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Unit 4 Finding your way
Grammar
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Yesterday, we learned about animals in Sunshine Zoo. Can you remember what animals we can see in Sunshine zoo?
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Choose one of the animals on the screen to talk about. Tell us where we can see them and what they are like.
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Here we’re in front of the Panda House.
Walk along the road.
Lions are the kings of the animal world.
North-east of the giraffes there is a bridge.
Cross the bridge, and you’ll see the elephants.
Here are some sentences about those animals. Look at these sentences. Wherever there is a noun as is shown in blue, there will be “a” or “the” marked in red before them. It seems that we need to add an “a”or “the”to the sentence if there is a noun. But where and how we should use them? Today we are going to talk about the uses of them. Do you know what we call them in English?
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Articles
Definite articles
the
Indefinite articles
a
an
In English we call them articles. There are two types of articles. A falls into the type of article called the indefinite article. Do you know the other member that belongs to the indefinite article family? Yes, it is “an”. The is called the definite article.
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Here is _____ panda. ______ panda is eating bamboo.
a
The
How can we tell if we should use the indefinite article or the definite article? Look at the following situation and fill in the blanks.
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Work out the rule!
We use ________ when we mention a person or thing for the first time. We use ______ before a noun when the person or thing is mentioned again, or when we are talking about a specific person or thing.
不定冠词a与an常用来泛指某人或某物。在第一次提到某人或者某物时,如果是可数名词单数,常在其前加不定冠词a/an。
定冠词the用于上文中已经提及过的人或物前。
a/an
the
Now we can draw a conclusion from the above sentences. What article should we use when we mention a person or thing for the first time? What article should we use when the person or