A, AN, THE AND-NO ARTICLE.

A, AN, THE AND-NO ARTICLE.

1. A- before singular, countable nouns which begin with consonant sounds..

2. AN- before singular, countable nouns which begin with vowel sounds.

3. A pen a car a cat

4. An apple An ice

5. You cannot use A(AN) with plural nouns.

6. If there is an adjective or an adverb-adjective before the noun

   • A(AN) should agree with the first sound in the adjective or the adverb-adjective

7. Use A before words which sound like they start with a consonant

   • Sounds like "won"

8. Use AN before words,which sound like they start with a vowel even

   • Sounds like "eff".

9. Some nouns are considered uncountable

   • information, air, advice, salt and fun.

10. Use A(AN) when you are talking about a thing in general

    • Use A(AN) when talking about a thing which is new, unknown,

11. Use THE when talking about something which is already known to the listener

    • You can use THE with both singular nouns and plural nouns.
    • Use THE with nouns modified by ranking or ordering expressions
      • "the first", "the second
    • English speakers often use THE plus a singular noun when they talk abou
    • If a direction (north, west, southeast, left, right) directly follows a verb
    • If a direction follows a preposition, you must use THE

12. A(AN) can be used like the word "per".

13. Use THE with superlatives such as "the best", "the biggest"

14. Do not use articles when generalizing about uncountable nouns and plural countable nouns

15. THE can be used with plural family names to refer to the family as a group

16. Do not use THE with the names of most countries

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