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OBJECTIVES Recognize and use articles
Spell common words with the sound of i in rice
Write about how to make a favorite food
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Two women make tamales,
a Mexican dish,at home.
FREEWRITE Write five sentences about your favorite food.
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GRAMMAR FOR WRITING
What Is an Article
The words a,an,and the are articles.We use them with nouns.
A zebra is an animal.
A sentence does not end with a comma.
Lee and I are in the same class.
What is the title of the book
Some nouns do not need an article.We use the zero article()before these nouns.
(Lions and()elephants are (animals.
I have()money in the bank.
AcTIVITY 1 Identifying articles
Circle the nouns in each sentence.Underline the articles.
1.This is a photo of a(park.
2.The park in the photo is near my house.
3.There are not many people in the park.
4.You can see trees in the park.
5.The flowers on the trees are very pretty.
6.There is a woman in the photo.
7.She has a book.
8.The woman likes to read in the park.
9.The name of this park is La Quinta de los Molinos Park.
10.There is a lake in the park.
11.We cannot see the lake in the photo.
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12.I often sit by the lake and relax
La Quinta de los Molinos Park.
Articles with Count and Non-Count Nouns
Remember,in English there are two kinds of nouns:count and non-count.Count nouns are
countable.They have a singular form (year)and a plural form (years).Non-count nouns are not
countable.They do not have a plural form (money,bomework).
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