How do nouns and articles go

together?

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Nouns and articles

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Nouns and articles

A noun is a naming word. Nouns name people, animals, places, things

and feelings.

An article shows whether the noun is a specific thing, and whether there is more than one of

them.

parachute

clouds

glovea

the

the

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To show a noun is just one of many, use an indefinite article: a or an.

A fish can swim.

Use a if the noun starts with a consonant sound.

Use an if the noun starts with a vowel sound.

An apple is tasty.

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a

Choose a or an for these nouns.zooostrichfrogheirmonkeyhourzebraelephantantiguana

ana

ana

ana

ananan

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To show a specific noun, use the definite article: the.

Also use the to show more than one noun, no matter what sound it starts with.

The ice-cream is mine.

The ice-creams are mine!

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Choose an article to complete these sentences.

Dad’s strawberry jam is _______ best.

____ apple ____ day keeps my doctor away.

Z is _______ last letter in _______ alphabet.

That is _______ beautiful sunset.

Let’s play _______ game of handball.

the

An a

the the

a

a

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• A noun is a naming word. An article comes before a noun and shows something definite (the) or indefinite (a or an).

• In the following sentence, the nouns are red and the articles are blue. Mr Swinson knows my aunt and uncle who live on a farm in the country.

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