The Articles

The articles
What is an article? It is a word used to modify nouns. Types of articles:
1- Definite article (the). 2- Indefinite article (a/an). (a) = With consonant sounds, (e.g. A university, a table, a car). (an) = With vowel sounds, (e.g. An apple, an orange, an umbrella) 3- Zero article (x). The pronunciation of (The):
1- //: If it followed by consonant sounds, (e.g. The boy). 2- / /: If it followed by vowel sounds, (e.g. The others). 3- /i/: To emphasize, (e.g. A: Where is the book? B: Which book? A: the book.).
The uses of definite, indefinite, and zero articles:
A- The definite article (The): 1- Before the noun that is specific (Relative pronouns). e.g. (I met the man who called me.) 2- With the meaning of (The only one). e.g. (The sun, the moon, the earth) 3- Before names of countries begin with (UNITED). e.g. (The United Kingdom, the United State of America, the United Arab Emirates) 4- Before the groups of islands. e.g. (The Bahamas) 5- Before the names of rivers, seas, and oceans. e.g. (The Nile, the pacific)
6- Before chains of mountains and deserts. e.g. (The Alps) 7- Before names of (Hotels, shops, institutions, ect.), if these names are impersonal. e.g. (The army store, the housing bank) 8- Before the musical instruments. (To express the process of using instruments) e.g. (I bought a piano but I play the piano) 9- Before superlative degree. e.g. (The best, the most beautiful, the cleanest, etc.) 10- Before adjectives that are used as nouns. e.g. (A: The rich = rich people, B: The poor = poor people) 11- Before nouns that are mentioned for the second time. e.g. (I bought a car. The car is gray.) 12- before compound nouns. e.g. (The garden gate, the British council, and the Independence Day) 13- Before directions but if they are nouns and not an adverb. e.g. (A: I'm going to the north of Jordan B: They moved X north) B- Indefinite article (a/an): 1- Before the meaning of (One, any). e.g. (A: I bought a car, B: He ate an apple) 2- In certain expressions of measurement, price, speed, and quantity (A day, a week, a kilo, an hour). e.g. (A: Mona goes to school five days a week, B: Salaam paid seven J.D. a kilo. ) 3- Before certain words like (Couple, lot of, little, few, dozen, hundred, thousand, and million) e.g. (She has a dozen of pencils.)
4- With the meaning (Same) e.g. (Birds of a feather flock together.) 5- Before the singular nouns that are mentioned for the first time. e.g. ( I bought a car. The car is gray.) 6- With the complement of the sentence whether it is a job or an adjective. e.g. (A: My father is a teacher. B: She is a lovely girl.) 7- with exclamation sentences. e.g. (What a hot day!) C- Zero article (X) or general sense: 1- Before abstract nouns in a general sense like ( Life, death, fear, beauty, happiness, hope). e.g. (If there is no life, there is no death.) 2- Before gerund. e.g. (A: Reading is my hoppy, B: Walking is good for you.) 3- Before nouns of materials used in a general sense. e.g. (A: Eggs come from chicken, B: I like milk.) 4- Before plural nouns in a general sense. e.g. (Books are my friends.) 5- Before the names of meals in a general sense. e.g. (A: I had lunch with my family, B: Dinner is ready.) 6- Before titles followed by proper nouns. e.g. (King Abd Allah visits our city soon.) 7- Before names of languages. e.g. (English, Arabic, etc.) 8- Before names of people.
e.g. (Ahmad is a hard worker.) 9- Before names of seasons in a general sense. e.g. (Winter, spring, summer, and autumn (fall).) 10- Before institutions that we deal with. e.g. (A1: I went to school. (To learn) A2: I went to the school. (To visit) B1: He is going to church/ mosque. (To pray) B2: He is going to the church/ mosque. (Not to pay)) 11- With countries, states, counties or provinces, lakes and mountains except when they are mentioned as collection of states or chain of mountains or group of islands e.g. (The United States) e.g. (He lives in Washington near Mount Rainier.) e.g. (They live in northern British Columbia.)

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The uses of definite, indefinite, and zero articles:

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