How to Use The - Articles in English Grammar

Do you know how to use THE in English? It can be very confusing. If your language doesn’t have a word like the, learning how to use the correctly can be very difficult. Leave us a comment and practice what you learned in the lesson!
In this class, we'll look at some simple advice and basic rules which will make it easier to remember how to use the correctly in English.
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Contents:
1. What Does 'The' Mean? 1:47L
2. 'The' = WE Know Which One You Mean 2:48
3. How Do You Know If a Noun Needs 'The'? 6:45
4. When Not to Use 'The' 11:06
This lesson can help you:
- Understand what exactly The means.
- Learn how to use The to talk about specific things.
- Recognize when a noun needs The.
- See when not to use The
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  • @leonardo5695627
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    Hi! Tks for the lesson! And about "in Section 2 we present..."? In this case, the right choice is without the article, right? In the same way, it seems "in Phase 2..." is also without "the". But they (section and phase) are singular and countable... would they act as a "proper noum" (since in these cases we use capital letters)? Which would be the rule tying "section" and "phase" together? Tks!

  • @Oxfordonlineenglish1

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    4 жыл бұрын

    Yes, Leonardo! When we are using words like 'section, chapter, article, week, etc.' plus a number, there is not an article before. Some other examples: 'In week 5 of the semester, we will have an exam', 'Chapter seven of the book was my favorite'. If it's written differently, there is an article: 'In the fifth week of the semester...' and 'The seventh chapter of the book...'. These types of phrases don't normally act as proper nouns unless something like 'Phase 2' is the title of a specific, proper name. If it's describing the general phase, it would not be capitalized. Hope this helps you!

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  • @japonescomsayuri-san7319
    @japonescomsayuri-san73193 жыл бұрын

    Don't use 'THE 1.Something general 🏋️Exercise is good for health. 2.With names 🗾Japan is a country with high levels of education. 3. With determinants 👵One place I like to go to is my grandmother's house.

  • @sunitatomar6993
    @sunitatomar69935 жыл бұрын

    Please tell the acceptions of using the with names

  • @Pidalin
    @Pidalin4 жыл бұрын

    In my native language I would say "Show me that book" or something like that when we speak about specific book so I am using it even in English (not on purpose ofcourse) and I don't know if this makes sense for native English speakers. So it's not true slavic languages don't know something like articles but we using words like that, some etc...for recognize if I mean something random or something specific. But many things in English have THE even when we didn't talk about that specific thing and it's black magic for me sometimes. :-) With that bathroom etc...I don't understant why using THE when it's obvious which bathroom I mean. I know it's part of English, but it looks really illogical especially for slavic speakers.

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    4 жыл бұрын

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  • @nameno6230
    @nameno62302 жыл бұрын

    For me learning how to use "the" correctly is really a nightmare. This lesson helps me much and make this easier. Thanks a lot!

  • @schoolofenglish3082
    @schoolofenglish30823 жыл бұрын

    are practice sheet avaiaable for THE ARTICLE topic?

  • @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hi Sarwar, we don't have a practice sheet but you can find the lesson script with a quiz on our website for more practice! www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/use-the

  • @singhangika
    @singhangika5 жыл бұрын

    Please make a video how and where to use (their) and (there). I find it really very difficult to use them👆

  • @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    5 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the suggestion, Angika! Keep checking back for new videos!

  • @snehalquest

    @snehalquest

    5 жыл бұрын

    Hi, I would like to answer this question. THEIR is a possessive form. THERE is opposite to HERE. Most of the people live there. That is their luggage. Sometimes, for framing sentences, we use THERE. There are so many things to learn on youtube, especially about English.

  • @itisenglish9149

    @itisenglish9149

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@snehalquest Their answers the question WHOSE? (WHO?) They took (WHOSE HATS?) their hats. It is a possessive pronoun. 'There' answers the question WHERE? Where did you find it? - I found it THERE.

  • @rasheed2chemist
    @rasheed2chemist5 жыл бұрын

    This is the quality lesson on the topic. Is my sentence correct?

  • @Oxfordonlineenglish1

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    5 жыл бұрын

    It is one of many possible lessons, Rasheed, so here you would use 'a quality lesson'.

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    @snehalquest5 жыл бұрын

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    5 жыл бұрын

    Nice work, Snehal!

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    5 жыл бұрын

    @@Oxfordonlineenglish1 Thank you.

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    4 жыл бұрын

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    @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    5 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for watching!

  • @olgapirtu9940
    @olgapirtu99403 жыл бұрын

    I remembered the rule about general and specific however, I cannot establish when things are general or specific. It is difficult because of my language rules.

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    @nimomahamoud3129

    3 жыл бұрын

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    @martinbiswas61403 жыл бұрын

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  • @muhammedsaif7355
    @muhammedsaif73552 жыл бұрын

    Which accent do you use? Could you please make a list of using 'the'. Thanks a lot.

  • @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    @Oxfordonlineenglish1

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hi Muhammed. Kae and Justin have American accents. You can find the script for this lesson on our website, from which a list can be created: www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/use-the.