ARTICLES in English Grammar – A Tutorial

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When it comes to articles in English grammar, just when do you use a, an, or the, or when don’t you use them at all? While it may be a challenge to get it right 100% of the time, it is possible to master the use of definite and indefinite articles MOST of the time, bringing you to the level of a native speaker.

How can this be accomplished? By examining a few simple rules and then PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE.

The course: How to Master DEFINITE INDEFINITE Articles does just that.

A number of modules give illustrated examples with notes explaining the use of definite and indefinite articles in each case.

Then practice exercises allow the student to fill in the blanks using a, an, the or no article. This is a very practical method for becoming confident in using definite indefinite articles.

There is also a module dedicated to special cases. While the general rules apply in most cases, there are a number of exceptions. Memorizing these will enable the student to achieve native speaker level.

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Transcript of the video: ” ARTICLES in English Grammar (Illustrated Examples)”

Slide 2
Brazilians are crazy about football!

Slide 3
That sentence is correct.

Slide 4
The Brazilians are crazy about football!

Slide 5
That sentence is correct.

Slide 6
English drink a lot of tea!

Slide 7
That sentence is incorrect.

It should be . . .

Slide 8
The English drink a lot of tea!

Slide 9
Why can you say “Brazilians” without the definite article and not “English”?

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Here is a simple rule to follow:

When a nationality is a plural noun, in other words, when it ends in ‘s’, you can use the definite article ‘the’ OR no article at all.

‘Brazilians’ refers to Brazilians in general, ‘the Brazilians’ refers to Brazilians as a nation – they basically mean the same.

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However, when a nationality does not end in ‘s’, you must ALWAYS use the definite article ‘the’.

So you can say either ‘Italians’ or ‘the Italians’, ‘Germans’ or ‘the Germans’.

However, you must say ‘the English’, ‘the French’, ‘the Chinese’, etc.

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Get a deep understanding of articles in English, ‘a’ ‘an’ and ‘the’, and
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