In this grammar lesson, I teach about one of the most common problems that new English speakers have. There are a couple of very basic grammar rules you can follow to help you know when to use “a,” “an,” or no article. Take the free quiz below to test your understanding of the lesson.
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hi, what is a mistake in the sentence : She likes to wear makeups. which is in the quiz?
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We use “like + doing something” instead of “like + to do something”
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Dear Alex,
Many thanks for your excellent lesson.
I was happy to find you lesson on this topic today. Although I think my English grammar is rather good I had never heard these rules before and so I have never been confident in speaking or writing of such kind of sentences. Could you perhaps explain me What is the difference between The and A/An?
Thank you once more.
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I made a mistake in last question, where I have chosen “She likes to wear makeups”. Word “makeups” is plural so we can’t use “a” article for it. So could anybody tell me what is wrong with it? Thanks.
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thanks a lot
but where is the lesson for ( THE ) ??
nbras
Hi,
Normally we won’t be use the term “the” for an individual (person’s name) but it is applicable only for group of persons.
Hope this might help you!
Happy new year!!!
Warm Regards,
Mohammed Shahith (India)
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Dear Alex, I’m still confused with some words. I live in Singapore and we use short forms for long words. I have just read an article and it states this “An SCDF(Singapore Civil Defense Force) spokesperson said that the casualty was pronounced dead at midnight, minutes just after the incident.”
Why do we use an when it starts with letter “S”?
There is another article and it states this “An HDB(House Development Board) flat owner were mad with the constructors as they made a lot of noise in the morning almost everyday and that disturbed his sleep.”
Why do we use an when it starts with “H”?
And many of my teachers said this “Whoever gets an F9 for this test will need to go to remedial lessons.”
Why do we use an when it starts with “F”?
I hope you can correct me.
muhammad Rafiqi
hey muhamed , the reason why we used ” AN ” because we have stands of words such as ” SCDF , HDB , GPS , and GPR so we have to use AN . it’s a basic rule .
hope i was able to help u .
I’m SOro from Egypt .
SOro Angel-musiCaddiCT
Hi Muhammad,
When an article “AN” is used for Vowel Sound of the noun you pronounced. Not only the first letter of the word.
Ex: SCDF- you sound it “es..”
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truonglekhanh
hi, what is a mistake in the sentence : She likes to wear makeups. which is in the quiz?
plz reply alex or anybody
venki
it will be like
she likes to wear makeup. because makeup itself is a plural form.
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Alex can you comment on the following sentence. Is the use of A is right here?
This is to inform you that we are conducting a interview for the post of Principal for our school at Ville Parley Hill,Newton.
jovial
Hi Jovial,
In this case you should use “an” because the word “interview” begins with a vowel sound.
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Hi Alex,could you explain it to me why article “the” had been used in the sentence?…. ” We should be polite to the old.” Thanks.
joneru
Hi joneru,
Seniors are a specific group of people, so you must use “the old” in the context of your sentence.
Alex
Hi Alex,how are you?Hope that you will always find.I’m just curious about the article “An” in this sentence….”An needle is tool used for sewing clothes.” Is it correct article that had been used in the sentence?
joneru
You need an article in this sentence, but it should be “a needle,” because “needle” begins with a consonant sound. Similar to “a stop sign,” “a car,” “a bottle,” etc.
Alex
what is the difference between consonant and vowels?
sibghatullah
Assalamu Alaikum.
In English we have 26 letters i.e “A to Z”
In these 26 letters you may minus 5 letters i.e “a,e,i,o and u” these 5 letters are represents “articles” and remaining 21 letters are consonants.
Hope this allusion/note helps you.
Please revert back if you any doubts on this explanation.
Warm Regards,
Mohammed Shahith (India)
khrmsr
Hi,
In previous comment I have mentioned the word/term as article instead of “Vowels”. So please use/replace the word “vowels” on my previous comment wherever applied the word as “Articles”
My sincere apologies to you and entire readers.
Please get back to me if you have doubt on the above explanation!!!
Warm regards,
Mohammed Shahith (India)
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i have a new glasses is it correct how it will be the answer
genaro
Hi genaro,
“Glasses” is a actually a plural noun, so you do not need an article. You only have to say, “I have new glasses.” The same rule applies for words like “pants,” “shorts,” “underwear,” “socks,” “shoes,” and “clothes.”
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Thanks for a good class. My family has a dog, if I am going to say that dogs, which article will use? Please kindly reply me.
Tuya
You would say, “My family has a dog.”
Alex
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simon
Hi Simon,
The English vowels are A, E, I, O, U, and sometimes Y. Basically, any time your mouth makes those open sounds like “StAy,” “StOp,” “Airplane,” you are using a vowel sound. The other letters, like B, C, D, F, G, M, P, Q, and others are called consonants.
Alex
I apologize to reply here. I cant post to your website coz the system might have problem. Alex, will you please explain the me the question number #5, Im confused to the sentence 1 and 2. Thanks!… The 1. To wear makeups (I choose this as my answer because the makeups is a plural noun/common noun so it shouldnt follow by the article “a” but its incorrect) 2. an orange car (I believe this is also a correct one because the “orange” is a vowel and must have article “an”.. please enlighten me. Thank you so much! You help a lot.
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Hello, I am just wondering that why “an orange car ” is correct in the last sentence of the quiz. I understand that if the noun starts with consonant, it has “a”. So in my opinion, a orange car is correct even it sounds wrong.
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When we use A/An and The
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Thanks a lot, Alex. I have a question about the use of have and the noun after it. I read a sentence from a dictionary :
“Dogs have a very keen sense of smell.”
Why does it use a singular noun after a plural subject? Can I rewrite this sentence like this :
Dogs have very keen senses of smell.
Looking for your reply. Thanks
joycekwan2608
sense is singular
senses is plural
anon
your dictionary wrong i gues. I can found in goolge
“Dogs have very keen senses of smell.”
only
anon
AA I understand now.
senses of smell. it is like feelings about something I guess. more common “sense of smell”
anon
Kindly, Give some lesson on prepositions like, Infact,Despite,although and sentences like “as a matter of fact and many more. Thanks
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use an article
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Can you please elaborate your question little more so i can answer easily.
Warm Regards,
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Gayan
why the following statement is wrong
“She likes to wear makeups.”
emanahmed
Makeup is a non-count noun, so we don’t add the ‘s’.
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Aloha! thank you very much , then I will eat cookies
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karan
my family has a dog…..
I can’t understand it…
It should be..MY FAMILY HAVE A DOG…
COULD U EXPLAIN ME? PLEASE….
THANKS A LOT…THE BEST PAGE TO LEARN ENGLISG
linkas
We say “my family has” because, while there’s several people in a family, the subject of the sentence is one family.
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hussain
wow I got 5 out of 5 , but I am still facing music while using Article. Therefore, you please expound it deeply.
thank u sir,
and best wishes
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hii my teacher told me ” YOU USED IN FRONT OF accont plurals naun “the” Please help me because i M CONFUSE OF THAT.
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Atef
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Raja
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thanks
ranjit
The quiz helped me to concentrate when to use the articles a, an, and the
Suzanna
Dear Alex,
Thank you for the quiz.
Suzanna
Dear Alex,
Please tell me with which countries we should use the article “the”.
Thanks in advance.
Suzanna
There will be a lesson on this in the future. In the meantime, you can google “countries with ‘the'”!
Alex
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Manish
I can not understand thi sentence:why we can not put a/an in the second part I hope you have a lovely time and good weather
mina
Hi Mina,
“Weather” is a non-count noun and doesn’t use an article. :)
Alex
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chanchal17
Posso fazer perguntas em portugues?
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Take care.
Cindy
Hi, Alex! Thanks for the lesson! =) In case of such words as hat or hexagon, do we need to use a or an? I heard that both are possible. ‘A’ would sound more common to me as a non-native speaker.
I would appreciate your reply.
kender
dear Mr Alex
many thanks for this excellent explaination
amal
please Mr
where can we use a instead of an with words which begin with vowels ?
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I’m sorry not is “see”, it’s “saw”… XD
elkrespo
Hi everybody, I want to know if it´s correct to say for example: I am student, or you are father of 2 kids. If we can omit the article a or an or the. I´m looking forward to hear about you.
bienymal
Hi Bienymal. No, It’s not grammatically correct to say, “I am student.” Nor, “You are farther of two kids.” It makes sense to say, “I am a student.” And it makes sense to say, “You are a father of two.” If the first word after the article begins with a vowel you have to use ‘an’. Example, “I would like to have an apple.” -I hope this helps.
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sweety737
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nanboonrat
Thanks Mr Alex. The only thing I’m slightly baffled about is whether or not ‘the’ is an article and if so, does it make sense to say, “I like to drink the water.” or “I like to drink the water that she gave me.”
houdah
thanks Alex. how can i say a university or an university?
ganbashir15
Let me see if i got this right. You mean I can use
A with any word that starts with bcdfghjklmnpqrstvwxyz and
An with a word that starts with + aeiou
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habeebazmi
which is correct
I watch T.V. or
I watch the T.V.
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Tatiane Santos
headache is non-count noun…why we used article in this sentence ” i have a headache” and i have a little money” T_T
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Abdul966
Thanks Alex! I have a question. Number 5 ” She likes to wear makeups”
What is wrong?
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noopui
Alex, will you please explain the question number #5, I m confused to the sentence 1 and 2. Thanks!… The 1. To wear makeups (I’ve chosen this as my answer because the makeups is a plural noun/common noun so it shouldnt follow by the article “a” but why is it incorrect?) #2. an orange car (I believe this is also a correct one because the “orange” is a vowel and must follow by the article “an”.. please enlighten me. Thank you so much! You help a lot.
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Umu Idil
I enjoyed it a lot. By the way, is makeup uncountable noun?
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EdgarStudent
Hi there teacher!
Can you tell me the mistake of answer B of sentense 4? Because I think it’s still right?
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Nice english class.
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you’re pronouncing “electricity” like electricity..does it pronounce like alectricity or electricity?
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Thank you, Alex! I like your lessons, examples on the board are helpful (do I correct use articles?)
Alexys
Thanks :)
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ashanti
simple lesson, but it can have some confuse, really a don’t get 10
moezbesbes
good explanation..thanks
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It’s a good lesson.
aboood1994
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Lolo 86
Thanks for teach about Articles, It’s help me to also to my final exam Grammar ESL class.
AstridJojo
There is a mistake I think!
For general idea or general thing we do not use a/an.For example :Art is a mental thing.We don’t say An art is a mental thing!
Could you please answer this? Thank you
kami88
Thank you
Nadir
and also, we use no article if we talk about uncountable noun even though its singular, right?
shining blue
thanks Alex. English study is very importal for me. I study everyday.
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Thank you!
Nao Tsuboya
1(правильный ответ) из 5ти, потому что – Ни черта не понятные задания. (((
Vladkabatkovich
i am student of bs [hons] english and i want to know about articles in detail thanks
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Thank you sir…
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Somebody has changed the voice of this video , and topic of the newly introduced voice contains a great insult to the former king of Jordan.
Mahmoud Amr
Sorry…explain please?
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I hope you control your videos well
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When I open this video from this site, I don’t hear the voice of the teacher. instead I hear the voice of somebody else speaking Arabic imitating King Hussein of Jordan, but it seems if you open the video on youtube you hear the original voice of the teacher. This is not the only video , several video’s of Valen have the same problem.
Mahmoud Amr
so I really ,enjoy of this lesson
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thank you sir i learn a lot from you..
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10/10 ;)
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thank you
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thanx teacher…)
diamondsarah
i had been forgotten this knowledge without placticem thank you
tacagero
Thanks for this lesson.
Vivimi
I don’t understand that she likes to wear makeups. What is wrong?
joan yun
“makeup” is uncountable nouns, so no need to use “makesups”… cut the s.
subashc
nice quiz through this we can clear our concepts
Ashsih
Cool video, but I have one question… Why “a dog”, if we mean a sertain dog in а sertain family?…
MarinaHappy
There is a difference in the sound of “The”
PAVEL199
Hi Alex,
Question 2 “We saw many tree on our trip”
and
Question 3 “I have a new glasses”
Why false
sahindanisan
You must say “many trees” not tree.
and
A glasses is “a pair of glasses”, they always have two pieces of glass, so this is a plural noun.
ilmeg
Alex
Thank you
5 of 5 100 than you again
Dunham
I got 5 correct out of 5
so I’m so happy now.
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you,re excellent
Al -ALI
In the quiz”The building has elevators” should it not be “The building HAVE elevators”?
ilmeg
Hi Alex, My English is not very well, How can I improve myself, writing and speaking. Please can you suggest for me.
Seng Bu
Thank you so much, I like the way you teach.
God bless you, Alex
JosephE
Thanks for the lecture.
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Which one is correct?
I am at a bank or I am at the bank
younus123
I got 5/5! Thanks for the lesson!!
robi75
I got perfect score . Thanks, now I know the rules of using those articles
Sarahjane2004
Thank you
kheireddine007
Thanks I got 5/5
rochak
it’s a yes and an yes right?
JSpraveen
thanks!
shihai182
thank you so much
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superb bro
rubelmahmud
thanks a lot
Ali Abdalah Ishag
WOW… I got 5 correct out of 5.
KHAN4800
100/100
superb lesson…
Mani Varmaz
in this sentence “an apple is red” why i think is not correct?! i can’t translate it .. why we didn’t just say “an apple red” or “the apple is red” so i can translate it into arabic for example
i hope someone reply.. my love for this website
3bdallah
First, every language is different, so do not translate. Second, if you use the apple is red, you are talking about a specific apple. Finally, Always in the sentence, you need to have a subject and a verb. An apple is the subject and is (verb). An apple is red.
pablooscar
thanks a lot Alex
paniagua1
Thanks a lot this video is very useful.
sopranonoei
tq Alex.. i got 5/5
azie66
the video was so helpful
azie66
Can i ask you something Alex?
Does that means uncountable nouns have not a plural form? like water is just water? not water”S”? if yes then why electricity has a word that the end with a -ES? (electricities)
thank you for the lesson!
Mengaku
i got 4/5
mehdi malekfele
Thanks Alex
ali janabi
I watched this video twice on May 21, 2021, and I took the quiz after watching it once. I got five correct out of 6.
ergn
Why did you say my family has a dog? Why not my family have a dog?
MOOHIALDIN AL-KAHTANI
real helpful for me. thanks, department.
Warda Mubashar
4/5
best regards ,Alex (Kazakstan 18 0ct2021)
Jannyl
Hi Alex, can you tell me under which condition the word ‘upcoming’ take ‘the’ article. Like should I say upcoming year, or, the upcoming year, upcoming time, or, the upcoming time.
Second thing, can we use article ‘the’ before plurals like top gainers, top losers, tallest boys, highest earners, or should we omit articles since they are plurals
Shaghil
Dear, sir Alex -I enjoy eating apples.
Before Apple there’s no article why I still confused please could you correct me
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hi, what is a mistake in the sentence : She likes to wear makeups. which is in the quiz?
We use “like + doing something” instead of “like + to do something”
i don’t think so. i think that because “makeup” is non-count noun, so we mustn’t add “s” for it.
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I was happy to find you lesson on this topic today. Although I think my English grammar is rather good I had never heard these rules before and so I have never been confident in speaking or writing of such kind of sentences. Could you perhaps explain me What is the difference between The and A/An?
Thank you once more.
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I made a mistake in last question, where I have chosen “She likes to wear makeups”. Word “makeups” is plural so we can’t use “a” article for it. So could anybody tell me what is wrong with it? Thanks.
Actually I see, Looks like it is a mistake itself. It’s a non countable noun makeup.
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but where is the lesson for ( THE ) ??
Hi,
Normally we won’t be use the term “the” for an individual (person’s name) but it is applicable only for group of persons.
Hope this might help you!
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Warm Regards,
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Dear Alex, I’m still confused with some words. I live in Singapore and we use short forms for long words. I have just read an article and it states this “An SCDF(Singapore Civil Defense Force) spokesperson said that the casualty was pronounced dead at midnight, minutes just after the incident.”
Why do we use an when it starts with letter “S”?
There is another article and it states this “An HDB(House Development Board) flat owner were mad with the constructors as they made a lot of noise in the morning almost everyday and that disturbed his sleep.”
Why do we use an when it starts with “H”?
And many of my teachers said this “Whoever gets an F9 for this test will need to go to remedial lessons.”
Why do we use an when it starts with “F”?
I hope you can correct me.
hey muhamed , the reason why we used ” AN ” because we have stands of words such as ” SCDF , HDB , GPS , and GPR so we have to use AN . it’s a basic rule .
hope i was able to help u .
I’m SOro from Egypt .
Hi Muhammad,
When an article “AN” is used for Vowel Sound of the noun you pronounced. Not only the first letter of the word.
Ex: SCDF- you sound it “es..”
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Thanks :)
hi, what is a mistake in the sentence : She likes to wear makeups. which is in the quiz?
plz reply alex or anybody
it will be like
she likes to wear makeup. because makeup itself is a plural form.
she likes to wear makeup is the correct way to say this. makeup -means more then one. there is no such word as makeups.
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Alex can you comment on the following sentence. Is the use of A is right here?
This is to inform you that we are conducting a interview for the post of Principal for our school at Ville Parley Hill,Newton.
Hi Jovial,
In this case you should use “an” because the word “interview” begins with a vowel sound.
Hi Alex thanks for great efforts I want to know about ‘the’ article
Thanks a lot for taking time and reading the post. I am pleased that you corrected me.
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Hi Alex,could you explain it to me why article “the” had been used in the sentence?…. ” We should be polite to the old.” Thanks.
Hi joneru,
Seniors are a specific group of people, so you must use “the old” in the context of your sentence.
Hi Alex,how are you?Hope that you will always find.I’m just curious about the article “An” in this sentence….”An needle is tool used for sewing clothes.” Is it correct article that had been used in the sentence?
You need an article in this sentence, but it should be “a needle,” because “needle” begins with a consonant sound. Similar to “a stop sign,” “a car,” “a bottle,” etc.
what is the difference between consonant and vowels?
Assalamu Alaikum.
In English we have 26 letters i.e “A to Z”
In these 26 letters you may minus 5 letters i.e “a,e,i,o and u” these 5 letters are represents “articles” and remaining 21 letters are consonants.
Hope this allusion/note helps you.
Please revert back if you any doubts on this explanation.
Warm Regards,
Mohammed Shahith (India)
Hi,
In previous comment I have mentioned the word/term as article instead of “Vowels”. So please use/replace the word “vowels” on my previous comment wherever applied the word as “Articles”
My sincere apologies to you and entire readers.
Please get back to me if you have doubt on the above explanation!!!
Warm regards,
Mohammed Shahith (India)
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i have a new glasses is it correct how it will be the answer
Hi genaro,
“Glasses” is a actually a plural noun, so you do not need an article. You only have to say, “I have new glasses.” The same rule applies for words like “pants,” “shorts,” “underwear,” “socks,” “shoes,” and “clothes.”
Thanks! This is really helping me!!! Since I’m an autodidact in English Language (Is it correct?), I never learn English from the basics, it’s just happen like that, I can speak and understand English all of a sudden, but I still have a few problems about spelling and grammars, especially Sentences Structure. Again, THANKS!!!
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Thanks for a good class. My family has a dog, if I am going to say that dogs, which article will use? Please kindly reply me.
You would say, “My family has a dog.”
Hi Alex! I want to ask about the vowel and consonant,that what is the vowel and consonant.I mean to say that how we could define it.thanks
Hi Simon,
The English vowels are A, E, I, O, U, and sometimes Y. Basically, any time your mouth makes those open sounds like “StAy,” “StOp,” “Airplane,” you are using a vowel sound. The other letters, like B, C, D, F, G, M, P, Q, and others are called consonants.
I apologize to reply here. I cant post to your website coz the system might have problem. Alex, will you please explain the me the question number #5, Im confused to the sentence 1 and 2. Thanks!… The 1. To wear makeups (I choose this as my answer because the makeups is a plural noun/common noun so it shouldnt follow by the article “a” but its incorrect) 2. an orange car (I believe this is also a correct one because the “orange” is a vowel and must have article “an”.. please enlighten me. Thank you so much! You help a lot.
Iam looking forward to your reply alex. Thanks!
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Hi, Lecture I am a new student and just learn article A,An,or no article with you today. when i am studying this Grammar online and I thank that i really understand clearly than i had studied before. You are a good Teacher. Thanks
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hello alex it’s challenging to teach zero article and the.e.g fish or the fish army or the army the answers change whether they refer specific groups or not
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Hey,
Is it okay to say “Apple is red.” ? Or only “Apples are red.” ?
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The apple is red in my mind.
Hello, I am just wondering that why “an orange car ” is correct in the last sentence of the quiz. I understand that if the noun starts with consonant, it has “a”. So in my opinion, a orange car is correct even it sounds wrong.
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Hi Alex
When we use A/An and The
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Thanks a lot, Alex. I have a question about the use of have and the noun after it. I read a sentence from a dictionary :
“Dogs have a very keen sense of smell.”
Why does it use a singular noun after a plural subject? Can I rewrite this sentence like this :
Dogs have very keen senses of smell.
Looking for your reply. Thanks
sense is singular
senses is plural
your dictionary wrong i gues. I can found in goolge
“Dogs have very keen senses of smell.”
only
AA I understand now.
senses of smell. it is like feelings about something I guess. more common “sense of smell”
Kindly, Give some lesson on prepositions like, Infact,Despite,although and sentences like “as a matter of fact and many more. Thanks
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why the following statement is wrong
“She likes to wear makeups.”
Makeup
is a non-count noun, so we don’t add the ‘s’.Very very good.
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Hi Alex! I’m from Viet Nam and I’m trying to study English. Thanks for your lessons. I have a sentence ” We went to a cafe the movie and had a coffee”. Coffee is Uncount Nouns, so, why do we use “a coffee”. Please help me. Thanks!
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my family has a dog…..
I can’t understand it…
It should be..MY FAMILY HAVE A DOG…
COULD U EXPLAIN ME? PLEASE….
THANKS A LOT…THE BEST PAGE TO LEARN ENGLISG
We say “my family has” because, while there’s several people in a family, the subject of the sentence is one family.
(However, this doesn’t always apply in British English.)
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wow I got 5 out of 5 , but I am still facing music while using Article. Therefore, you please expound it deeply.
thank u sir,
and best wishes
That is very good engVid Team! you are excellent and hope you leave more details for Article
A good lesson!
hii my teacher told me ” YOU USED IN FRONT OF accont plurals naun “the” Please help me because i M CONFUSE OF THAT.
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Hi Alex , This is Raja from India. I don’t have that much of knowledge in English, while i’m speaking in English with my friend , My team members and others i’m getting a lot of grammatically mistake ,How to reduce Grammar mistake .
nice lesson helpful to all i think..
thanks
The quiz helped me to concentrate when to use the articles a, an, and the
Dear Alex,
Thank you for the quiz.
Dear Alex,
Please tell me with which countries we should use the article “the”.
Thanks in advance.
There will be a lesson on this in the future. In the meantime, you can google “countries with ‘the'”!
It is the Best site in the world.It has just made English a lot more easier and quiet enjoyable for me.Thanks to all the teachers of this site who are helping everyone to learn English in an interactive way.You all are awesome.
I can not understand thi sentence:why we can not put a/an in the second part I hope you have a lovely time and good weather
Hi Mina,
“Weather” is a non-count noun and doesn’t use an article. :)
Wow 5/5!
Posso fazer perguntas em portugues?
Hello Alex. Thanks for helping. I really appreciate it. I wish you good health and happiness. You are an excellent teacher.
Take care.
Hi, Alex! Thanks for the lesson! =) In case of such words as hat or hexagon, do we need to use a or an? I heard that both are possible. ‘A’ would sound more common to me as a non-native speaker.
I would appreciate your reply.
dear Mr Alex
many thanks for this excellent explaination
please Mr
where can we use a instead of an with words which begin with vowels ?
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Beneath the rose lies the serpent.(komment)
thanks for your teaching it was very useful for me
today I only see you more easy lesson
but was useful
I’m sorry not is “see”, it’s “saw”… XD
Hi everybody, I want to know if it´s correct to say for example: I am student, or you are father of 2 kids. If we can omit the article a or an or the. I´m looking forward to hear about you.
Hi Bienymal. No, It’s not grammatically correct to say, “I am student.” Nor, “You are farther of two kids.” It makes sense to say, “I am a student.” And it makes sense to say, “You are a father of two.” If the first word after the article begins with a vowel you have to use ‘an’. Example, “I would like to have an apple.” -I hope this helps.
You are my best English teacher
Thank you so much. I was confused, but now I understand it well:)
Thanks Mr Alex. The only thing I’m slightly baffled about is whether or not ‘the’ is an article and if so, does it make sense to say, “I like to drink the water.” or “I like to drink the water that she gave me.”
thanks Alex. how can i say a university or an university?
Let me see if i got this right. You mean I can use
A with any word that starts with bcdfghjklmnpqrstvwxyz and
An with a word that starts with + aeiou
thank you sir……..
Thank you very much Alex….
which is correct
I watch T.V. or
I watch the T.V.
hi sir alex .. i don’t understand the question no. 5…. could you explain to me sir…pls…
This website is amazing… it’s help me a lot!
headache is non-count noun…why we used article in this sentence ” i have a headache” and i have a little money” T_T
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Thank you very much.
Thanks Alex! I have a question. Number 5 ” She likes to wear makeups”
What is wrong?
Thank you so much ^_^
Alex, will you please explain the question number #5, I m confused to the sentence 1 and 2. Thanks!… The 1. To wear makeups (I’ve chosen this as my answer because the makeups is a plural noun/common noun so it shouldnt follow by the article “a” but why is it incorrect?) #2. an orange car (I believe this is also a correct one because the “orange” is a vowel and must follow by the article “an”.. please enlighten me. Thank you so much! You help a lot.
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Tnx a lot…..
I enjoyed it a lot. By the way, is makeup uncountable noun?
thanks Mr alex…i’d never knw all this before.. but now i knw them from you.. wishing you long life Mr alex.. thanks
Thank You Very Much Sir Alex, For Another Wonderful Lesson.
Hi there teacher!
Can you tell me the mistake of answer B of sentense 4? Because I think it’s still right?
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Hi Alex,
than you very much.
take care
Nice english class.
tks Alex .
100 points :D , Thank you Alex !
Thaaaanks a lot
Very good lesson!!!!
thanks
you’re pronouncing “electricity” like electricity..does it pronounce like alectricity or electricity?
thanks you teacher Alex ..
i had 5/5
i got it. thanks so much alex for your special lesson. 5 out of 5
Thank you, Alex! I like your lessons, examples on the board are helpful (do I correct use articles?)
Thanks :)
4 out of 5,not bad at least i learned from your video sir alex i always enjoyed watching your video,many thanks to you and this site also it helped a lot to those who want to learn english
simple lesson, but it can have some confuse, really a don’t get 10
good explanation..thanks
It’s a good lesson.
good alex i am grateful to you i learn new things with u in english
Thanks for teach about Articles, It’s help me to also to my final exam Grammar ESL class.
There is a mistake I think!
For general idea or general thing we do not use a/an.For example :Art is a mental thing.We don’t say An art is a mental thing!
Could you please answer this? Thank you
Thank you
and also, we use no article if we talk about uncountable noun even though its singular, right?
thanks Alex. English study is very importal for me. I study everyday.
Thank you Alex that was very helpful♡
Thank you!
1(правильный ответ) из 5ти, потому что – Ни черта не понятные задания. (((
i am student of bs [hons] english and i want to know about articles in detail thanks
Thank you sir…
Somebody has changed the voice of this video , and topic of the newly introduced voice contains a great insult to the former king of Jordan.
Sorry…explain please?
I hope you control your videos well
When I open this video from this site, I don’t hear the voice of the teacher. instead I hear the voice of somebody else speaking Arabic imitating King Hussein of Jordan, but it seems if you open the video on youtube you hear the original voice of the teacher. This is not the only video , several video’s of Valen have the same problem.
so I really ,enjoy of this lesson
thank you sir i learn a lot from you..
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thanx teacher…)
i had been forgotten this knowledge without placticem thank you
Thanks for this lesson.
I don’t understand that she likes to wear makeups. What is wrong?
“makeup” is uncountable nouns, so no need to use “makesups”… cut the s.
nice quiz through this we can clear our concepts
Cool video, but I have one question… Why “a dog”, if we mean a sertain dog in а sertain family?…
There is a difference in the sound of “The”
Hi Alex,
Question 2 “We saw many tree on our trip”
and
Question 3 “I have a new glasses”
Why false
You must say “many trees” not tree.
and
A glasses is “a pair of glasses”, they always have two pieces of glass, so this is a plural noun.
Alex
Thank you
5 of 5 100 than you again
I got 5 correct out of 5
so I’m so happy now.
you’re amazing Alex, thank you
you,re excellent
In the quiz”The building has elevators” should it not be “The building HAVE elevators”?
Hi Alex, My English is not very well, How can I improve myself, writing and speaking. Please can you suggest for me.
Thank you so much, I like the way you teach.
God bless you, Alex
Thanks for the lecture.
Which one is correct?
I am at a bank or I am at the bank
I got 5/5! Thanks for the lesson!!
I got perfect score . Thanks, now I know the rules of using those articles
Thank you
Thanks I got 5/5
it’s a yes and an yes right?
thanks!
thank you so much
superb bro
thanks a lot
WOW… I got 5 correct out of 5.
100/100
superb lesson…
in this sentence “an apple is red” why i think is not correct?! i can’t translate it .. why we didn’t just say “an apple red” or “the apple is red” so i can translate it into arabic for example
i hope someone reply.. my love for this website
First, every language is different, so do not translate. Second, if you use the apple is red, you are talking about a specific apple. Finally, Always in the sentence, you need to have a subject and a verb. An apple is the subject and is (verb). An apple is red.
thanks a lot Alex
Thanks a lot this video is very useful.
tq Alex.. i got 5/5
the video was so helpful
Can i ask you something Alex?
Does that means uncountable nouns have not a plural form? like water is just water? not water”S”? if yes then why electricity has a word that the end with a -ES? (electricities)
thank you for the lesson!
i got 4/5
Thanks Alex
I watched this video twice on May 21, 2021, and I took the quiz after watching it once. I got five correct out of 6.
Why did you say my family has a dog? Why not my family have a dog?
real helpful for me. thanks, department.
4/5
best regards ,Alex (Kazakstan 18 0ct2021)
Hi Alex, can you tell me under which condition the word ‘upcoming’ take ‘the’ article. Like should I say upcoming year, or, the upcoming year, upcoming time, or, the upcoming time.
Second thing, can we use article ‘the’ before plurals like top gainers, top losers, tallest boys, highest earners, or should we omit articles since they are plurals
Dear, sir Alex -I enjoy eating apples.
Before Apple there’s no article why I still confused please could you correct me
Thank you so much
thank you very much
Thank you!