17 - DEFINITE ARTICLE "THE" vs. INDEFINITE ARTICLE "A" or "AN"

 

A policeman  -   The police

Call a policceman!

Call the police!

Indefinite article

a + consonant sound	an +   vowel sound
horse   hotel	F.B.I. agent
university	Hour  heir
boy	apple   orange   umbrella

F.B.I. agent

hour

heir

horse

hotel

university

apple

orange

umbrella

boy

THE – Definite article

YES	NO
The British go to the cinema/theatre/bank/stadium/park/ seaside/mountains/beach The sunflowers in my neighbour’s garden are (even/much) more beautiful. I love the pop music by Ariana Grande.	Americans go to school/work/university/church Sunflowers are beautiful. I love pop music.

I go to a pub every weekend. The pub I went to last week was horrible.

TEST YOURSELF:

THE DEFINITE ARTICLE "THE"  TEST 1

THE INDEFINITE ARTICLE "A" or "AN" TEST 1

"THE" "A" "AN" or "x" TEST 1

 "THE"  "A"  "AN" or "x" TEST 2