Справочный материал по английскому языку по использованию артиклей для 7–11 классов

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Indefinite Articles

a/an

Definite Article

the

Zero Article

1

any object standing for the whole category.

This is a table.

I`m a teacher

The noun is clear from the object

Thank you for the book you have bought me.

Close the books.

with nouns in plural

I like apples.

2

new information

In the distance they saw a lake.

the noun has already been used

A man is walking down a road. There is a dog with the man.

If the noun is preceded by one of the following--

this/that/these/those/some/any/each/every/no/none/my

some red books

3

one object

I shall come in an hour.

in the superlative degree

He is the cleverest boy in the class.

general meaning

Crime is a problem in most big cities.

4

exclamatory sentences

What a fussy woman!

the noun has got a limiting attribute

the whole, the same, the right, the only, the opposite, the left, the following, the main

set phrases

I go home by bus.

I go to school.

We have dinner at 2 o’clock.

5

with a descriptive attribute

She is a beautiful girl.

with ordinal numerals

You are the 4th one who asked me this question.

with uncountables

Milk is good for babies

Snow is white

Water is a liquid

6

set phrases

to make a promise

the noun describe unique objects

the world, the moon, the sun, the floor, the earth, the sky

in exclamatory sentences when the noun is in Plural

What lovely flowers!

7

set phrases

in the morning

8

the noun describes the adverbial modifier of place

Father is in the garden.