LEVEL 5 GRAMMAR, OCTOBER 10TH, 2017

A, an, the

We use “a” or “an” the first time we talk about something

There is a pen on the table.

After that, when we know what pen we are talking about, we use “the”

There is a pen on the table. The pen is black.

We often use “a” with “there is…”

We use “the” with names of rivers – The Shannon, The Volga, The Nile

More info here.

Exercises here.

We then continued to learn more about countable and uncountable nouns…

We can make some uncountable nouns countable

Garlic – uncountable, a bulb of garlic – countable

A loaf of bread, a slice of bread

A piece/a leg of chicken

A glass of juice

A piece of cheese

Countable	Uncountable
A lot Lots Some How many…? Not many A few Very few	A lot Lots Some How much…? Not much A little Very little

We talked about the difference between “a few” or “a little” and “very few” and “very little”

I have a few friends = I have some friends

I have few friends = I don’t have many friends.

For homework we have the exercises on p.22