Articles - 6 Minute Grammar

Learning English grammar is important! Rob, Emma and Finn explore the rules of the English articles 'a', 'an' and 'the', an area of English grammar that causes students a lot of trouble! We share our top tips on how to know when to use the definite and indefinite articles - and when not to use them!

0:00 Introduction
0:35 Examples of 'a', 'an' and 'the'
1:02 When to use 'a', 'an' and 'the'
3:15 When not to use 'a', 'an' and 'the'
4:05 Top tips for using 'the'
4:49 Quiz

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[tammytsang]

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[lyenglong]

Delighted to hear my country mentioned in this helpful program. Welcome to Cambodia❤️🇰🇭

[nawarnawar]

Hi guys, though I'm familiar with English, I sometimes make mistakes using these articles.
I've already been taught these tips, but sometimes it seems that these determinations have no specific rule.
Any way this is the best lesson on this topic I have ever seen.

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[ahmedfarraj]

Hi
Thanks a million, it's such a fantastic video
I saw a boy yesterday, the boy was crying.
The earth goes around the sun.
I love apples.
I went to a university last week.
My brother bought an orange and an olive.
Thank you.

[haninr]

Great explanation of articles
We need more about this topic

[javlontursunov]

Guys plz make grammar lessons comprising difficult structures like inversion, how to use adverb yet.
I am terrible with Grammar.
So plz make lessons more associated to Grammar.
By the way one more thing,
If it is possible explain Grammar structures broadly by showing their usage in text extract.

[yessidlopez]

Excellent program, really nice and I apprecited the way that you speak in order we can understand better... Thank you very much BBC team!

[loubna]

Thank you for the great explanation.
A is sometimes pronounced as "ei", so the last sound is a consonant sound.
In this case, Is it possible to use it before vowel sound nouns?
Like in:
-Mark watched a "ei" action film yesterday.
- She is a "ei" active girl.

[awadhbinamro]

thanks a lot, it was an amazing eposide, the eposide was clear and helpful

[Rafiqul]

Would you please make more videos on Grammar Topics like Prepositions, Parts of Speech, Narrations, Sentences, Tense.

[ngatha]

Hi guys. My friend and I are reading a book "The help" and there is a sentence in it "MAE MOBLEY was born on a early Sunday morning in August, 1960". Can you help to explain why it 's not "an early Sunday morning"

[الأمينحامدحسبالله]

Nice topic most of speakers make this mistake.

[abdullahabdi]

Thanks alot bbc but if some one to need lean english and he, s beginner what you advice him and could you helping .

[mariamjaafar]

Thanks alot can you please make avedio about conjunction words

[ladymary]

Articles are incredibly difficult for foreigners

[helenel.d.]

Animal exploitation is not "ahhh, really nice!" (I am referring to the elephant used to give rides, a highly unnatural, and therefore forced, behaviour for an elephant)

[TheGudsProduction]

4:13 so why is it "the Philippines" not Philippines? For example, "There are so many beautiful girls in the Philippines." ?