HOW TO USE ARTICLE (A, AND, THE)

HOW TO USE ARTICLE (A, AND, THE)

The article is an adjective showing how special or how common a word noun. There are three types of articles, namely : (definite article) the, and (indefinite article) a and an, and who don’t  have the article (zero article).

1.    Definite Article

·         The is a clothing word used in the definite article.

·         The use on specific things (have obvious or suggested above) include: person, thing (object), and the idea.

·         This word is used before countable noun and uncountable noun.

Contoh Kalimat Definite Article:

-          There’s a girl in front of the supermarket.

-          The place that I just visited is cozy.

2.    Idefinite Article

·         A or an used a idefinate article.

·         Clothing word is used on things that are not specific or had never been described before, include: person, thing (object), and the idea.

·         This word is only used before singular countable noun.

Contoh Kalimat Indefinite Article:

-          A man, A book, An umbrella

-          He goes to the swimming pool twice a week.

3.    Zero Article (Tanpa a, an, the)

·         Zero Article means no article article (a, an, the) which need to be used against a noun (noun).

·         Several kinds of noun that does not or can’t use the article (without a, an, the), among others, are the names of languages, sports, academic subject, etc.

Contoh Kalimat Zero Article:

-          Can you speak Korean?

-          That children played football.