Can you open the window? Articles are used to define a noun as specific or unspecific. Please look at the examples below;. We use "the" in this sentence because we want to express that it was one specific day and having a shower feld good.
We use "a" in this sentences because we are creating a general statement and sayin that taking a shower after any long day is good. The definite article "the" limits the meaning of a noun to one particular thing. For example your mum tells you, "Don't touch the vase! Because she used "the" in the sentence. The definite article can be used with singular, plural, or uncountable nouns. Look at the examples of definite and indefinite articles used in two sentences below;.
The speaker wants you to give him a specific pen. Both you know which pen it is. The speakers needs a pen and it doesn't matter which pen it is.
We also use the when the noun being referred to is unique because of our understanding of the world. We use "the" when a noun can be made specific from a previous mention in the text.
My son bought a cat. I am looking after the cat while he is on vacation. I read a good book. The book was about how to use articles correctly in English. The is used with superlative adjectives, which are necessarily unique the first, the second, the biggest, the smallest, the next, the only, etc.
The indefinite articles are "a" and "an". The article "a" precedes a word that begins with a consonant. And the article "an" precedes a word that begins with a vowel. The indefinite article indicates that a noun refers to a general idea rather than a particular thing. Look at the examples below;. Not a specific phone, any phone. Not a particular bicycle, a bicycle in general. In general. We use "a" or "an" when we are talking about a new or unknown thing. It means we are introducing it to the listener for the first time.
We also use "a" or "an" when we are asking about the existence of something. The bike is being introduced for the first time. This is new information to the listener. Asking about the existence of the pen.
That is an excellent book. Examples; - James has not finished his homework yet. Bill hala gelmedi. Present Perfect suggests the process is not complete and more actions are possible. Examples; - The army has attacked that city five times.
Examples; - I have had a cold for two weeks. We use present perfect tense to talk about actions that started in the past and continuing in the present. My sister has worked in the same company for 20 years. She is still working there. I have had this bike for 10 years and it's still new. I still use it. My parents have lived in Paris since they were children. They still live in Paris. We use present perfect tense when the time period referred has not finished.
I have worked really hard this month. I am still working hard. It has snowed a lot this year. It can still snow. I haven't seen your son today. Is he OK? I can see him later today. We use present perfect tense to talk about actions repeated in an unspecified period between the past and now. John loves İstanbul very much. He has visited the city 10 times in the last two years. Kids have had ice-cream hundreds of times this summer.
We use present perfect tense to talk about actions that completed in the very past. We often use the time ex pression "just" in these sentences. A: Can I talk to Mr. Black, please? B: Sorry but he has just left. A: Where is Mary?
B: She must be around. I have just seen her. We use present perfect tense when the precise time of the action is not important or not known. We use present perfect tense to talk about our experience. Or we can also use this tense to say that we have never had a certain experience. I have been to Paris.
I have the experience of being in Paris. I have never been to Rome. I have not had the experience of going to Rome.
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