Grammar articles

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Grammar articles

Articles:

Articles are a form of an adjective. They are used in front of nouns too! They are noun markers that modify the noun (it means they limit the noun or make it more specific)

“a” is used before a noun which begin with consonant sounds.

“a” is an indefinite article. (indefinite means the noun talked about could be any one of more than one)

ex. a book a man a horse a car a game

“an” is used before a noun that begins with vowel sounds, “an” is an indefinite article.

ex. an owl an orange an eagle an address an echo

“the” may be used before a noun regardless of its beginning vowel sound. ”The “ is a definite article. (definite means ‘that one’ specifically and only that one)

However, when “the” is in front of a word that starts with a vowel the ”e” in “the” makes a long ē sound

ex. the door the judge the eye the banana the whale

the address the tree the envelope the pencil the news

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