Definite and indefinite article

the following word starts with a spoken consonant

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DEFINITE ARTICLE : THE
COUNT AND NONCOUNT NOUNS

the following word starts with a spoken consonant
the following word starts with a spoken vowel
a boy a school a girl	an aunt an old school an American girl
Mind the pronunciation of the following word.
The first sound we speak is [j], so we use a → a unit	The first sound we speak is [ʌ], so we use an → an uncle

Use of the indefinite article a/an
2.1. before phrases of time and measurements (per week/weekly)

We have English 4 times a week.
I go on holiday twice a year.
Our car can do 220 kilometres an hour.
Tomatoes are $2 a kilo.

2.2. before phrases of jobs

My father is a car mechanic.

2.3. with a noun complement

He is a good boy.

2.4. before phrases of nationality

Bruce Springsteen is an American.

2.5. half/quite

We need half a pound of sugar.
This is quite a good story.

DEFINITE ARTICLE: THE

The definite article is used before singular and plural nouns when the noun is specific or particular. The signals that the noun is definite, that it refers to a particular memberof a group. For example:
"I was happy to see the policeman who saved my cat!" Here, we're talking about a particular policeman. Even if we don't know the policeman's name, it's still a particular policeman because it is the one who saved the cat.
"I saw the elephant at the zoo." Here, we're talking about a specific noun. Probably there is only one elephant at the zoo.

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