Resume English - ARTICLES

ARTICLES

There are two kinds of articles:
A. Indefinite Articles
B. Definite Articles

A. INDEFINITE ARTICLES : a, an, and some, are used for

B. DEFINITE ARTICLES THE
is used before singular and plural nouns if the noun is specific. -- it is in the situation which thing or person we mean: the light, the floor, the door, the window, the bank, the post office, the police, the airport.

• Please close the window. ( the window near the speaker)
• The newspaper courier was late this morning.
• We got to the airport just in time for our flight.

 

Article THE is not used before:

• Names of country (Indonesia, Singapore, Japan) except the Netherlands and the US
• Names of cities, town or states (Surabaya, Malang, Texas)
• Names of streets (A. Yani street, Pemuda street)
• Names of lake and bays ( Lake Toba, Lake Poso) except with a group of lakes like the Great Lakes.
• Names of mountains ( Mount Merapi, Mount Krakatau) except with ranges of mountains like the Jayawijaya, the Andes
• Names of continents ( Europe, Australia)
• Names of islands (Easter Islands, Seribu Islands) except with island chains like the Canary Islands.

Article THE is used before:

• Names of rivers, oceans and seas: the Mississippi, the Batanghari.
• Points on the globe: the Equator
• Geographical areas : the Middle East, the West, the ASEAN
• Deserts, forest, gulfs, and peninsulas; the Sahara, the Goby,
• Both singular and plural count nouns and with non-count nouns: Thank you for the fruit.
• Nouns when you know or assume that your listener is familiar with and thinking about the same specific thing or person you are talking about:
• The sun is bright today;Please open the door; Wen is in the kitchen.
• The second mention of an indefinite noun: She drove a car. -> She drove the car. 

The uses of articles:

1. A and AN are used if the noun can be counted.
2. THE must be used when the noun cannot be counted.
3. A or AN is used to introduce a noun when it is mentioned for the first time in a piece of writing.
4. THE is used afterward each time you state the same noun.
5. Always use an article for a singular count noun (a, an, the, that, this, or a possessive pronoun).

Article (the, a, an) is not used :

• Names of languages and nationalities: Japanese, Indonesian, American.
• Names of sports: badminton, soccer, hockey, cricket.
• Names of academic subjects: history, calculus, English.
• Terms in general.

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