Articles Demonstratives Unit 4 Lesson 2 Objectives Students

Articles & Demonstratives Unit 4, Lesson 2

Objectives Students will: • Use articles and demonstrative adjectives correctly. • Proofread for correct articles and demonstrative adjectives.

Definitions • Articles – A special kind of adjectives. – They include: a, an, the. • “A” & “An” refer to any person, place, or thing. • “The” refers to a particular person, place, or thing.

Rules • Use “a” before singular words that begin with a consonant sound. – – A jet A high step A clock A Christmas tree

Rules • Use “an” before singular words that begin with a vowel sound. – – – An apple An engine An octopus An elephant An hour • The “h” is silent

Rules • Demonstrative Adjectives – It tells “which one. ” – This, that, these and those are demonstrative adjectives.

Rules • Demonstrative Adjectives – This and these refer to nouns close to the speaker or writer. – Use this before singular words. – Use these before plural words. • • This trip This book These pencils These seats

Rules • Demonstrative Adjectives – That and those refer to nouns farther away. – Use that before singular words. – Use those before plural words. • • That book That door Those people Those seats

Which word correctly completes each sentence. • I am flying in (a, an) huge plane. • I don’t want (a, an) isle seat. • (Those, That) tall man should fasten his seat belt. • We are flying over (a, the) state of New York.

Which word correctly completes each sentence. • (These, Those) clouds are far away. • (This, These) new trains travel very fast. • I rushed to (a, an) window seat. • I sat in (a, the) first car of the train.

Which word correctly completes each sentence. • (Those, These) cars behind me were crowded. • My seat has a better view than (this, that) seat over there.

Find the incorrect articles and demonstratives. • Reporter: the this – Here I am, on a very first trip of that Zoom Express this train. Everyone on these new train is thrilled. Here an comes a excited passenger now. Sir, are you enjoying this that trip? • Passenger: This – These train trip? It’s okay, I guess.

Find the incorrect articles and demonstratives. • Reporter: A – Okay? An trip on a brand new super-speed train is just okay? • Passenger: – The train is fast and fancy, but it’s just a train. • Reporter: Those – That tickets in your hand were very hard to get. • Passenger these a – Well, this tickets were an surprise birthday gift from my family.

Homework WB pgs. 73 & 74

Identify any demonstrative adjectives or articles. • Palm trees line that busy street. – __________ • Several ducks waddled down a trail. – __________

Identify any demonstrative adjectives or articles. • Many playful dolphins swam in the ocean. – __________ • We drank an orange drink with ice cubes. – __________

Identify any demonstrative adjectives or articles. • Give me the red book. – __________ • Is this book yours? – __________

Identify any demonstrative adjectives or articles. • Are those your books? – __________ • The blue jacket belongs to Abby. – __________

Identify any demonstrative adjectives or articles. • I think those batteries are dead. – __________ • A little boy fell into the lake. – __________

Identify any demonstrative adjectives or articles. • This bus ride is too bumpy for me to do my homework on. – __________ • Do not open the present! – __________

Identify any demonstrative adjectives or articles. • These doctors are all highly qualified to treat your injury. – __________ • Explain how to find the answer. – __________

Identify any demonstrative adjectives or articles. • I saw the teacher go into this room. – __________ • An older man crashed into my car. – __________

Identify any demonstrative adjectives or articles. • The small, cute puppy bit his hand. – __________ • That problem is too hard for me to solve. – __________