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| a (an) | is used only with countable nouns in the singular; is used before a noun when we name the object referring it to a class objects having this name; is used when a person or thing unknown to the hearer or reader; is mentioned for the first time. |
| the | is used with nouns both in the singular and in the plural; is used with a noun if it is clear from the context or situation what particular object meant; is used before the names of oceans, seas, rivers, mountain chains, and compound names of countries: the Atlantic Ocean, the Black Sea, the Mississippi, the Rocky Mountains, the United States of America. |
| zero article | is used in a number of set expressions: at night (уночі), by train (потягом), to go home (йти додому); is used with nouns preceded by possessive, demonstrative or interrogative pronouns: your sister, this lesson, some doctors, each student, What story?; is used with the names of persons and animals: Tom Brown. (But the definite article is used with the name in the plural which denotes the whole family: We’ll invite the Browns); is mostly used with the names of countries, cities, streets, squares, and parks: Poland, Paris, Oxford Street, Trafalgar Square, Hyde Park. |
Ex.6. Complete the sentences with articles if it is necessary:
1. I am _ medical student. 2. They are from different countries: _ Germany, _ Italy, _ USA, _ Ukraine, and _ Japan. 3. Marry goes _ home after classes. 4. He was born in _ Paris but now he lives in _ London. 5. Our group consists of _ some students. 6. London is _ city. 7. M.V. Gogol is _ outstanding Ukrainian writer.
