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ARTICLES

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Indefinite Articles

A/AN – Um(a)Usados apenas com substantivos contáveis e no singular.A – Antes de sons consonantais e semivocálicosAN – Antes de sons vocálicos

Usos:

- Antes de profissões

- Com ideia indefinida ou representando o numeral 1:

- Antes da locução (adjetivo + substantivo)

- Com alguns quantificadores:

Indefinite Articles

Definite Article – The

Usos:Ideia definida ou referência anafóricaLove is hard to define but the love I feel is pure.

Com títulos, sobrenomes no plural e períodos históricosThe President, the Queen, the Simpsons, the Renascence, the Middle Age

Países com nomes compostos com ideia de união ou nome pluralThe United Kingdom, The Republic of China, The Philippines

Objetos únicos na espécie e números ordinaisThe world, the moon, the sun, the first, the last, the second

Indefinite Articles

Nomes de museus, bibliotecas e monumentosThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Gallery, the statue of liberty

Nomes de deserto, rios, mares, oceanos, canais, florestas (Excetos nomes de praia, lagoa e lago)The Amazon River, The Pacific Ocean

Nomes de montanhas, lagos e ilhas no plural (No singular não se usa o artigo definido)The Andes, the Alps, the Bahamas

Indefinite Articles

Com adjetivos no grau superlativo ou substantivadosThe most important, the best, the greatestThe strong should help the weak.

Obs.: Omissão do TheSubstantivos como church, hospital, school, prison, jail, sea, work, etc,quando aparecem no contexto cumprindo o propósito óbvio, o artigo definidodeve ser omitido.

I go to church on Sundays.Tourists went to the church yesterday to take some photos.

QUESTÃO 01

Select the alternative that best completes the extract below.Workplace Accident StatisticsEvery year, millions of people in ___ United States are hurt on the job. Eachday 16 workers die from injuries at work and more than 17,000 are injured.Accidents also cause the companies to spend more. Last year, ___ total costwas more than $121 billion.

a) The – ab) A – thec) The – and) The – the

QUESTÃO 02

QUESTÃO 02

Fill in the blank in lines 3 and 6 with the right words:

a) A – anb) A – thec) An – thed) The – the

QUESTÃO 03

QUESTÃO 03

Select the alternative that best completes the dialogue.

a) An – a – an – ab) A – an – an – ac) An – an – a – ad) An – an – an – a

QUESTÃO 04

QUESTÃO 04

Fill in the blanks with the appropriate articles respectively:

a) A – ab) A – thec) The – ad) The – the

QUESTÃO 05

QUESTÃO 05

Fill in the blanks with the suitable options, respectively:

a) A – ab) A – thec) The – ad) The – the

QUESTÃO 06

____ year 1665 was very bad for England. _____ epidemic of ____ terribledisease, bubonic plague, killed over seventy thousand people just in London.Fill in the blanks with the correct articles:

a) The – a – ab) The – an – ac) An – the – ad) A – an - the

QUESTÃO 07

What is the correct option to complete the text below?

The current smartphone marketIt's______ brand new year and already there have been ______newsmartphones released onto the market.Upgrading from your current device can be ______exciting time, but it canalso be______little confusing with all of______options available.

a) A – X – the – X – Xb) The – a – an – the – anc) A – X – an – a – thed) An – the – X – the – ane) The – X – a – a – the

QUESTÃO 08

Complete the sentences using an article when necessary.

I. Is Mario_________ honest man?II. The students wear_________ uniform here.III. _________ Smiths live next to the supermarket.IV. __________ Brasília was made the capital ia 1960.Choose the correct option.

a) A – an – X – Xb) A – an – the – thec) An – a – the – thed) A – an – X – thee) An – a – the – X

QUESTÃO 09

QUESTÃO 09

Complete the text with the right articles.

a) A – the – the – a – an – theb) A – the - the – an – a – thec) An – the – the – an – a – and) A – the – the – the – an – an

QUESTÃO 10

Complete the text with the right articles.

a) A – the – the – a – an – theb) A – the - the – an – a – thec) An – the – the – an – a – and) A – the – the – the – an – an