SEMINARSKI RAD
PREDMET:POSLOVNI ENGLESKI JEZIK I
TEMA:NAMES WITH AND WITHOUT THE
Profesor: Student:
Dr.Ljiljana Jovković Edin Hodzić
Brčko, novembar 2014. godine
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CONTENT
INTRODUCTION
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1.
THE DEFINITE ARTICLE –'
the
'
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2.
THE INDEFINITE ARTICLE
– 'a'
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3.
THE DEFINITE ARTICLE 'the' EXERCISES
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4.
EVOLUTION
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SUMMARY
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LITERATURE
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1.
THE DEFINITE ARTICLE - THE
The definite article '
the'
is the same for all genders in singular and in plural:
the boy, the girl, the cat, the computers.
If the following word begins with a vowel, we speak [ ], if the following word
begins with a consonant, we speak [ ].
[ ]
[ ]
the following word starts with a
spoken consonant
the following word starts with a
spoken vowel
the
g
irl
the
E
nglish girl
the
b
ook
the
o
range book
the
s
chool
the
o
ld school
the
u
nit
Here a [ ] is pronounced at the
beginning of the word.
the
u
ncle
Here a [ ] is pronounced at the
beginning of the word.
We have listed some examples in the following table. There you can see when we use
the definite article and when we don't.
without the definite article
with the definite article
general words (indefinite)
general words (definite)
Life is too short.
I like flowers.
I've read a book on the life of Bill
Clinton.
I like the flowers in your garden.
names of persons on the singular,
relatives
family names in the plural
Peter and John live in London.
Aunt Mary lives in Los Angeles.
The Smiths live in Chicago.
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public buildings, institutions, means
of transport (indefinite)
public buildings, institutions,
means of transport (definite)
Mandy doesn't like school.
We go to school by bus.
Some people go to church on Sundays.
The school that Mandy goes to is old.
The bus to Dresden leaves at 7.40.
The round church in Klingenthal is
famous.
names of countries in the singular;
summits of mountains; continents;
towns
names of countries in the plural;
mountain ranges; regions
Germany, France;
Mount Whitney, Mount McKinley;
Africa, Europe;
Cairo, New York
the United States of America, the
Netherlands; the Highlands, the
Rocky Mountains, the Alps; the
Middle East, the west of Australia
single islands
groups of islands
Corfu, Bermuda, Sicily
the Bahamas, the British Isles, the
Canaries
parks; lakes; streets
name with of-phrase; oceans; seas;
rivers
Central Park, Hyde Park;
Lake Michigan, Loch Ness;
42nd Street, Oxford Street
the Statue of Liberty, the Tower (of
London), the Isle of Wight;
the Atlantic (Ocean);
the Mediterranean (Sea);
the Nile, the Rhine, the Suez Canal
months, days of the week (indefinite) months, days of the week (definite)
The weekend is over on Monday
morning.
July and August are the most popular
months for holidays.
I always remember the Monday when
I had an accident.
The August of 2001 was hot and dry.
