ARTICLES

ARTICLES

1. ARTICLE

   • No articles are need in front of:
     • Countries, Continents, Cities, Provices or States, Sports, languages, names of Strees, Names of lakes and bays, Names of single Mountains

2. A/AN

   • a => words starting with a consonant sound. an=> words starting with a vowel sound.
     • uses
       • 1. With singular count nouns.
         • 2. to give general facts about a thing or a person.
           • 3. to talk about things that aren't specific
             • 4. to introduce something for the first time

3. THE

   • use with:
     • 1. Specific country names
       • 2. Currency
         • 3. Languages
           • 4. Oceans/ Seas/ Rivers/ Deserts/ Mountains Ranges
             • 5. Specific Regions
               • 6. Specific areas in U.S.A.
                 • The Weast Coast/ The Nortwest / The South
                 • 7. Specific Time Periods
                   • Decades
                     • The 1960s/ The 1980s / the 60s
                   • Important Times Periods
                     • The middle age/ the information age/ the renaissance period
               • The Balkans/ The middle East
           • The (name of the language) + langage => The spanish language
         • ex: The dollar,/The peso
       • The United Arab Emirates/ The Czech Republic/ The Philippines / The Netherlands/ The United Stes of America/ The United Kindom
   • USES
     • 1. To second mention in a sentence
     • 2. To talk about specific things