GUIA DE TRABAJO

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1. ARTICULOS

Los Artículos pueden ser determinados (the) e indeterminados (a, an). A diferencia del indeterminado, el artículo determinado se usa para personas o cosas concretas.

1.1. Artículo determinado: the (de / di) - el, la, lo, los, las.

Es el único artículo determinado en inglés. Como regla general, se utiliza “the” cuando hablamos de algo en concreto o único en el mundo. Pero existen otros casos.

the boy - el niñothe boys - los niñosthe apple - la manzana the girl - la niña the girls - las niñas the buses - los autobuses

the sea - I go to sea every summer. He lives at sea. Pero: That house is near the seathe sky - The sky is bright blue today.the ground - Suddenly he fell to the groundthe country(side) - I´d like to live in the countryside.the cinema - We go to the cinema every now and then.the theatre - They hardly ever go to the theatre.the radio - She´s always listening to the radio. Pero:television - There´s nothing on television tonight.

1.1.1. Normalmente no se utiliza “the” con las comidas diarias (meals):

breakfast lunch tea time dinner supper

1.1.2. Utilizamos “the” en los lugares cuando pensamos en ellos como lugares con una utilidad concreta y no como edificios específicos:

prison - The killer will go to prison.school - Children go to school every day.university - After the exam, I´ll go to university.college - Anne goes to college on Mondays.church - We usually go to church on Sundays.hospital - He must go to hospital for the operation.

1.1.3. Llevan “the” cuando nos referimos al edificio en sí:

The prison looks very old. They should rebuild it.She works in the school over there.The university lectures were ok but I was tired.She goes to the church to clean it.

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We work in the hospital across the road.1.2. Artículos indeterminados: a/an es el artículo indeterminado “un” o “una”.

1.2.1. a (éi / e) - un, una. Se usa cuando la palabra siguiente es una consonante por ejemplo:a joba bottle of winea beda glass of watera house

1.2.2. La única excepción a esta regla son las palabras que empiezan con "u" y ésta se pronuncia "iú": o “ju:”, van precedidas de “a”, aunque comiencen con la vocal “u”:

a universitya uniforma European city a universea uniform - un uniforme

1.2.3. an (an) - un, una. Se usa cuando la palabra siguiente comienza con vocal o con consonantes mudas, ejemplo:an umbrella an applean ice-cream an orangean hour (porque la “h” no se pronuncia) an hour - una hora

VOCABULARIOPadre Father Suegro Father-in-lawMadre Mother Suegra Mother-in-lawHermano Brother Yerno Son-in-lawHermana Sister Nuera Daughter-in-lawHijo Son Cuñado Brother-in-lawHija Daughter Cuñada Sister-in-lawAbuelo Grandfather Primo CousinAbuela Grandmother Sobrino NephewNieto Grandson Sobrina NieceNieta Granddaughter Tío UncleTía Aunt    País Country Aeropuerto AirportRegión Region Estación StationProvincia Province Puerto PortCiudad City Metro MetroPueblo Village Parque Parking lotAldea Small village Aparcamiento ParkingLuna Moon Bosque ForestCalle Street Cine CinemaPlaza Square Teatro TheaterAvenida Avenue Restaurante RestaurantMonumento Monument Fuente Fountain

EJERCICIOS

1. Complete this shopping list with a/an...... orange..... bottle of wine..... carton of milk..... ice-cream..... banana

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..... small melon

..... hamburger

..... piece of ham

..... pizza

..... apple

2. Complete with a/an.

..... hour ..... ice-cream ..... school uniform

..... accident ..... orange hat ..... egg

..... house ..... green apple ..... white egg

..... European country ..... airport ..... umbrella

..... station ..... English university ..... library

3. Complete the sentences with a/an.

Paul goes to university every day. In his backpack there is ..... book, ..... pencil case,..... apple and ..... egg and mayonnaise sandwich. Some days he also buys ..... icecream for dessert.Today he has ..... English exam. The exam is not very difficult. He writes ..... short storyabout ..... adventurer. The story begins like this: “It is ..... special day for Oliver. At teno´clock in the morning he gets on ..... plane. His destination is Australia...”

4. Some of these phrases are wrong. Correct them.

a engineer a housea hour an orange bookan expensive university an uniform

Answers – Respuestas:

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Exercise 1:an orangea bottle of winea carton of milkan ice-creama bananaa small melona hamburgera piece of hama pizzaan apple

Exercise 2:an hour an ice-cream a school uniforman accident an orange hat an egga house a green apple a white egga European country an airport an umbrellaa station an English university a library

Exercise 3:Paul goes to university every day. In his backpack there is a book, a pencil case, anapple and an egg and mayonnaise sandwich. Some days he also buys an ice-creamfor dessert.Today he has an English exam. The exam is not very difficult. He writes a short storyabout an adventurer. The story begins like this: “It is a special day for Oliver. At teno´clock in the morning he gets on a plane. His destination is Australia...”

Exercise 4:an engineer a housean hour an orange bookan expensive university a uniform

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