ENGLISH
ARTICLE ( a, an, the )
1.
Ciri-ciripenggunaan
“ the”
a. Follow
a specific/known noun
b. Singular
and plural
c. The
only one’
d. Superalative degree
e. Geographical
1). Group of mountain
Example :we have been hiking the
Himalayan tomorrow
2). Rivers
Example :The nil is the one of
longest river in Africa
3). Desert
Example :The Sahara is the
hottest place in earth.
4). Islands.
Example : Next month
Riri will go to the Hawaiian islands.
5). Ocean and sea.
Example :the
java sea is beautiful
f. Family
name
Example
:The Obama’s will holiday to Indonesia.
g. Name
of school / university
Example :The university of Gunadarma
is the best university in Indonesia.
h. Famous
architecture
Example :The Monas is the iconic
symbol of Indonesia.
i. Countries
(if the countries contains “states”, “kingdom”, “republic”, and ending with-“s”
)
Example : My father working in the United
States for two years.
j. Number
(of rank)
Example :Arif get the 1stplace in
English competition.
k. Group
of people
Example : The Beatles is group legendary band.
l. Part
of a larger group:
·
One of the children
Example :Andi is one of the children
who were playing kites.
·
A student in the class
Example :susi is one of the students
in the class
m. None
of them
Example
:
2.
Penggunaan
a/an
Penggunaan
a:
1) Sebuah
kata yang mempunyaikonsonan di awal kata. Contohnya : a zoo, a mountain, a
book, etc
2) Sebuah
kata benda yang dimulaidenganbunyikonsonan, meskipun kata
bendainidimulaidenganhuruf vocal, tetapijikabunyinyakonsonanmakamenggunakan a.
contohnya : a university, a unit, etc.
Penggunaanan
:
sebuah
kata benda yang diawalidenganhuruf vocal yang baikpenyebutannyamaupun
kata-katanyasendiri. Contohnya : an apple, an egg, etc.
Exercise
1. What
is a longest river in Indonesia?
Is ittheMusi or Ampera? I’m
terrible at geography.
2. In
1824, Louis Braille developed a system of writing for the blind. Quickly, the
system known as “Braille” after the
inventor, spreadfrom France to dozens of the
countries
3. “Travel
Magazine” did exremely interesting article on the world’s most amazing buildings. If I remember correctly,
the first building or the
list was Angkor Wat, abeautiful
temple in Cambodia. And the
second was pyramid of Khufu in Egypt.
4. Because
she didn’t speak English. Paul had alittle
chance of advancing her carrer, so she applied for ayear longEnglish course at Cambridge University.
5. Giorgio
loves island’s. he has been to Cuba, Bali, Bahamas, and thePhillipines.
And a next year, he wants to
go to Madagascar.
