UNIT 7 INDEFINITE AND DEFINITE ARTICLES

I think this topic is very interesting, because the articles and nouns together have a lot of combinations. In order to learn this topics as well as the others a lot of practice is needed.
The articles are words that modify proper and common nouns. There are two type of articles definite and indefinite when combined with nouns become specific, non specific and generic.

Examples

1.- Indefinite articles (a/an).- Is used to talk about general things, and for things that not everyone knows about.

1.1.- Singular Count Nouns

1.1.1 .- Non-specific
She bought a cell phone at a supermarket.

1.1.2.- Generic
A cell phone is a communication gadget

2.- Definite articles (the).- Is used to talk about specific things and for things that everyone knows abouth.

2.1 Plural count nouns

2.1.1 Specific
The snow-covered mountains in Huaraz are dissapearing

2.1.2 Generic
The snow-covered mountains are in danger everywhere


3.- Zero Article .- Several kind of nouns never use articles

3.1 Proper nouns

3.1.1 Non-specific and Generic
She spent her day off in Cusco.

3.2 Non-Count Nouns

3.2.1 Non-Specific
Some parts of aircrafts are made of aluminium.

3.2.1 Generic
Aluminium is a metal that has the ability to resist corrosion.

Name student: Irving Carrera Espinoza

unit 7 : count and non count nouns

first of all , I´m very glad because in this course i learned and i understood how to use this grammar sometimes i make mistake when i use some nouns , for this grammar is really important because in that way i can see that there are some non-count nouns that also can be countable.

example(proper nouns and common nouns)

proper noun:
.China is one of the most famous country in all the world.
.Gabriel Garcia wrote ¨Los perros hambrientos¨.

example

count nouns
Carla give maria a cake for her birthday.

non count nouns
mario says that is very dangerous walk after 10 pm.

example(non count nouns countable sense)

do you like pizza?
in Peru, i tasted a new kind of pizza.

i drink soda every morning until 10am.
In the super market there are different kind of sodas.

I drank a juice.
please can you bring us oranje juice.

trank you teacher and i see you later.

carolina paquillaure adv 4.