GRAMMAR BANK
UNIT 1. GRAMMAR A
ARTICLES

Examples |  | Explanation

It's normal to make mistakes when you are learning a language. It is a great opportunity to leam languages. |  | The indefinite articles a and an are used before a noun to refer to non-specific things and people (singular only).

Just let me check it on the Internet. Lets ask the teacher and learn his opinion. |  | The definite article the is used before a noun to refer to specific things and people (singular or plural).

Young learners are interested in learning languages. |  | A noun can be used without an article to refer to non-specific things and people (plural only).

GRAMMAR B
SPECIFIC NOUNS
We use the to refer to specific objects and people (singular or plural).

Examples |  | Explanation

The reading in Unit 1 is about the importance of the mother tongue. |  | We use the with a specific noun. A noun is specific if it is defined in the phrase or clause that follows it.

Reuben is not the only person to have this language condition. They had the same problems. |  | We use the when there is only one of something. We usually use the with the following words: first, second, only, same, back, front and right.

Would you like to go to the cinema and to watch a film in Spanish? A group of language learners get together in the park and practise English. |  | We use the with certain familiar places and people: the bank, the zoo, the park, the beach, the post office, the cinema

It is the most popular story on the Internet. |  | We use the before a superlative form.

She started each day by looking at the sun. |  | We use the before a unique noun.

She joined a course to learn Italian. The course was fun and interesting. There is some money in my wallet. You can use the money to buy a dictionary. |  | After a non-specific noun is introduced with a/an/some/any, we use the definite article to refer to a specific example of this noun.