EAP 140 AM - PARK, Hyunyoung - Week 2 2/4

1. Articles: 'A,' 'an,' 'the' belong to articles.

 (1) You need to be comfortable with articles and other noun markers.
  a. Using articles and other noun markers

• a book, an exciting trip
• that very delicious meal

  b. Types of articles and types of nouns

   - Common nouns: name general persons, places, things, or ideas (start with lowercase).

• religion, desk, snow.

   - Proper nouns: name specific persons, places, things, or ideas (start with capital letter).

• Korea, President Obama.

   - Count nouns: name persons, places, things, or ideas that can be counted.

• boys, bottles.

   - Noncount nouns: name things or abstract ideas that can't be counted.

• water, weather.

   - Singular nouns: show one person, place, thing, or idea.

• man, book.

   - Plural nouns: show at least 2 persons, places, things, or ideas (must be count nouns).

• bags, pencils.

   - Specific nouns: name persons, places, things, or ideas that can be identified within a group of the same type.

• The students in EAP class.

   - General nouns: name categories of persons, places, things, or ideas.

• Students.

 (2) 'The' can be used with most specific common nouns.

  a. when the noun is mentioned before

  b. when following phrase or clause limits the noun

  c. with a superlative adjective

  d. when the noun express a specific person, place, or thing.

  e. when the noun become clear by context.

  f. when the noun is classified with something scientific.

 (3) 'A' is used with common singular count nouns like one or any.

 (4) When you explain a rough amount, you can use some or more.

 (5) When you use nouns that show all of something or something, you can't use articles.
 (6) 'The' can be used with most plural proper nouns.