This document provides teaching slides that are intended to be used as a teaching tool by a teacher to further explain the content. The slides were created by Elton Medeiros and Paola Hanna.

1. These slides should be used as teaching tool.
we let further explanation to be provided
by the teacher.
Elton Medeiros and Paola Hanna

2. Indefinite
 Definite

a
the
an

3. Indefinite Article
a an

a man an egg
a house an hour
a uniform an umbrella
a university an extra pen

4. Definite X Indefinite
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.

6. 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.

7. names of countries only if it’s plural
or followed by:
Republic, Kingdom, etc.
Ex: The United States
The Philippines
The Dominican Republic

8. Before superlatives
The tallest buildings in the world

9. Don't
use
articles

10. Before nouns
in general sense.
“ Doctors are paid more than teachers.”

11. Before abstract nouns.