Title TK524_ENGLISH_1_LESSON NOTE ✅

TK524_ENGLISH Page 1 of 17 LESSON NOTE FULL NAME: __________________________________________________________ CLASS: __________ DATE: ____________ SUBJECT: ________________________ TOPIC: NOUNS ARTICLES 1. A/an − We use a/an when we talk about something that we don’t know which one, or it isn’t important which one. Examples: I’d like a sandwich, please. Have you got a laptop? − We use a/an when we talk about something for the first time. Examples: She’s got a bicycle. The bicycle is blue. There’s an apple on the table. It looks good. − We also use a/an when we are talking about someone’s job and when we mean “one”. Examples: He’s an actor. She’s a teacher. an hour a hundred people 2. The − We use the when we talk about something that both the speaker and listener know which one. Examples: Would you like the cheese or the chicken sandwich? Did you bring the laptop? - Yes, I did. I repaired it already. − We use the when we talk about something for the second time. Examples: She’s got a bicycle. The bicycle is blue. There’s an apple on the table. The apple looks good. − We also use the in the following cases: ordinal numbers in dates My birthday is on the third of January / the tenth of May. musical instruments I play the piano / the guitar / the violin. names of rivers, seas, mountain ranges, deserts, and a few countries It’s a photo of the Amazon / the Pacific Ocean / the Sahara / the Philippines, the United States, the United Kingdom. GRAMMAR
TK524_ENGLISH Page 2 of 17 LESSON NOTE 3. No article − We do not use articles with plural countable and uncountable nouns when we’re talking in general. Examples: He likes books and films. Bread is made of flour, water, yeast, and salt. − We do not use articles in the following cases: colors, sports, activities and meals I don’t like yellow. My brother likes playing tennis. Let’s have breakfast. names of people, cities, most countries, streets, languages, and subjects Emily lives in Australia. My school is on Oxford Street. He can speak English. She’s studying math. Exercise 1: Complete the conversations with a, an, the, some, any. Example: “I bought ______________ magazines for you.” “Thanks. Where are they?” “In ______________ living room.” 1. “Can I have _______________ piece of bread with _______________ butter, please? “Yes, of course.” “Is there _______________ jam? “Yes, I have plenty of jam.” 2. “What’s that? Is it _______________ pen? “No, it’s _______________ torch I told you about.” 3. “We need _______________ sugar for this dessert.” “Do we need a lot?” “No, just _______________ spoonful of brown sugar.” the some

TK524_ENGLISH Page 4 of 17 LESSON NOTE CONCRETE NOUNS VS. ABSTRACT NOUNS − Concrete nouns are nouns that you can see, hear, smell, touch or taste. Examples: sky, noise, gas, book, lemonade − Abstract nouns are nouns that you can’t see, hear, smell, touch or taste. Examples: education, truth, knowledge, ideas, happiness. Exercise 3: Look at the words in the box and fill them in the correct categories in the table. school intelligence pizza pain friendship luck textbook beauty cloud mirror doctor love CONCRETE NOUNS ABSTRACT NOUNS _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________