PRESENTS

adjectives

AND

articles

ELEMENTARY

•Using Adjectives

•The indefinite articles ‘A’ and ‘An’

•The definite article ‘The’

•The zero article

ADJECTIVESAdjectives are used to modify the noun

USE THEM TO DESCRIBE

What are the following adjectives?

big

_____ Mac ®_____ Ben_____ Brother ®

hot

a _____ doga _____ air balloona _____ chocolate

slow

a _____ dance_____ Food ®a _____ worm

small

a _____ business_____ talk_____ letters

abcdefghijkl

mnopqrstuvwxyz

Italian

an _____ car _____ food the _____ Premier

cold

the _____ wara _____ front_____ drinks

light

_____ haira _____ blue tiePepsi _____ ®

old

an _____ manan _____ English sheepdogthe _____ West

dark

a _____ red Gerbera _____ clouds _____ hair

English

an _____ breakfastthe _____ flag_____ newspapers

Use ‘a’ in front of words that begin with a consonant like ‘b’, ‘c’, or ‘d’

Or if it sounds like ‘y’ like in university.

A boy

A cat

A dog

A university

Use ‘an’ in front of words that begin with an ‘a’ ‘e’ ‘i’ ‘o’ ‘u’ or sometimes ‘h’ if it is silent like in

An honour

An apple

An Indian

An honour

Use ‘A’ or ‘An’ when you talk about something for the first time.

Use ‘The’ when you talk about something unique or when you talk about it a second time.

Interesting articles

a small businessan old manthe Italian Premier

- cold drinks

a universityan hourthe River Thames - Loch Ness - Nessie - Italian people The Italian people in London