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Tema: Código :
7. ARTICLES Semestre:
Teacher:Pedro López Riveros Grupo :

USE OF ARTICLES. Conversation:

Man: What do you do?

Woman: I´m an engineer. And you?
Man: I´m a banker.

Usamos el artículo antes de un sustantivo contable cuando nos referimos

a algo general o por primera vez.

I. FORMAS.- Las formas del artículo son:

 a + sonido consonante
Examples: a new computer a black bicycle a steel nail

 a + el sonido / ju: /
Examples: a university a European country

 an + sonido vocal
Examples: an artist an accountant an electronics store

 an + h muda
Examples: an hour an honest man

EXERCISES (Puntaje: 20 Pts)

I. Escribe el artículo: a o an (2 Pts)

1. a chef.
____ a violinist.
2. ____ a banker.
3. ____ a photographer
4. ____

II. Lea los nombres y ocupaciones. Luego escribe acerca de cada persona. Escribe oraciones
afirmativas y negativas como el ejemplo. (3 Pts)

1. EXAMPLE: Ed Sheeran. He´s a singer. He´s not an actor._____________________________

2. Arnold Schwarzenegger. ________________________________________________________

He's an actor. He isn't a doctor.

3. Lionel Messi. _________________________________________________________________

He's a footballer. He isn't a basketball.

4. Mario Vargas Llosa. ____________________________________________________________

He's a write. He isn't an actor.
 III. Escribe las palabras en la columna correcta de abajo. Usa a o an. (3 Pts)

builder topographer interior designer engineer actor

painter electrician mechanic technician carpenter
assistant actress accountant economist

EXAMPLES: a builder an interior designer

a topografpher an engineer
a painter an actor
a mechanic an electrician
a technician an assistant
a carpenter an actress
an accountant
an economist

IV. Escribe las respuestas para las preguntas. (6 Pts)

1. What´s your job? (topographer) _______________________________________
I'm a topographer.

2. What´s her job? (engineer) _______________________________________

She 's a eninner.

3. What´s his job? (builder) _______________________________________

He's a builder.

V. Usa las palabras de la caja para corregir las oraciones como los ejemplos 1 y 2.
(6 Pts)

bolts nail nuts screws screwdriver spanner

staple washers chisel hammer

isn't is a spanner

These aren't are a nuts.

this isn't is a staple.

These aren't a are a bolt.

a screw
That isn't

Those aren't a are an washers.

TECHNICAL VOCABULARY

bolt = perno
nail = clavo screwdriver = destornillador
nuts= tuercas spanner = llave inglesa
screw = tornillo staple = grapa
washers = arandelas