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1. Artigos Definidos e Indefinidos
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2. Articles
In this powerpoint presentation you will learn
about the following:
Definite
article
Indefinite article
Zero article
Artigo definido
Artigo indefinido
Nenhum artigo
3. Read the examples:
A teacher
A native speaker
A foreign language
RULES:
An English teacher
An immigrant
An official language
⇒ A / an before a singular noun.
e.g. A native speaker
⇒ A before a consonant sound.
e.g. A foreign language
⇒ An before a vowel sound.
e.g. An official language
4. Pay attention to these
examples:
A
university – singular noun with a u
A European city – singular noun
beginning with eu
An hour – silent h
An NBA player – consonant with a vowel
sound
5. When do we use the definite and
the indefinite articles?
Indefinite article: a/ an
Definite article: the
> To talk about a person or
thing that is not specific.
> To talk about a specific
person or thing.
e.g. English is an offical
language in India (there
are other official
languages besides
English)
e.g. English is the official
language in Australia
(English is the only
official language in
Australia)
6. Zero article
We don’t use THE with:
First names
Names of meals
Colours
Sports
Names of days of the week
Names of months
Countries / cities
Festivities
7. Zero article
We don’t use THE with:
First names
Names of meals
Colours
Sports
Names of days of the week
Names of months
Countries / cities
Festivities