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Trang 1I TYPES OF ARTICLES (Các lo i m o t )
- Definite articles (m o t xác đ nh): A/ AN
- Indefinite articles (m o t không xác đ nh): THE
- Zero articles (không dùng m o t )
II HOW TO USE “A/AN”
1 Vowel sounds or consonant sounds?
A: Dùng A tr c t b t đ u ph âm b ng ph âm, t ng đ ng v i các ch cái B, C, D, G, J, K, P, Q, T,
U, V, W, Y, Z
AN: Dùng AN tr c t b t đ u b ng âm nguyên âm, t ng đ ng v i các ch cái A, E, F, H, I, L, M, N,
O, R, S, X
Các ch s c ng đ c coi là danh t , vì v y c ng c n A/ AN tr c
A: đ ng tr c: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, nine, ten, twelve…
AN: đ ng tr c: eight, eleven, eighteen, eighty
E.g.: an MP, an FBI agent, a FIFA official, a NATO general
2 Dùng A/ AN tr c các t
a university, a European, a one-parent family
an umbrella, an elephant, an apple
bao g m c t b t đ u b ng h câm
an hour, an honest child
3 Dùng a/ an v i danh t đ m đ c s ít
We had a great lesson yesterday
4 Th nh tho ng có th dung a/ an ho c one
We’ve been here for a/one year
Wait here for one/a minute, and I’ll be with you
Trong tr ng h p này, dùng one đ nh n m nh h n v con s
Dùng a/an (ch không dùng one) các c m t nh :
There times a year half an hour a quarter of an hour a day or so
5 Dùng a thay vì one trong m u câu v i a of v i đ i t s h u
He’s a friend of mine
That’s a friend of Bill’s
6 Dùng one thay vì a/an n u chúng ta mu n nh n m nh r ng chúng ta ch nói v m t v t ho c m t
ng i/ mu n nh n m nh v s l ng
Do you want one sandwich or two?
7 Dùng one ch không dùng a v i c u trúc one other/ another
Body language differs from one culture to another
M O T
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III HOW TO USE “THE”
1 Dùng the tr c so sánh b c nh t
This is the best film that I’ve ever seen
2 Dùng the khi danh t đó là duy nh t
The sun
The moon
The world
The earth
The universe
The North Pole
3 Dùng a khi danh t đ c đ c p đ n l n đ u tiên, sau đó dùng the khi ng i nghe ho c ng i đ c
bi t chúng ta mu n nói đ n danh t nào
Pete’s just bought a house in Alton Street The house has a big garden
4 V i danh t nói chung nh sau:
The atmosphere the future the past
Tuy nhiên, dùng a/an khi chúng ta mu n nói v m t ví d c th c a nh ng danh t này
What are your plans for the future? = K ho ch t ng lai c a b n là gì?
She dreamt of a future where she could spend more time painting (Cô y m v m t t ng lai mà cô
y có th dành nhi u th i gian đ v )
5 Dùng v i các đ a danh nh sau:
a Bi n/ đ i d ng
The Atlantic (Ocean)
The Pacific (Ocean)
The Indian Ocean
The Mediterranean (Sea)
The Red Sea
b Sông/ kênh đào
The Rhine
The Thames
The Nile
The Amazon
The Mississipi
The English channel
The Suez Canal
The Panama Canal
c Dãy núi
The Hymalayas, The Rocky mountains/ the Rockies
The Andes, The Alps
Không dùng v i các ng n núi riêng r
(Mount) Everest (Mount) Fuji (Mount) Etna
Kilimanjaro Showdon Table Mountain
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The Majei (La majei)
d Nhóm đ o
The West Indies, The British Isles, The Bahamas
The Canaries, The Canary Islands, The Virgin Islands
Không dùng the v i các đ o riêng l
Scicily , Easter Island, Corfu, Bermuda
e Sa m c
The Sahara
f Khách s n
The Grand Hotel, the Hilton Hotel, the Sheraton Hotel
g R p chi u phim/ nhà hát
The Odeon, The playhouse The National Theater, The Quad, The Shubert Theater
h B o tàng
The British museum the Metropolitan Museum
The Louvre the National Gallery
i Nhà hàng
Không dùng the v i nhà hàng, c a hi u l y tên c a ng i ch và th ng có t n cùng là s ho c „s
“Where did you buy that hat?” “At Marcy‟s” (the Macy‟s)
We are going to have dinner at Mama Leone‟s (the Mama Leone‟s)
j Tên các tòa nhà
The Washington Monument, The Empire State Building
k Vùng, mi n
The Middle East the Far East
The North of France the West of Canada
* northen France (the northen France)
Western Canada (the Western Canada)
l Dùng the v i các đ a danh có of
The Museum of Modern Art
The University of Southern California
The Great Wall of China
The Tower of London
m Các lo i đ a danh khác: coats, swamps, collections of lakes, bridges, pagodas, institutes, or
extraordinary works of art or architecture
The Mona Lisa
The Colosseum
n THE + tên qu c gia có
G m nhi u ph n/ s nhi u: the Philippines, The Netherlands, The Great Britain
V ng qu c (kingdom): United Kingdom
N c c ng hòa (Republic): the Czech Republic, the Dominican Republic
G m nhi u bang (State): the United States
6 THE + các t ch tr t t / th t
Trang 4"the first", "the second", "the third", "the next", "the last", "the previous", "the following", "the
penultimate", etc
7 THE + a singular noun (making generalizations about certain topics)
- musical instruments (the piano, the guitar, the flute)
- plants (the coconut palm, the saguaro, the baobab)
- animals (the leopard, the elephant, the lowland gorilla)
- inventions (the steam engine, the plane, the light bulb)
- currencies (the dollar, the euro, the yen)
- body parts (the head, the eye, the ear)
Examples:
- I play the piano
- The sequoia tree is native to California
- The dolphin is a very intelligent animal
- The Wright brothers invented the airplane
- Right now, the euro is stronger than the dollar
- Cheryl got poked in the eye
8 THE + m t s b nh
Generally, articles are not used with the names of illnesses or diseases
Examples:
- Dr Smith visits schools and universities to educate students on AIDS
- Oncologists are doctors who specialize in treating cancer
- There are several medications that can be used to treat malaria
HOWEVER: There are some illnesses which require THE
- the measles
- the flu
- the mumps
- the bubonic plague
9 THE + tên dòng h
THE can be used with plural family names to refer to the family as a group
Examples:
- The Robinsons love to vacation in Florida
- The Shinoharas are originally from Japan
- My brother lives next door to the Jacksons
10 THE + m t tính t
THE can be combined with certain adjectives to refer to a group of people such as "the blind", "the
elderly", "the rich", "the French", "the Sioux", etc
Examples:
- He is elderly ADJECTIVE
- The organization helps the elderly ELDERLY PEOPLE
REMEMBER: This is especially important in situations where nationalities or ethnic groups and their languages might be confused In such situations, THE is used to specify that we are talking about the nationality or ethnic group rather than the language
Examples:
- I like French LANGUAGE
- I like the French THE FRENCH PEOPLE
Trang 58 THE + time expression
Time expressions can be especially confusing THE is used in some time expressions such as:
- in the morning
- in the afternoon
- in the evening
- during the night
- during the day
- the day before yesterday
- the day after tomorrow
- the fall
- the summer
IV HOW TO USE “ZERO ARTICLES”
Không dùng m o t trong các tr ng h p sau:
1 Tên l c đ a
2 Tên n c, ti u bang
* Tên các thành ph
Cairo, NewYork, London
* The Hague ( Hà Lan)
3 Tên h
Lake Michigan Lake Victoria Lake Superior
4 Các tòa nhà công c ng
Oxford University (the Oxford University) Boston University
Hull Station (the Hull Station)
Salisbury Cathedral (the Salisbury Cathedral)
Kennedy Airport Pearson International Airport
Penn Station Buckingham Palace Hyde Park
* the White House the Royal Palace
5 Tên các t t p chí
New Sientist
L u ý: Tên các t báo luôn có the
The Times The Washington Post
6 Tên ngân hàng
First Interstate Bank Citibank Western bank
7 Tên đ ng ph , đ i l , qu ng tr ng
New Street Fifth Avenue Broadway
Wilshire Boulevard Red Square Piccadilly Circus
8 các c m t sau
To/at/from school, college, church, work
At/ from house
To/ in (to)/ out of hospital, prison, bed
To/ in (to)/ from town\
On holiday at Christmas at Easter
In spring/ summer (in the spring/ summer)
Trang 6At night/ noon by car/ bus/ train/ plane
On foot on Monday/ Tuesday
At/ after breakfast/ lunch/ dinner
All day all night all week all year
All winter all summer
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