Author:
Laura McKinney
Date Of Creation:
7 August 2021
Update Date:
9 May 2024
Content
Articles are grammatical forms that precede the noun and provide information about it. For example: a girl, the students, the reasons, a day.
There are two types of articles:
- Determined (or defined): the.
- Indeterminate (or undefined): one, one, one, one.
There is also the articlethe, considered a neutral and invariable article, and the contractionsof the (of + him) andto the (to + the).
What are the articles for?
Some functions of the articles are:
- They highlight the substantive function. For example, cheat (verb in infinitive) or cheated (verb in participle) if they have an article in front, its substantive function is enhanced. For example: The cheating is punishable by law. / The scammed and filed the complaint.
- They anticipate the number and gender of the noun they accompany. For example: The guys apologized. (“Los” warns that the noun will be masculine and plural)
- They warn what the function of the noun will be within the sentence. For example: I have had the pleasure of traveling to Japan. (the enter direct object)
Examples of sentences with articles
- The house has basement.
- The dog ran away dthe yard.
- A child fell from the hammock.
- I prepared nail salads to accompany the meat.
- The plot of the work is based on the loss dthe enjoy in the little things of the lifetime.
- The children went tol Park.
- That movie seemed like the more boring.
- The what matters is having fun.
- I bought a pair of shoes.
- You want a Cup?
- The teacher congratulated me for the exam.
- I put some ornaments in the yard.
- I was to the center to buy nail things.
- The car stayed to the side stand of the path.
- This dress is dthe last year and I no longer have it.
- The alarming of the crisis is that it affects the they have less.
- The tiger is a feline.
- I prepared some snacks for tonight.
- The of not wanting to go to the meeting seems wrong to me.
- The I loved the book you lent me.
- The girl plays with her dolls.
- The cat's name is Pepe.
- There are some children playing soccer in the background.
- A lady asked me to load the bags for herthe market.
- The cookies are oatmeal.
- The juices are natural.
- The Layoff can be traumatic.
- One of you must clean the bathroom, the other, the kitchen.
- The birds ran away from the cage.
- I gave him a bouquet of flowers to my grandmother.
- The red scarf is from the grandmother.
- I had the lucky to win the first prize.
- Suit some chocolates from Switzerland.
- Nail Girlfriends live in Paris, so when I go the I will go visit.
- We could put nail pots there.
- We will go to dinner atthe grandfather.
- The greengrocer gave me many bananas, the bruised the I will use to make smoothie.
- They must deliver the practical work tomorrow, from the otherwise, they will be failed.
- I was to the dentist because it hurt the tooth.
- My father gave me some vinyl records.
- The shocking was that nothing happened to him.
- I bought nail strawberries to make a cake.
- I will take a coffee.
- The Roberto Arlt's chronicles are excellent.
- Some friends will come to drink the tea tomorrow.
- The defendant went straight to prison.
- I want to learn to play the fiddle.
- The worrying is that he did not flinch after the News.
- I prefer the beach before the Montana.
- The boys signed up to the soccer tournament.
More examples in:
- Determined and indeterminate articles
- Defined and undefined articles
- Sentences with article, noun and adjective