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¿Cuáles son?

Los artículos definidos se usan para expresar la

palabra en inglés “_________”.the

singular plural

masculino

femenino

el losla las

Los artículos definidos se usan:

►con _________ nouns and nouns used on a

_________ sense.

abstract

general

World peace is important.

Traduce…

►con most _________ of people except when speaking directly to a

person.

titles

BUT

Mr. Gómez is not here.

Traduce…

Good morning, Dr. Molinas.

Traduce…

►con parts of the ______ and personal __________

(such as __________).

bodypossessions

clothing

Martha has green eyes.

Traduce…

Marcus wears the blue jacket.

Traduce…

►con ________ (to mean “on”) and con ________

of the week (except to say what day ________).

datesdays

it is

BUT

We are leaving on March 16.

Traduce…

Today is Monday.

Traduce…Today is March 28th.

Traduce…

►con _______ of day.time

It is eight forty-five a.m.

Traduce…

►con names of certain _________ and

_________.countries

cities

¿Qué piensas?

___ Argentina

___ Canadá

___ China

___ Ecuador

___ Estados Unidos___ Perú

►In contemporary usage, the definite article is often

_________ with these countries.

omitted

►If the definite article is part of the official name of

a country or city, it is ____________ and can _________ be omitted.capitalized

never

¿Qué piensas?

___ Salvador

___ Habana

¿Cuáles son?

Los artículos indefinidos se usan para expresar las

palabras en inglés “____/____” y ________.a an some

singular plural

masculino

femenino

un unosuna unas

►se OMITEN con ________________ nouns used after the verbs _______

and __________, in reference to ____________, ____________,

____________ or ________________ unless its modified by an

____________.

unmodifiedser

hacerseprofession religion

affiliation social status

adjective

BUT

My mother is an excellent teacher.

Traduce…

My mother is a teacher.

Traduce…

►se OMITEN con verbs such as _________, _________, _________ and _________ when the concept of _________ (one) is not emphasized

and especially if he sentence is __________ or an _______________.

tener llevar poseerhay

quantity

negative interrogative

He is wearing a shirt.

Traduce…I don’t have a car.

Traduce…

Is there a quiz today?

Traduce…

►se OMITEN después de las words _______ and _______,

when the concept is not ______________.

con sin

emphasized

He writes without a computer.

Traduce…I like my hamburger with a pickle.

Traduce…

►se OMITEN con words such as ________, ________, ________, ________...

otro(a) talmedio(a) ¡Qué…!

The cookies need half a cup of sugar.

Traduce…I need another canvas.

Traduce…

What a beautiful painting!

Traduce…

►The indefinite articles “________” and “________”

are often USED with numbers to indicate _______________.

unos unas

approximation

I took about a hundred pictures of Madrid.

Traduce…

The definite and indefinite articles are often used

with adjectives to form a __________.noun

¿Qué piensas?the young woman

the old man

a fat man

a French woman

the blue one

Traduce…Traduce…Traduce…Traduce…Traduce…

Feminine singular nouns that begin with a- require

masculine definite and indefinite articles to avoid repetition of the “a”

sound.

¿Qué piensas?an/the eagle

a/the water

some/the eagles

some/the waters

Traduce…Traduce…

Traduce…Traduce…

BUT

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