousand
and million
00
.000
.000.000
.000
00
.000.000
a hundred people on the concert
a Thousand days to your birthday
We use a/an for talk
about jobs
I’m a bank manager
You’re an engineer
She’s a doctor
THE
We use the when there is only
one of something
THE
• May I turn on the TV?
THE
- Where’s Mary?
- She’s in the kitchen!
THE
We use the with
musical instruments
THE
I play the guitar
Jane plays the violin
Read the sentence.
Choose the correct one
1. I’ve got a red pen and ____ orange pen. The red pen is my favorite.
an
2. We stayed in ____ hotel. The hotel had a swimming pool.
3. He saw a lion and a giraffe at the wildlife park. ____ lion was scary.
4. This is ____ interesting book. The book is about animals.
5. I had a party for my birthday. Lots of my friends came to ____ party.
6. Have you got ____ brother or a sister?
7. She didn’t have ____ apple for lunch. She had a banana.
8. I went on an airplane to Brazil. ____ airplane was really cool!
a
the
an
the
a
an
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