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Algiers-2 University/Faculty of foreign Languages/Department of Spanish/ English/

Ms. Talah /L1S1

Read the text and answer the questions :

The special effects are


not realistic

Jane: How do you feel about yesterday’s movie? I think it is an absolute success.
Alan: Yes, I agree. It is an interesting movie about love, a thrilling story. But I’m
afraid it is a flop in terms of special effects.
Jane: But the story is breathtaking! Don’t you think so? The movie is an adaptation
of Tolstoy’s novel “Anna Karenina.“
Alan: I like the novel, too! I am a fan of Tolstoy’s
style of writing. But still, I find the special effects
not realistic enough.

A. Who likes the movie the most, Jane or Alan?


B. Are these statements true or false? Justify your answer.

1. Jane and Alan are in the movie theatre now.


2. Both Jane and Alan like Tolstoy’s novel.

C. What parts of speech are the words in bold (a, an, the)? Choose one of these
options:

1. Nouns
2. Verbs
3. Adjectives
4. Adverbs
5. Articles
6. Prepositions
D. Read these sentences and notice that there is no article before the nouns in
bold.

1. He lives in Washington near Mount Rainier.


2. She eats cookies.
3. Do you like mutton?

E. Match the following:

1. Washington a. Uncountable noun


2. Mount Rainier b. Plural noun
3. Cookies. c. Mountain
4. Mutton. d. Country, city or state

What is an article?
Basically, articles are either definite or indefinite. They combine to a
noun to indicate the type of reference being made by the noun.

▪ The definite article is the.


▪ The indefinite article is a / an.

The indefinite article a or an:


The article a / an is used when we don't specify the things or people
we are talking about:

▪ I met a friend.
▪ I work in a factory in New York.
▪ I borrowed a pencil from a passenger sitting next to me.

The indefinite article a is used before a consonant sound:

▪ a dog.
▪ a pilot
▪ a teacher.
▪ a university
NOTE:
Although 'university' starts with the vowel 'u', it is not pronounced as
such. It is pronounced as a consonant sound /ju:.niv3:.si.ti/

The indefinite article an is used before a vowel sound:

▪ an engineer.
▪ an elephant.
▪ an athlete

The definite article the:


It's used when the speaker talks about a specific object that both the
person speaking and the listener know.

▪ The car over there is fast.


▪ The president of the United States is giving a speech tonight.

When we speak of something or someone for the first time we


use a or an, the next time we repeat that object we use the definite
article the.

▪ I live in a house. The house is quite old and has four


bedrooms.
▪ I ate in a Chinese restaurant. The restaurant was very good.

No article:
1. Do not use an article with countries, states, counties or provinces,
lakes and mountains except when the country is a collection of states
such as "The United States".

▪ He lives in Washington near Mount Rainier.


▪ They live in Northern British Columbia.
▪ They climbed Mount Everest.

2. we do not normally use an article with plurals and uncountable


nouns to talk about things in general.:

▪ He writes books.
▪ She likes sweets.
▪ Do you like jazz music?
▪ She ate bread with butter in the morning.

G. match the numbers with the letters to complete the rules:

1. The indefinite article a/an is used. a. Before a consonant sound.


2. The indefinite article a is used. b. when we don’t specify the subject.
3. The indefinite article an is used. c. when the speaker talks about an
object that both the speaker and the listener know.
4. The definite article the is used. d. plurals, uncountable nouns, countries,
states, counties or provinces, lakes, and mountains.
5. We generally do not use any. e. before a vowel sound.

I. Complete with a/an or the:

This is … lamp. … lamp is green.


This is … door. … door is brown.
This is … umbrella. … umbrella is blue.
This is … basketball. … basketball is orange.

J. Complete with a, an, or the where necessary. If no article is


needed, mark it with an (X):

I am going to buy … pair of shoes.


I am in … Japanese restaurant. … restaurant serves good
food.
Look at … woman over there! She is … famous actress.
This is … girl I told you about.
John traveled to … Mexico.
The kids are sitting at … kitchen table eating cereals.
Juan is … Spanish.

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