{"id":3302,"date":"2025-07-15T18:23:53","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T11:23:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edumaenglish.edu.vn\/?p=3302"},"modified":"2025-07-15T18:23:53","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T11:23:53","slug":"english-article","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edumaenglish.edu.vn\/en\/english-article\/","title":{"rendered":"English Article"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Summary<\/h2>\n<div class=\"summary\">Articles are small words that come before nouns to indicate whether the noun is specific or general. English has three articles: &#8220;a,&#8221; &#8220;an&#8221; and &#8220;the.&#8221;<\/div>\n<p><a id=\"toc-3\" name=\"toc-3\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>In-depth Explanation<\/h2>\n<div class=\"explanation\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">There are two types of articles:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"><strong>Definite articles:<\/strong>\u00a0refer to specific things (\u201c<strong>the<\/strong>\u201d)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"><strong>Indefinite articles:<\/strong>\u00a0refer to general things in their singular form (\u201c<strong>a<\/strong>\u201d and \u201c<strong>an<\/strong>\u201d)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a id=\"toc-4\" name=\"toc-4\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"ltr\">\nDefinite Article: \u201cthe\u201d<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The word \u201c<strong>the<\/strong>\u201d is called the definite article. It is used when talking about a specific person, place or thing\u2014something that both the speaker and listener know about. For example:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Please pass me\u00a0<strong>the<\/strong>\u00a0salt.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">I want\u00a0<strong>the<\/strong>\u00a0hat on\u00a0<strong>the<\/strong>\u00a0left.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">I saw\u00a0<strong>the<\/strong>\u00a0neighbor\u2019s cat in your garden.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"toc-5\" name=\"toc-5\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"ltr\">\nIndefinite Articles: &#8220;a&#8221; and &#8220;an&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The words \u201c<strong>a<\/strong>\u201d and \u201c<strong>an<\/strong>\u201d are called indefinite articles. They are used when talking about something that is not specific or something that the listener may not know about. For example:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">I saw\u00a0<strong>a<\/strong>\u00a0dog in the park.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">She ate\u00a0<strong>an<\/strong>\u00a0apple for lunch.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">He wants to buy\u00a0<strong>a\u00a0<\/strong>car.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"toc-6\" name=\"toc-6\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h4 dir=\"ltr\">\nWhen to Use &#8220;a&#8221; vs. &#8220;an&#8221;<\/h4>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The choice between \u201ca\u201d and \u201can\u201d depends on the sound that begins the word following the article.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"><strong>Use &#8220;a&#8221; before words starting with a consonant sound:\u00a0<\/strong>a car,\u00a0a teacher,\u00a0a university<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Even though \u201cuniversity\u201d starts with the letter &#8220;u,&#8221; it makes a &#8220;y&#8221; sound, like \u201cyou,\u201d which is a consonant sound.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"><strong>Use &#8220;an&#8221; before words starting with a vowel sound (a, e, i, o, u):<\/strong>\u00a0an apple,\u00a0an elephant,\u00a0an hour<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Even though \u201chour\u201d starts with the letter &#8220;h,&#8221; it is silent, so the word begins with a vowel sound.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"toc-7\" name=\"toc-7\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"ltr\">\nWhen Not to Use Articles<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">There are times when we\u00a0<strong>do not<\/strong>\u00a0use articles in English. These are called\u00a0<strong>zero articles<\/strong>. We generally do not use articles:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"><strong>Before plural nouns or uncountable nouns (when talking in general):\u00a0<\/strong>When talking about things in general, you do not need an article before plural nouns or uncountable nouns (things that cannot be counted). For example:<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">I love dogs.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">She likes music.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Water is important for life.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"><strong>Before proper nouns:\u00a0<\/strong>We do not use articles with most proper nouns, such as the names of people, places or specific things. For example:<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">I live in London.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">We visited Mount Everest.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">I have an appointment with Dr. Smith.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Exception:\u00a0<\/strong>Some proper nouns take &#8220;<strong>the<\/strong>,&#8221; such as \u201cthe United States,\u201d \u201cthe Eiffel Tower,\u201d and \u201cthe Pacific Ocean.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary Articles are small words that come before nouns to indicate whether the noun is specific or general. English has three articles: &#8220;a,&#8221; &#8220;an&#8221; and &#8220;the.&#8221; In-depth Explanation There are two types of articles: Definite articles:\u00a0refer to specific things (\u201cthe\u201d) Indefinite articles:\u00a0refer to general things in their singular form (\u201ca\u201d and \u201can\u201d) Definite Article: \u201cthe\u201d &#8230;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3303,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[252],"tags":[453,461,463,451,465,455,460,450,457,445,447,448,273,459,449,287,454,458,446,456,462,464,452],"class_list":["post-3302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","tag-article-examples","tag-article-exercises","tag-article-grammar","tag-article-rules","tag-article-vocabulary","tag-articles-a-an-the","tag-bai-tap-mao-tu","tag-cong-thuc-mao-tu","tag-definite-article","tag-english-article","tag-english-articles","tag-hoc-mao-tu","tag-hoc-tieng-anh-cung-eduma","tag-indefinite-article","tag-learn-articles","tag-learn-english-with-eduma","tag-mao-tu-a-an-the","tag-mao-tu-khong-xac-dinh","tag-mao-tu-tieng-anh","tag-mao-tu-xac-dinh","tag-ngu-phap-mao-tu","tag-tu-vung-mao-tu","tag-vi-du-mao-tu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/edumaenglish.edu.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/edumaenglish.edu.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/edumaenglish.edu.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edumaenglish.edu.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edumaenglish.edu.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3302"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/edumaenglish.edu.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3302\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3304,"href":"https:\/\/edumaenglish.edu.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3302\/revisions\/3304"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edumaenglish.edu.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/edumaenglish.edu.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edumaenglish.edu.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edumaenglish.edu.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}