- Utilizar a / an donde sea necesario:
1. My sister is ____ nurse.
2. He is ____ policeman and his wife is ______ engineer.
3. She is ____ good musician.
4. What ___ expensive car!
5. ___ travel agent would give you ___ information about ___ reservations.
6. It is ___ pleasure to do it.
7. He drinks wine three times ___ day.
8. He broke ___ arm in ___ skiing accident.
9. ___ hour.
10. I'll pay you ___ thousand ___ month.
Los artículos son palabras que preceden a los sustantivos, indicando su género y número. Marcan y determinan al sustantivo, por ello podemos decir que pueden clasificarse en dos grupos. Los determinados y los indeterminados.
El artículo indeterminado inglés es a y an.
- Es invariable en género y número. Esto quiere decir que sirve la misma forma tanto para el masculino como para el femenino.
A boy / Un chico A girl / Una chica
- Carece de plural. Para expresar el significado de unos, unas se utiliza el adjetivo some (algunos).
- Se utiliza a delante de palabras que empiezan por consonante.
- Se utiliza an delante de palabras que comienzan por vocal o por h que no se pronuncia (ej. hour)
En general, el artículo indeterminado en inglés se usa para las mismas funciones que en español.
- Se usa a y an para designar a personas y cosas:
- Se utiliza a y an delante de profesiones:
I am an engineer / Soy ingeniero He is a painter / Él es pintor
- Sirve para designar a un individuo u objeto como representante de una clase:
- Delante de nombres propios precedidos de un título, cuando traduce la idea de "un tal"
- Delante de expresiones que indican una cantidad determinada de cosas o personas:
- Delante de palabras que indiquen medidas, precio, etc. cuando van seguidas en español por la preposición por o detrás de adverbios de cantidad como such, half, etc.
- El artículo indeterminado se omite:
- Delante de sustantivos en plural There are some oranges in the fridge / Hay unas (algunas) naranjas en el frigorífico
1. Complete the sentences with de correct form of the verb in brackets. | ||
| 1. Ann (like) chocolate. She(eat) two bars a day. Ann likes chocolate. She eats two bars a day. 2. They(go) to Germany every summer. They (speak) German very well. They go to Germany every summer. They speak very well. 3. I always(buy) popcorn when I (go) to the cinema. I always buy popcorn when I go to the cinema. 4. We usually(have) dinner at half past eight. We usually have dinner at half past eight. 5. The museum(close) at six o'clock. The museum closes at six o'clock. 6. The film(finish) before ten o'clock. The film finishes before ten o'clock. 7. Tom(study) Maths every afternoon. Tom studies Maths every afternoon. 8. Your friend(wash) his car on Sundays. Your friend washes his car on Sundays. 9. My parents(do) the shopping on Saturday morning. My parents do the shopping on Saturday morning. 10. The shops(open) at half past nine in the morning. The shops open at half past nine in the morning. | ||
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| 1. Wash Washes 2. Put Puts 3. Do Does 4. Close Closes | 5. Teach Teaches 6. Watch Watches 7. Go Goes 8. Get Gets | |
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| 1. She goes to the beach in summer. Correct 2. They opens the shop in the morning. They open the shop in the morning. 3. I watch the news in the evening. Correct 4. My friend watch TV at night. My friend watchs TV at night. 5. Bob and Peter washes their car. Bob and Peter wash their car. 6. Pamela like going to the cinema. Pamela likes going to the cinema. 7. The show finishes at eleven o'clock. Correct 8. Paul loves playing tennis. Correct 9. He always passes the exams. Correct | ||
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